242 
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 pen 
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, 558 
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 
62.5 
1900 
235, 585 
15, 648 
66.4 
1901 
242, 747 
14, 809 
61.0 
1902 
250, 153 
15, 019 
60.0 
1903 
257, 813 
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 
188, 703 
5, 945 
126.4 
1892 
194, 214 
6,612 
136.1 
1893 
199, 886 
5,892 
117.0 
1894 
205, 723 
5,788 
112.6 
1895 
212, 983 
6,183 
116.1 
1896 
217, 071 
5,671 
104.5 
1897 
221, 339 
5,401 
97.6 
1898 
225, 804 
5,047 
89.4 
1899 
230, 480 
' 4, 689 
81.4 
1900 
235, 585 
4,562 
77.4 
1901 
242, 747 
4, 642 
76.5 
1902 
250, 153 
4,389 
70.2 
1903 
257, 813 
4,037 
62.6 
1904 
265, 738 
4, 805 
72.3 
1905 
273, 938 
4, 892 
71.4 
1906 
282, 423 
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 
