CITY PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE, To the Board of Health: - May 1, 1876. GENTLEMEN,—I have the honor to submit the following report of this office, for the year ending April 30. There have been 931 persons vaccinated, of which number 6 were persons revaccinated. Certificates of vaccination have been given to 237 children for their admission into the public schools. Vaccine virus has been furnished to 26 physicians, who were residents of the city. Visits have been made to the jail daily, or oftener, as the occasion required, and 1,683 prisoners have been examined for complaints, real or feigned. The sick at the City Prison, and at the Temporary Home, have been seen whenever it was necessary. At the latter place 305 women and children have been treated for various ailments, and 4 deaths have occured. There have been 6 cases of childbirth at the Home during the year. I have made, at different police stations, 174 visits, to see prisoners and others who required medical attendance. These for the most part have been surgical cases, and have occurred generally in the night-time. There have been examined 96 policemen, at the request of the Chief of Police, to see if they were physically qualified to perform the duties of their office, and there have been examined, under a similar request from the Fire Commissioners, 66 firemen, for the same object. I have seen also, during the year, 356 bodies of persons who have died without a physician in attendance during their last illness. These cases comprise principally those who die from chronic disease, where there has been no medical care for months before death, and those who die suddenly. They include, also, those who die at birth, or soon after, with no physician to make the necessary returns. In such instances a careful examination is made, the symptons learned, and a diagnosis reached sufficient for all practical purposes. The law requires a medical certificate of death before a permit is granted to bury a body; and these examinations are made to conform with the law, as well as to collect the statistics for the bills of mortality. There have been under my care at the Marcella-street Hospital, before it was given up by your Board as a hospital, 3 cases of small-pox, which all recovered. Each one of these persons had been previously vaccinated. There is not at the present time a single case of this loathsome disease within the limits of the city. In conclusion, I desire to acknowledge the courtesy and kindness that I have always received from the members of your Board, which have largely lightened the labors of my office; and I also wish to acknowledge the faithful services of my assistant, Dr. John H. McCollom. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, SAMUEL A. GREEN, M. D., REPORT OF THE PORT PHYSICIAN. TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH : GENTLEMEN, — The annual report of the Port Physician for the year ending April 30th, 1876, is herewith respectfully submitted. Five hundred and four vessels have been examined and passed. Of this number, two have been quarantined on account of yellow fever, viz.: The schooner "N. J. Miller," arriving September 7th, from San Domingo, and the brig "Elba," arriving December 17th, from Havana. The following is a classification of the vessels and fees collected on same: which amount has been paid to the City Treasurer. There have been admitted to Gallop's Island Hospital during the year, twenty-five patients, as follows: from vessels, three cases of yellow fever; from the city, four cases of small-pox, and eighteen regarded as infected persons and dangerous to the public health, having been exposed to smallpox. The cases of yellow fever fully recovered and were discharged, having been detained about two weeks. |