Weekly Bulletin of the Department of Health, City of New York, Vol. 10

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Excerpt from Weekly Bulletin of the Department of Health, City of New York, Vol. 10: Index to New Series, For the Year 1921Three prominent features of the year's mortality from individual causes stand out as indicative of improved health conditions.First and foremost, the mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis and other forms of tuberculosis. During the year, there were deaths reported from tuberculosis of the lungs, with a death rate of 1 per of the population, as compared with deaths and a rate of in 1919 - a decrease of deaths and 23 of a point in the rate, which, if the increase in the population be taken into consideration, means a saving of lives. From other forms of tuberculosis, there were 970 deaths reported during the year, as compared with deaths in 1919 - a decrease of 133 deaths, equivalent to a relative decrease of 246 deaths, so that all told the mortality from tuberculosis showed a decrease of deaths. The most important factors in causing this decreased mortality from tuberculosis are three in number: First - The increased amount of money received by each family as wages, with the result that a greater quantity of nutritious food was obtainable by people prone to tuberculosis.Second - The greater opportunity for relaxation, open-air exercises, and social enjoyment.Third - The increase in the spread of knowledge of this cause of death and sickness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.