APPENDIX 0.


 VITAL STATISTICS.

 [Compiled under direction of Col. W. C. Gorgas, U. S. Army, Chief Sanitary Officer.]




 TABLE 1.-EMPLOYEES OF THE PANAMA CANAL COMPANIES, MARCH, 1881, TO APRIL, 1904.

 Number of employees andI total number of death from all causes.


 Number
 Year. employ- Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. July. Aug. Sept._ Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 10
 ees.


 1881........... 928. .... ....... 1 2 1 7 11 4 7 8 6 11 58 59.2
 1882............. 1,910 6 17 10 3 7 9 21 18 11 7 9 7 125 65.4
 1883............ ,287 24 17 19 17 25 24 29 21 0 49 7 76 423 67.2
 1884........... 17,615 61 92 94 63 45 64 88 117 139 161 162 146 1,232 69.9
 1885............. 15,215 104 60 66 52 60 96 109 101 140 104 109 90 1,096 71.3
 1886............. 14,935 71 75 98 91 67 90 98 88 78 61 74 64 955 64.0
 1887............. 16,217 83 53 62 63 104 101 106 108 73 102 99 79 1,033 63.7
 1888............. 13,725 61 68 56 59 35 59 42 41 40 53 49 42 605 44.2
 1889............ 1,826 36 11 14 11 4 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 '91 49.8
 1890............ 800 1 2 3 0 1 3 5 7 3 1 2 30 07.5
 1891............. 8001 2 3 3 4 4 2 .3'3 6 3 1 37 46.3
 1892............. 800 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1. 2 1 22 27.5
 1893 ............ 8001 2 1 3 .0 2 0 2 4 1 2 1 1 19 23.8
 1894............ 8001 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 0 01 2 2 17 21.3
 1895 ............ 1,225 0 1 0 2 5 1 41 2 2 2 5 6 30 24.5
 1896.............3,715' 4 6 2 4 4 12 81 6 14 10 4 5 79 21.3
 1897 ............ 3,980 10 7 6 10 31 17 7 12 12 3 5 7 127 31.9
 1898............ 3,4001 8 9 6 6 9 7 5 8 3 5 5 2 73 10.9
 1899 ............ 2,500 5 4 4 2 6 4 14 65 3 5 1 3 7 22.8
 1900............., 2,000 7 8 3 3 4 5 10 3 5 4 12 5 69 34.5
 1901..............2,000 4 0 4 2 0 1 4 3 5 5 3 5 36 18.0
 1902............ 1,500 5 2 4 3 1 2 e 0 4 3 4 2 33 22.0
 1903............. 1,000 12 3 2 7 4 1 2 1 .1 0 0 0 33 33.0
. 1904............ 750 1 0 0 2 ................................................................. 3

 Total..... .......... 511 441 463 408 425 510 576 1 556 608 599 628 598 6,283


 TABLE 2.-EMPLOYEES OF THE OLD PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, MARCH, 1881, TO DECEMBER, 1889, INCLUSIVE.

 Number of employees, and total number of deaths by months, yellow fever and malaria.


 Year. Employees.



1881............. 928
1882.............1,910
1883............ 6,287
1884.............17,615
1885.............15,215
1886.............14, 935
1887 .............16,217
1888.............13,725
1889------------.. 1,826

 Total..... .......... .


January. February.


Yellow Malafever. ria.


March.


Yellow Mala- Yellow Mala- Yellow fever. ria. fever. ria. fever.


........ ........ ....... 0 0
 0 1 1 8 3! 0 2 5 0 2 0 7 3 17 9 36 8 26 22 25 9 16 9 13 11 23 15 21 23 32 19 24 17 8 15 10 12 14 12 10 11 11 4 8 21 2 2 2 73 117 65 103 71 101


April. May.


Mala- I Yellow Mala- Yell ria. I fever. ria. fev


0
1
0
6
2 25
12
7
3


0
0
2 15 13
28
7
7
1


0
3
0
3 19
32 28
6
1


0
1

9
12
9 11
3
0


56 731 921 471


June. July.


low Mala- Yellow Malaer. ria. fever. ria.


1 0 3 4 3 1 6 10 2 5 3 11 6 19 8 29 31 23 33 30 44 9 42 13 29 -19 25 24 11 8 8 6 1 0 2 0 128 84 130i 127


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