y substituting
sand ejectors for the carts. By this method, an ejector is either
attached to, or placed directly under, the outlet gate of the sand
bin, the gate is opened, and the ejector is started. From this
ejector, the sand is carried back through the line of 4-in. fixed
pipe, and one or more lengths of 3-in. hose, to the point of
discharge in the filter bed which is being re-sanded.

~Table 9.~

Columns:
A - July.
B - August.
C - September.
D - October.
E - November.
F - December.
G - January.
H - February.
I - March.
J - April.
K - May.
L - June.

(_A_) ~Number of Deaths from Typhoid Fever, by Months, in the
District of Columbia for the Last Fourteen Fiscal Years.~
==========+====+====+====+====+====+====+===+===+===+===+===+===+======
Fiscal | | | | | | | | | | | | |
year. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |Total.
----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------
1896-97 | 8 |15 |25 |25 |18 |16 |13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 147
1897-98 |10 |16 |18 |10 | 9 |18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 |20 | 130
1898-99 |24 |22 |22 |28 |21 |16 |10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 169
1899-1900 | 9 |38 |30 |28 |27 |26 |17 | 6 | 8 |10 | 5 |12 | 193
1901-02 |16 |33 |28 |21 |22 |16 |19 | 8 |12 | 9 |13 | 9 | 206
1902-03 |21 |39 |25 |32 |19 |20 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 194
1903-04 |17 |26 |18 |19 | 8 |14 | 5 | 5 | 6 |10 | 8 | 8 | 144
1904-05 |16 |22 |25 |14 |11 | 9 |11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 125
1905-06[1]|15 |30 |23 |26 |14 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 |10 | 9 | 152
1906-07 |21 |32 |21 |25 |17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 152
1907-08 |10 |18 |17 |19 |11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 107
1908-09 |15 |13 |23 |17 |16 |13 |16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 146
1909-10 |12 |12 |17 |12 |12 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 95
----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------
Average |15.3|25.5|22.9|21.5|16.6|13.1|9.6|4.4|5.8|6.7|6.4|7.5|155.4
----------+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------

~Table 9~--(_Continued._)

Columns:
A - July.
B - August.
C - September.
D - October.
E - November.