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Baltimore City Health Department WEEKLY LETTER TO THE MAYOR Wk. 39 t In his WEEKLY LETTER TO THE MAYOR dated October 1* 1971* the Commissioner of Health wrote! Dear: Mayor: It is a pleasure to notify you that Dr. Willa Tommaney will be observing and participating in the work of the City Health Department until March 1, 1972. Her work here is part of a three-year Residency in: Public Health conducted by the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for physicians working toward board certification. Dr, Tommaney, a native of Toronto, Canada, graduated in 1965 from the Medical School of Queens University of Kingston, Ontario. Following internship she worked for two years as a Medical Officer of Health first with the Bermuda Health Department and then with the Antique Health Department in the British West Indies. As part of her three-year residency program. Dr. Tommaney obtained the Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health this year. In addition, she has completed a three-month assignment in epidemiology with the Montgomery County Health Department and six months in the maternal and child health field with the; Prince George's County Health Department. Very truly yours, (Signed) Robert E, Farber, M.D. Commissioner of Health B 1k m 1 A *npnn \1:\ ibJj) fil'-.T 1371 m Uinj u CTOIS^. N11996 BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATISTICAL REPORT -FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1971 WK. 39 BIRTHS Total recorded Residents only DEATHS Total recorded Residents only INFANT DEATHS Total recorded Residents only BIRTHS Total recorded Residents only DEATHS Total recorded Residents only INFANT DEATHS Total recorded Residents only WEEKLY SUMMARY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND INFANT MORTALITY Week Ending Sept 30 , 1971 Week Ending October 1, 1970 TOTAL WHITE NONWHITE TOTAL NUMBER WH 1 TE NONWHITE 476 283 248 78 228 205 493 327 278 124 215 203 199 174 126 73 225 157 105 69 167 104 68 63 7 2 5 11 . 1 10 8 5 3 10 1 9 16 957 11,599 9 .. 335 7.551 CUMULATIVE NUMBER FOR YEAR TO DATE 9. 416 4,562 7 541 7.037 17,747 - 10,296 12,020 5,060 6 187 4,562 . 3.- 148 2.989 9,867 7, 976 6,669 4,927 395 315 167 99 228 216 437 309 219 109 7 451 6 960 3 198 3 049 218 200 BIRTHS DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY 17,2 11.2 27 2 RESIDENT RATES* FOR YEAR TO DATE 12.8 12 8 21-7 22.1 9.4 30.7 17.7 11,7 25.7 13.8 13 4 21.5 22 2 97 28 7 *BIRTH AND DEATH RATES PER 1 ,000 POPULATION! INFANT MORTALITY RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHSl ALL RATES COMPUTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LIA-76096 WEEKLY STATISTICAL REPORT CASES OF REPORTABLE DISEASES, NON-RESIDENTS EXCLUDED WEEK ENDING 3-p-..emfc'.r 30 _9'1 DISEASE Tuberculosis, active............................... Syphilis, primary and secondary........... Gonococcal infections...................... .. Infectious hepatitis............................... Meningococcal infections....................... Meningitis, other................ ................. ............. Encephalitis, infectious........................... Measles...................................................... .................. German measles................ .. .'................................ Mumps.................................................. ............................ Chickenpox.................................................................. Diphtheria............. .................................................... Whooping cough....................................................... Streptococcal infections.............. .. Poliomyelitis (paralytic cases)..... Typhoid fever.................................. ....................... Salmonellosis..................... ............................... Dysentery..................... .............................................. Diarrhea and enteritis................................... Lead poisoning.......................... ............................. Influenza............................. .. . . ................... .. Other reportable diseases................ .. CASES CURRENT WEEK 15 4 293 S Q 6 0 0 1 c 2 0 0 3 0 0 10 6 3 0 0 _5 . 7 YEAR RANGE* HIGH 23 13 258 9 0 4 26 5. 2 5 5 0 i 10 0 o. 10 12 i 2 0 - LOW 6 6 125. 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 A .X 0 0. 0 - . YEAR TO DATE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF CASES 1971 1970 346 246 7,923 236 14 52 1 15 47 291 273 0 9 203 0 0 569 463 f _0 2 862 37 7 216 8 472 214 .12 100. 2 722 195 568 426 0 13 95 0 1 316 94 '8 19 5 1 DC : MORTALITY BY MAJOR CAUSES, NON-RESIDENTS EXCLUDED CAUSE OF DEATH All Causes............. .................................................. Diseases of the heart............................. .. Cancer, all forms............................................ Cerebral hemorrhage....................................... Diseases of the arteries and veins. Influenza and pneumonia............................. Diabetes........... .. . ............................ ............... .. . Cirrhosis of liver................. ................. Tuberculosis (all forms)................ .. Nephritis. .................................. .. ........................ Puerperal causes.................................. Malformations and diseases of early infancy..................................... Suicides................................................ .................... Homicides........................ ............................... .. Accidents Home. . ........................................... .. Industrial .... ..................................... .. Automobile. ........................ ......................... Other public......................................... Other external causes.............. Other specified causes................................ CURRENT WEEK TOTAL _*4 6_ 44 10 4 4 '6 3 2 0 8 1 3 X X 2 2 0 20. 7 YEAR RANGE* HIGH 200 91 43 2- -.X 6 10 8 4 2 0 LOW 165 55 23 9 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 15 3 20 62 31 X0 51 40 -- YEAR TO DATE CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF DEATHS , 1971 1973 7.551 ' 9'6 2.815 1.396 ,5-7 216 154 229 248 58 34 3 3 099 _ 482 524 251 1~9 268 245 67 36 5 247 61 212 227 69 174 84 25 96 L 2 084 103 11 90 Lift-76097 J. UbO THE HSSH AND LOW FIGURES SHOWN ARE DERIVED FROM THE NUMBER OF CASES AND DEATHS FOR THE COMPARABLE WEEK FOR THE PERIOD 964 9"0