. Alienist and Acting Chief SanitaryOfficer, shows that the annual death rate per thousand fromall causes among the white employees for the month of May,1910, was For May, 1907, the rate was , andsince that time there has been a steady decrease. The samerapid decrease is noted among the black employees, the deathrate among this class being in May, 1907, and inMay, 1910. Throughout the Canal Zone and the cities ofPanama and Colon the rate during the months of May hasbeen as follows: 1907. 31-57; 1908, ; 1909, ; 1910, The number of employees in
. Alienist and Acting Chief SanitaryOfficer, shows that the annual death rate per thousand fromall causes among the white employees for the month of May,1910, was For May, 1907, the rate was , andsince that time there has been a steady decrease. The samerapid decrease is noted among the black employees, the deathrate among this class being in May, 1907, and inMay, 1910. Throughout the Canal Zone and the cities ofPanama and Colon the rate during the months of May hasbeen as follows: 1907. 31-57; 1908, ; 1909, ; 1910, The number of employees in May. 1907. was 39,003with 98 deaths; in May, 1908, , with 39 deaths; in May,1909, 40,974, with 37 deaths; and in May, 1910. 52,863, with34 deaths. Of these last, 0 were from tuberculosis, 2 fromdysentery, and 1 each from black water fever, malarial fever,typhoid fever, and pneumonia. The total number of whiteAmericans connected with the commission and the PanamaRailroad during the month, including employees and their. Publishers Department. families, was 10,285; among these there were (> deaths, 4 fromdisease and 2 from external causes, an annual death rate of 7per thousand. Of malarial cases among employees dis-charged and died from hospital during the month there were 2deaths and 618 discharges. No plague, smallpox, or yellowfever originated on or was brought to the isthmus during themonth. The general sanitary conditions were reported asfavorable, although the weather had been such as to furtherthe development of mosquitoes and malaria; the malarialsick rate for June may show the effects of this. Duringthe month of May 1,807 rats were destroyed, and (i houseswere fumigated. Dr. Kassabian: Martyr.—Another name has beenadded to the list of medical pioneers who have sacrificed theirlives in the cause of science. Dr. Mihran K. Kassabian,director of the Roentgen Ray Laboratory in the PhiladelphiaGeneral Hospital, died on July 13th, as a result of burns re-ceived durin
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