90, and that was on the thirtieth day of the month, when it stood at 91. fall during the month was 3.87, as compared with the normal of 4.53. hours of sunshine was 284, out of a possible 427. The total rainThe number of The following is a comparison of the mortality from the principal causes of death, as compared with the average of the month of August for the immediately preceding five years, corrected to correspond with increase of population. There were 4,702 deaths reported as compared with an average of 5,972 deaths, a decrease of 1,270, distributed in great part as follows: typhoid fever, 11; measles, 10; whooping cough, 18; diphtheria and croup, 14; poliomyelitis, 207; tuberculosis of the lungs, 204; other forms of tuberculosis, 59; pneumonias, 116; diarrhoeal diseases under five years of age, 302; cirrhosis of the liver, 21; Bright's disease, 86; violent deaths, with the exception of suicide, 179; suicide, 3. There were 11 sunstrokes reported during the month, as compared with an average of 131, a decrease of 120. There were 114 deaths of non-residents of the city reported during the month, as compared with an average of 131, a decrease of 17. There were 913 deaths reported of infants under one year of age, as compared with an average of 1,332, a decrease of 419 deaths. There were 170 deaths at one year of age, as compared with an average of 295, a decrease of 125; between two and five years there were 156 deaths, as compared with an average of 509, a decrease of 353. Thus, under five years of age, the decreased mortality was represented by 897 deaths, that is to say, seventy per cent. of the total decreased mortality took place under five years of age. The outstanding features of the mortality, as evidenced in the above figures, were the decrease in the mortality from poliomyelitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and diarrhoeal diseases of children. There were 11,905 births reported during the month, as compared with a non-corrected average of 11,604, an increase of 301. There were 4,478 marriages reported, as compared with an average of 3,566, an increase of 912. Infectious Diseases Reported. There were 4,877 cases of infectious diseases reported, as compared with 4,895 in the corresponding month of 1920, a decrease of 18 cases, Typhoid fever showed a decrease of 26 cases; whooping cough, 128 cases; diphtheria, 79 cases; syphilis, 409 cases; gonorrhoea, 10 cases. On the other hand, we note a very large increase in the number of cases of poliomyelitis, there having been 101 cases reported, as compared with 8, an increase of 93; measles showed an increase of 104 cases; scarlet fever, 11; influenza, 23; and the pneumonias, 344 cases. POPULATION, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS, AUGUST, 1921. N. Y. City. 5,621,151 5,751,859 4,478 11905 4,702 9.17 24.39 9.63 10.05 *Includes 114 deaths of non-residents of the city, which, if deducted, would give a death rate for the city of 9.40 per 1,000. **Corrected by redistributing deaths according to borough of residence. |