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Show Hot Weather During Month of July Exacts Heavy Toll. TWENTY-TWO LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD SUMMONED Marriage Licenses Number 117 and Births 1(9 in Same Period. I Plot weather claimed a heavy death toll, especially among Infants, in Salt Lake City In July, according to the monthly report of the city board of health, submitted sub-mitted Monday. The heat demon claimed 22 Infants under tho age of 1 year In the month Just ended, the roport shows. Four babies under l months of age died from digestive troubles caused by heat. Diarrhoea and enteritis caused 111 cases of Infantile mortality under 2 years of age and 2 cases over 2 yearn. Typhoid fever caused r deaths in July, but most of, these were cases brought to tho hospitals hos-pitals bore for treatment. The total number of deaths for the month was 10G. equally divided between males nnd females. According to tho report, re-port, tho marital relation Is conducive to longevity, for of the denths only 32 were married, whllo 52 were single Tho marital relation of 'the rest is unknown, tho report says. Seven colored persons were claimed by death. Two deaths wero over 85 years of age, while 20 were more than (jii. There were 7 violent deaths, of which 1 wns by suicide. Increase Is Shown. The deaths this July show an Increase of 21 oyer tho deaths for that month of last year and an increase of 21 over June of this year, raising the deaths for this year, so far, to (103. Tho births for the month just ended numbered lfifl, of which f'l wore boys and 78 girls, nnd the marriage mar-riage licenses wero 117, as compared with 310 for the preceding month. The sanitary Inspector attended to 621 complaints, made fSG visits, cleaned 578 cesspools, destroyed -13 horses and 187 dogs at tho crematory. The fumlgalor fumlgntcd 60 houses, of 3 1 rooms, for contagious and Infectious diseases. The chemist made SO tests, and the food Inspector In-spector condemned 572 pounds of foods. 74 gallons of milk, and 138 dozen eggs, and Instituted prosecutions. There were S2 eases of contagion and Infection reported, distributed as follows; First ward. -10, Second, 14; Third and Fourth, 7 each, and Fifth, 5. |