236 
These figures, year by year, are given in the following table, com- 
piled from the official statistics of the New York Department of 
Health : 
Population , deaths , and death rate of children under 5 years. 
Year. 
'Population. 
Deaths. 
Death 
rate per 
1,000 per 
annum. 
1891 
188, 703 
18, 224 
96.5 
1892 
194, 214 
18, 684 
96.2 
1893 
199,885 
17, 865 
89.3 
1894 
205, 723 
17,568 
85.3 
1895 
212,983 
18, 221 
85. 5 
1896 
217,071 
16, 907 
77.9 
1897 
221, 339 
15, 395 
69. 6 
1898 
225, 804 
15, 591 
69.1 
1899 
230,480 
14, 391 
62. o' 
1900 
235, 585 
15,648 
66.4 
1901 
242, 747 
14, 809 
61. 0 
1902 r i 
250, 153 
15, 019 
60.0 
1903 
257,813 
I 14, 402 
53.3 
1904 
265, 738 
16, 137 
60.7 
1905 
273, 938 
15, 287 
55. 8 
1906 
282,423 
! 15,534 
55.0 
FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. 
1891 
1892 
1898 
1894 
- 1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
188, 703- 
194, 214 
199, 886 
205, 723 
212, 983 
217, 071 
221, 339 
225,804 
230,480 
235,585 
242, 747 
250, 153 
257, 813 
265, 738 
273, 938 
282, 423 
5, 945 
126.4 
6, 612 
136.1 
5,892 
117.0 
5, 788 
112.6 
6,183 
116.1 
5,671 
104.5 
5,401 
97.6 
5,047 
89.4 
4,689 
81.4 
4,562 
77.4 
4, 642 
76.5 
4,389 
70.2 
4,037 
62.6 
4,805 
72.3 
4,892 
71.4 
4,426 
62.7 
For the purpose of comparison, the figures are confined to the orig- 
inal city of New York — now the Boroughs of Manhattan and the 
Bronx. 
At the rate of mortality of 1892, there would have been 27,169 
deaths of children under 5 years in 1906, instead of 15,534. Thus the 
apparent saving in one year was 11,635 lives, or 42.82 per cent. At 
the summer mortality rate of 1892, death would have claimed 9,743 
