Number of railroad tanks oiled --------------------- 42
Number of lineal feet of ruts filled in- --------------- 250
Number of houses cleaned on account of municipality .. 162
NOTE.- Lands included within the Panama Railroad reservation were thoroughly cleaned of vegetation and sewered.
Special care was also taken with regard to cleaning and digging drains through the lower part of the city.
FUMIGATIONS.
Total number of houses fumigated ---- ---------------- 56
Total number of rooms in above houses ---.---..---1,246
Number of houses inspected ------------------------- 144
Number of barrels covered ------------------- ----- 203
Number of barrels uncovered -- ------------------- 524
Number of tanks covered---- --------------------- 31
Number of cubic feet in houses fumigated ----------- 743, 685
VITAL STATISTICS FOR COLON AND CRISTOBAL.
Estimated population of Colon and Cristobal 09,680 Number of deaths reported during month of April .-- 40 Death rate per 1, 000 per annum ----------------------- 49.58
MORTALITY.
I. General diseases.
9. Diphtheria ------------ -------- t.------------14. Dysentery----------------------------- ------------ 3
16. Yellow fever ------w---------- w---------------------- 1
27. Tuberculosis of lungs ----------- ---------------. 2
56. Alcoholism------------------------------------ 1I
36. Syphilis -------- ------------------------------------ I
II. Diseases of the nervous system.
61. Meningitis.---------------- w-------------------------1I
63. Other diseases of the spinal cord ----------------71. Convulsions ------------------------------------ 1
4. Intermittent and malarial cachexia --------------------- 2
Neuritis ------------------- --------------- ------1I
79. Organic disease of the heart --------------------------III. Diseases of the circulatory system.
None.