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. AIR ANALYSIS-Winslow, C.-E. A., and DIPHTHERIA-Ruh, H. O. & J. E. McClel Robert Jordan. The comparative efficienland. Comparison of diphtheria immunity cy of the circular konimeter and the in the mother and the new-born. (Am. Palmer water spray apparatus for the J. Dis. Child. Jan., 1923. pp. 59-62.) determination of the dust content of the EDUCATION-Shiply, E. T. Some-kind-ofair. (Jour. Ind. Hyg. Jan., 1923. pp. educated. (Survey. Jan. 15, 1923. pp. 375-379.) 519-521.) HOUSING-Newman, B. J. Housing to secure individual and civic health. (Nation's Health. MALNUTRITION-Baker, S. J., and J. L. Dec., 1922. pp. 722-724.) Blumenthal. Methods of determining malnutrition. (Nation's Health. 1923. pp. 47-50. Charts, tables.) MATERNITY WELFARE Robertson, J. CANCER-Leitch, A. & E. L. Kennaway. CHILDREN, CARE & HYGIENE-Sehan, CHILDREN, CRIPPLED The child. (Survey. Jan. 15, 1923. 509.) hundredth Jan., Maternity and child welfare, including school hygiene. (Jan., 1923. pp. 157-162.) MILK-Godfrey, E. S. Communicable disease and pasteurized milk; pasteurized milk remains safe only with proper handling. (Nation's Health. Jan., 1923. pp. 1-6.) 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 Annual Death Rate 10 37 11.85 10.77 11.01 11.09 11.25 12.53 12.97 12.98 12.95 12.58 12.79 12.94 Diseases 80 Pul. Tuberculosis. 80 Influenza 5 Lobar Pneumonia.. 55 Broncho Pneum. 51 **Violent Deaths 76 92 68 24 24 28 28 "Acute Infectious Diseases" include Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Measles, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Smallpox and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. **Does not include suicides. Mortality Summary for the Week Ending Saturday Noon, January 27, 1923. Boroughs Population Population Deaths 1923 1922 1923 1923 717 667 652 185 468 535.739 127,548 Total 5,620,048 5.927 617 Corrected by redistributing deaths according to borough of residence. During the first four weeks of this year there were 5,824 deaths and a rate of 12.81 per 1,000 population. During the corresponding weeks of last year there were 6,071 deaths and a rate of 13.56 per 1,000 population. Deaths by Principal Causes; and Ages During the first four weeks of this year 732 infants died, a rate of 74. per 1,000 births. During the corresponding weeks of last year $31 died, a rate of 81 per 1,000 births. Infectious Diseases in the Department of Health Hospitals 31.7 deg. Fahr. 52.0 deg. Fahr. 19.0 deg. Fahr. 1.7 If the deaths under one month, numbering 91, from all causes, be deducted from the total deaths under one year, the resulting rate will be 37, per 1,000 births (weekly average). Includes deaths from Erysipelas 7, Syphilis 8, Diabetes 41, Alcoholism 4, Locomotor Ataxia 1. Paresis 9, Arterio-sclerosis 66, all other congenital causes 14. 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. On April 29th, 1918, after I had declined to become Commissioner of Health, you said: "Dr. Copeland, I have offered you the finest job in the world-keeping the American army clean on its way to Europe and keeping disease out of the country when the war is ended. I insist that you take this place as a patriotic duty." You had the vision and, in ending my service, I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the opportunity you gave to serve my country during this critical period. The only thing I was afraid of during the campaign was that I would be elected. If I could follow my personal preference I would continue as Health Commissioner. But the call has come to take on new duties and I must give up the place in which I have been so happy. For yourself, accept the renewed assurance of my great affection and respect. You have been the best "boss" any man ever had. You have approved, supported and enthusiastically endorsed every effort of mine to aid the mothers and babies, the boys and girls, the citizens of this crowded, jostling, cosmopolitan City. I shall never forget your brotherliness and your unfailing kindness. It is with real regret that I must sever these official ties. In giving up my office, permit me to call your attention to the faithfulness and loyal service of my colleagues in the Board of Health and of the employees of the Health Department. Through you, may I thank the members of the Board of Estimate, the Board of Aldermen, the Department of Education, the Municipal Civil Service Commission, The Mayor's Committee of Women and my fellow members of your Cabinet? At the hands of all these I have received the most generous treatment and whole-hearted support. The press, the social settlements, the welfare, fraternal, business, industrial and political organizations, the churches, the hospitals, the theatrical and moving picture interests, the merchants and manufacturers, and all the many branches of the medical and allied professions have given aid and valuable assistance to all our plans for protecting and improving the public health. To the citizens generally I owe a debt of gratitude which can never be cancelled. Please accept my resignation as Commissioner of Health and President of the Board of Health, to take effect at noon on the 4th of March, if this date is agreeable to you. With my best wishes for your good health and continued success in your great office, I am Cordially yours, ROYAL S. COPELAND. CITY OF NEW YORK Office of the Mayor January 31, 1923. Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Dear Dr. Copeland: I have your letter of January 29th tendering your resignation as Commissioner of Health, effective at noon on March 4th. There is no choice for me but to accept your resignation, though I am frank to say that this is done with the utmost reluctance. There is no city in the world comparable to New York in size, and there is no city upon the Health Department of which devolves more onerous and manifold labors. Yet, New York is acknowledged to be one of the healthiest cities on this continent. This is an advantage which we hope never to surrender. I believe the many testimonials to New York's healthfulness are the best indications of the efficient functioning of the Health Department and the constant precautions in safeguarding against disease which have been taken by the Department under your direction. The value of your unremitting attention and personal devotion as Health Commissioner has been great in dollars, still greater in service beyond money and of a character to insure for you a permanent place among the real benefactors of mankind. |