SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS, MONTH OF JULY, 1915. Despite the warm and humid weather that prevailed during July, the death rate was lower by .04 of a point than during July, 1914. During the month just closed, 106 non-residents died within the city limits. These deaths, if deducted from the total, would lower the rate to 11.59 per thousand. The actual number of deaths during July, 1915, were 5,818, as compared with 5,611 during the corresponding month of last year. The respective rates were 11.80 and 11.84. Manhattan, with its teeming population, was the only Borough that showed an increased death rate. This increase, however, was offset by the reduction in the other Boroughs. Most gratifying, from an official viewpoint, was the reduction of the infant mortality during the last month. The deaths of infants under one year was 1.2% lower than during July, 1914. The deaths under five years were slightly more numerous, because of the prevalence of measles, whooping cough and their complicating diseases. The following table shows the percentage of deaths that occurred in the different age groups: Despite the outbreak of typhoid fever in the Borough of Brooklyn, there were three fewer deaths in the City from this disease than during the corresponding period last year. The following causes of death showed an increase: Measles, whooping cough, pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases under five, and suicide. The actual number of deaths from tuberculosis showed a slight increase, but it was not sufficient to raise the death rate of this disease. The following causes of death showed a decrease: Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, apoplexy and violence other than suicide. During the month there was an immense falling off in the number of marriages, which were more than 600 fewer than July, 1914, the rates being 9.83 and 8.16. The only Borough that did not show a decrease was The Bronx, which, under usual conditions, shows the lowest rate. The birth rate likewise was lower during the past month than during July, 1914. The rates were 23.26 and 24.78. Undoubtedly the financial depression resulting from the European war is, in a large measure, responsible for the reduction of these two rates. POPULATION, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS, JULY, 1915. Boroughs Manhattan. Richmond.. City of N. Y. July 1, Rate Mar of the Census riages B'ths D'ths riages B'ths D'ths 2,575,788 2,590,455 2,127 5,018 2,859 9.67 22.82 13.00 12.87 601 6.68 24.04 10.03 9.72 1,781 7.36 23.59 10.54 11.18 397 6.07 22.51 11.21 11.18 180 4.25 25.83 20.67 14.01 *The death-rate of each Borough is corrected by inclusion of the deaths of its residents in other Boroughs, and exclusion of deaths of residents of other Boroughs within its boundaries. †The estimate of the Bureau of the Census is based upon the arithmetical method, that of the Department of Health upon the geometrical method of determining the increase in population for post-censal years. **Includes 106 deaths of non-residents of the City, which, if deducted, would give a death rate for the City of 11.59 per 1,000. DEATHS ACCORDING TO AGE GROUPS, JULY, 1915. All 1 Un Un-Year 65 Boroughs Ages der and der 5-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 Years Col- Chi1 under 5 Years Years Years Years and ored nese Year 2 Years over |