PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION of the MUNICIPAL REFERENCE LIBRARY. 3rd Floor, 505 Pearl Street Open to the general public for reference use. Material will be loaned to persons on the payroll of the City. BLOOD TRANSFUSION.-Bell, W. B. Blood CHILDREN, CARE AND HYGIENE.-Reu- Tables.) The MENTAL HYGIENE.-Terhune, W. B. J. Public Health. Oct., 1922. pp. NURSES, VISITING.-Tucker, K. The place TUBERCULOSIS, SPINE.-Cofield, Robert B. pp. 1391. VENEREAL DISEASE-Casselman, A. J. Venereal disease social service in Plain. field, N. J. (Public Health Rep. Sept. 22, 1922. pp. 2307-2314.) VITAL STATISTICS-CITY OF NEW YORK Deaths, and Annual Death Rate Per 1,000; Deaths According to Certain Causes and Ages; Deaths and Death Rate Under One Year Per 1,000 Births For Thirteen Weeks Aug. Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. "Acute Infectious Diseases" include Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Smallpox and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. **Does not include suicides. Measles, Diphtheria, Mortality Summary for the Week Ending Saturday Noon, November 4, 1922. Boroughs 1921 1922 Cor rected 12 21 12.79 12.22 7.57 8.25 8.18 10.37 8.80 9.19 9.44 8.99 10.40 13.77 12 58 10.91 100 10.71 10.37 Corrected by redistributing deaths according to borough of residence, During the first forty-four weeks of this year there were 58,941 deaths, a rate of 11.97 per 1,000 population. During the corresponding weeks of last year there were 54,235 deaths, a rate of 11.18 per 1,000 population. Deaths by Principal Causes; and Ages Manhattan 85 112 5 10 17 .. .. During the first forty-four weeks of this year 8,335 infants died, a rate of 76. per 1,000 births. During the corresponding weeks of last year 8,255 died, a rate of 73. per 1,000 births. Infectious Diseases in the Department of Health Hospitals Willard Parker Kingston Ave. Queensboro Riverside Tuberculosis Hospital 66 :: :: Hospital Hospital Pulmonary Fever Scarlet Diph theria Measles laneous Miscel Kingston Grand Total 1,000 Living 1922 tIf the deaths under one month, numbering 80 from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resulting rate will be 28. per 1,000 births (weekly average). *Includes deaths from Erysipelas 1, Syphilis 11, Diabetes, 28, Alcoholism 3, Locomotor Ataxia 1, Paresis 4, Arterio-sclerosis 48, all other congenital causes 6. Published weekly by the Department of Health, City of New York, 505 Pearl St., New York, N. Y. Entered as Second-Class matter October 16, 1917, at the Postoffice at New York, N. Y. Under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription, 10 cents per annum. THE CITY'S LOSS AND THE NATION'S GAIN. In the election of Dr. Royal S. Copeland to the Senate, the Department of Health and the City of New York lose a Commissioner who has unquestionably meant more to them than any of his predecessors. In the Department, the Commissioner's personality and acumen led to the greatest possible co-operative effort from all the employees, and his good leadership made the efforts of the Department much more than ordinarily effective in its work for the health of the City. By the Commissioner's success in reaching the public, through the newspapers and otherwise, he was enabled to excite greater public interest in health work and to spread the knowledge of the principles of sanitary science much further than would ordinarily have been possible. Further, by his well considered and effective efforts, in general and on various important occasions, such as during the influenza epidemic, and his work in stopping the influx of vermin-infested immigrants, in enforcing the heating of apartment houses, etc., he gained the approval and earned the gratitude of every public spirited citizen. In the new field into which Dr. Copeland now enters he will undoubtedly find ample opportunity to exercise his special abilities and use his experience for the good of the nation in sanitary as well as in purely lay governmental matters, but it is with sadness that the Department of Health looks forward to losing him on the 4th of March, next, when his term as Senator begins. However, the Department's and the City's loss is surely the nation's gain. From the standpoint of physicians, it is certain that the more medically educated men there are in governmental circles, the more will legislation be of that character that the great good sense and special interests of the profession can approve. Dr. Royal S. Copeland was born on a farm at Dexter, Michigan, November 7, 1868. He graduated from the Dexter High School and afterward attended the Michigan State Normal College and the University of Michigan. From the last named institution he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1889. Since that time he has been given the degree of Master of Arts by Lawrence University, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is married and resides with his wife and son, at 58 Central Park West, New York City. After serving his term as interne in the University of Michigan Hospital, five years in private practice and post-graduate work in Europe, he was appointed Professor in the Medical School of Michigan University, a position he held for thirteen years. During his residence in Ann Arbor he was Mayor of the City, President of the Board of Education, President of the Park Board and Member of the Michigan State Tuberculosis Board of Trustees. He was otherwise active in the public affairs of that State. In 1908 he was President of his national medical organization and that same year was called to New York City to become Dean of Flower Hospital Medical College. That position he filled for ten years. By appointment of the late Mayor Gaynor, Dr. Copeland served on the Ambulance Board of New York City. Soon after taking office in his first term, Mayor Hylan selected Dr. Copeland as Commissioner of Health of New York City. He was for twelve years Treasurer of the National Board of Control of the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which church he has been a member since early manhood. Dr. Copeland is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, the New York Athletic Club, the National Democratic Club, the Transportation Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Knights Templar, the Mystic Shrine, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, honorary member of Stationary Engineers' Local, Knights of the Maccabees, Surgeon General of the National Stewards Association, Vice-President of the American Pub |