RT Journal
T1 WAshington, d. c.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1899
FD November 25
VO XXXIII
IS 22
SP 1374
OP 1374
DO 10.1001/jama.1899.02450740062026
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450740062026
AB The report of the health officer for the week ended November 11 shows the total number of deaths to have been 117, 69 white and 48 colored. There were 82 cases of diphtheria, 70 of scarlet fever and 5 of smallpox under treatment at the close of the week.Dr. Arthur M. McNamee has been appointed resident physician at the Georgetown University Hospital, to succeed Dr. Daniel McCarthy, who resigned to accept the position of resident physician to the Providence Hospital.At the recent meeting of the directors of the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, the following report was received from the staff, for the month: new cases, 980; number of visits, 1531; number in wards, 78; deaths, 9; autopsies, 5; prescriptions compounded, 2938; ambulance calls, 87.