Examinations? and what other educational material is available. It contains two illustrations (one on the cover) which are reproductions of the posters also now available. The pamphlet is printed in two colors, black and red. This pamphlet is intended for distribution to the general public, through the agency of state and local health examination committees. The advantages of having a standard pamphlet for use throughout the city are that uniformity is obtained; costs are reduced, and authoritativeness assured. The price per copy of this pamphlet in quantities of not less than 100, is three cents. This is the cost figure and is fixed on the assumption that at least 50,000 will be ordered from different parts of the country. For single orders over 10,000 a special price will be fixed. Orders should be sent to State Health Examination Committees, usually under chairmanship of the State Health Commissioner, collected and forwarded in bulk by them to the National Health Council. It is requested that all orders for these pamphlets be in our hands by October 1, 1923, thus enabling the Council to order in large quantities. Local associations or committees may ask the Council to have their own imprint placed on the cover for a slight additional cost. State or community groups may also modify and adapt the material in the pamphlet for local printing and use, if they so desire. In addition to the pamphlet there are, or will be, also available two posters, a set of lantern slides and a motion picture. The National Health Council hopes that this leaflet will be of real value in this Health Examination campaign and that it may have wide general distribution. Copies may be obtained from the National Health Council, 370 Seventh Avenue, New York City. MORTALITY BULLETIN FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 22, 1923. The mortality for the week just closed showed a considerable increase over that of the corresponding week of 1922, there having been 1,096 deaths and a death rate of 9.65 reported, as compared with 960 deaths and a rate of 8.58, an increase in the absolute number of deaths of 136 and in the rate of 1.07 points, which is equivalent to a comparative increase of 121 deaths. This increase was distributed throughout the various age groups with the exception of the group one year to five years of age. The deaths of infants under one year of age numbered 163, as compared with 115, an increase of 48, this increase being due chiefly to a rise in the deaths from the diarrhoeal diseases, 54 deaths from this cause being reported during the week, as compared with 24 deaths, an increase of 30. The ill-defined causes at this age showed an increase of 9 deaths. This is a rather remarkable jump in the mortality from the diarrhoeal diseases during the week and was based upon the unseasonably hot weather which prevailed during the past two weeks, the mortality from diarrhoeal diseases being almost as high as for any one of the weeks during the months of July and August. The age group one to five years showed a decrease of 18 deaths, this decrease being distributed between pneumonia and the diarrhoeal diseases. The age group five to sixty-five years of age showed an increase of 83 deaths, this increase being due to a larger number of deaths reported from cancer, organic heart diseases and pulmonary tuberculosis. The mortality among the aged, that is, sixty-five years, amounted to an increase of 23 deaths. over The death rate for the first 38 weeks of the year was 12.19 per 1,000 of the population, as compared with 12.27 in the corresponding period of 1922, a decrease of .08 of a point. The infant death rate from January 1st to date was 70 per 1,000 births, as compared with 77, a decrease of 7 deaths per 1,000 births recorded. 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. ASTHMA-Brown, Aaron. Present day treat- Lippincott. 1923. 248 P, illus. 614.47B.78. INFANT WELFARE-Barrers, A. F. Division of Infant Welfare of the Department of Health and Welfare, Republic of Cuba. (Arch. Pediat., August, 1923. p. 547-553.) INSULIN-Fisher, N. F. Purification and administration of insulin. (A. M. A. Jour. Sept., 15, 1923. p. 920-921.) MATERNITY WELFARE-Ross, Elizabeth. Can a satisfactory maternity service be carried on as a part of a general public health program? A study based on three years experimentation in the New Haven Visiting Nurse Association. (Public Health Nurse, September, 1923. p. 471. 474, tables.) MEDICAL DICTIONARY-Pope, Amy E. A medical dictionary for nurses; giving the definition, pronunciation, and derivation of terms used in medicine, together with supplementary tables of weights, measures, chemical symbols, etc., ar ranged with special reference to use by nurses. Putnam. 1923. 288 p. 610.3P81. NEGROES Ross, Mary. The health hazards of being a negro. (Survey, September POLIOMYELITIS-Foley, E. L. Home nurs 15, 1923. p. 617-619, illus.) ing care of infantile paralysis cripples. (Nation's Health. August, 1923. p. 503 505; 567-571, illus.) TYPHOID FEVER-Small, J. C. Typhoid fever. (N. Y. Med. J. & Med. Rec., Sept. 19, 1923 p. 341-847.) 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. Total deaths June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 4 944 25 30 Annual Death Rate 10.68 11 18 1 8 1085 1058 1182 1089 1049 1064 1096 8.31 9.55 9.81 9.96 9.58 9.28 9.36 9.65 17 26 94 Violent Deaths 170 205 177 690 587 611 555 148 169 170 159 222 284 237 280 225 226 236 "Acute Infectious Diseases" include Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Smalipox and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. Does not include suicides. Mortality Summary for the Week Ending Saturday Noon, September 22, 1923. Corrected by redistributing deaths according to borough of residence During the first thirty-eight weeks of this year there were 52,644 deaths and a rate of 12.19 per 1,000 population. During the corresponding weeks of last year there were 52,174 deaths and a rate of 12.27 per 1,000 population. During the first thirty-eight weeks of this year 6,521 infants died, a rate of 70. per 1,000 births. During the corresponding weeks of last year 7,402 died, a rate of 77. per 1,000 births. Infectious Diseases in the Department of Health Hospitals. tIf the deaths under one month. numbering 70, from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resulting rate will be 38. per 1,000 births (weekly average.) *Includes deaths from Erysipelas 1, Syphilis 9, Diabetes 7, Alcoholism 3, Locomotor Ataxia 0, Paresis 3. Arterio-sclerosis 54, 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. FRANK J. MONAGHAN, M. D., Commissioner of Health. NEW SERIES, VOL. XII. OCTOBER 6, 1923. PUBLIC HEALTH LECTURES FOR NURSES No. 40. The University of the State of New York has prescribed a course of lectures, in public sanitation, for training schools. Pupil nurses in their senior year are eligible for this course. The object, as outlined, is "to give the nurse a general practical knowledge of the methods which are being used to protect the health of individuals and communities, so that she may co-operate practically with boards of health and other preventive agencies, and be able to take a definite share in educating the public in matters relating to public health." The outline of subjects is as follows: 1. Modern public health movement; sources and modes of infection. 2. Sewage and garbage disposal. 3. Water supply and ice. Food supply. 4. Air supply and ventilation; housing. 5. Industrial hygiene. 6. Hygiene of schools, public buildings and conveyances. 7. Vital statistics. 8. Health departments and health legislation. In order to assist the training schools in conducting these classes, the Bureau of Public Health Education of the Department of Health has outlined a course of lectures covering the required subjects. These courses will be given by experts in the various subjects who are to be assigned from those bureaus of the Department which specialize in the subjects covered. A similar course was given to a limited number of schools, last year, with very satisfactory results. The following training schools have applied for the course: St. Vincent's, The Methodist Episcopal Hospital, New York PostGraduate, St. Catherine's, The Jewish Hospital, Flower Hospital, Long Island College Hospital, St. Mary's Free Hospital for Children, French Hospital, St. Mary's, in Brooklyn, the Swedish Hospital, Prospects Heights Hospital, Hospital of the Holy Family. Others desiring to be enrolled will please make prompt application to the Bureau of Public Health Education, Department of Health, 505 Pearl Street, Manhattan. |