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Show tho deaths for this year, so far. to t... The hlrtha for the month Just ended numbered 109, of which 01 were hoys and 7S girls, and the marriage licenses were 117. a compared with Itio licenses for the preceding month. The sanitary inspector attended to r.2l complaints, made fK6 vinlts, clean-578 clean-578 cesspool, destroyed 13 horses and 187 dogs at the crematory. The fornicator forn-icator fumigated f.O houses, of 343 rooms, for contagious and infectious diseases. The chemist made SO testa, and the food Inspector condemned 572 pounds of foods. 71 gallonrt of milk and 13S dozen eggs, and instituted 3 prosecutions. There were S3 cases of contagion and infection reported, distributed as follows: First ward. 49; Second. 14; Third and Fourth, 7 each, and Fifth, ;.. . MANY CHILDREN DEAD OF HEAT Hot Weather During Month of July , Exacts Heavy Toll. Salt Lake. Aug. 2 Hot weather claimed a heavy deafn toll, especially timong infants, in Salt like City, In .lulv. according to the monthly report of the city board of health, submit-led submit-led Monday The hent demm claimed claim-ed 22 Infant's under the age of 1 year in the month Just ended, the report shows. I'our bahies under 1 months of age died from digestive troubles caused by heat. Diarrhoea and enteritis caused 16 cases of infantile mortality under 2 vears of ae and 2 cases over 2 years. Typhcld fever caused ' deaths In July, but most of ihepe w-re cases brought to the hospitals hero for treatment. The total number of deaths for the 1 month was 1"0. erpially divided he-! he-! tween males and females. According lo the report, the marital relatlou is conducive to longevity, for of the deaths only 32 were married, while f.2 were (single. The marital relation nf the rest Is unknown, lhe report says. Seven colored persons were claimed by denlh. Two deaths were over S"i years of ace, while 20 were more than There were 7 violent deaths, of which I was by suicide. Increase Soovvn. The deaths this .lulv show an in crease of 21 over the deaths for that mon'h of ln.it year -and an io-reas of 2 over .Inn of thin year. ralin |