Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ducted bi-monthly,has been continued in a monthly form—usually issued on the tj?nthday of each month. A large majority of the correspondents ot theBoards from whose reports these bulletins are compiled, have re-s])onded favorably to the request made to them to send returnssufficiently early in the month to make the prompt publication ot thebulletin generally practicable. With an increased number ot cor-respondents, and strict regularity in the transmission ot reports to
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . ducted bi-monthly,has been continued in a monthly form—usually issued on the tj?nthday of each month. A large majority of the correspondents ot theBoards from whose reports these bulletins are compiled, have re-s])onded favorably to the request made to them to send returnssufficiently early in the month to make the prompt publication ot thebulletin generally practicable. With an increased number ot cor-respondents, and strict regularity in the transmission ot reports tothis office on or near the first of each month, the bulletins will, it isbelieved, assume greater interest, and become valuable tor tuturereference, as showing the prevalence of local or sectional disease, andthe occurrence and progress of epidemics. n . ? A table, representing a summary of the bulletins tor the tirst sixmonths of the present year, is given below : o I 1. S ^ = - . ., • £ •; ^ ^^ ^ ^ H H -^ ti „• ;5 ^>- • ?_ >- - ? • ^ _i. ,^ - S i ; ? • =. J ^ 1 3 5 ?^ ^ — 1 I =2 = g; =i = 1 -S 2 ^ _g g _ 3 jg o J = 2 si M g g -i Only those diseases which are called zymotic, or are dependent to aconsiderable extent upon climate, are included in the circular. An examination will show the extent to which contagious diseaseshave prevailed in the localities reporting. It will also serve to showthe irregularity with which reports have been received, and thedifficulties encountered in the attempt to keep a uniformly completerecord. Several localities, though not represented by the full sixmonths, have been heard from regularh^ since the commencementof our corresj^ondence with them, which was not until after January. It has been customaiy, each month, to compare the mortality reportswith those of sickness; also each month Vvith that preceding, and togive, as far as possible, the ratio of deaths to population per onethousand. This is done under the head of
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