The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-04
MORTALITY OF 1898.
Compilation of Reports Made to
Surgeon General Wyman.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS.

According to the Reports Received South
st. Paul Was the HesIthiest Place In the
United states Last Year-Out of "a Popu-
lation Of 5000 People Only Three Died
During the Year-Big Death List of New
York.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-Interesting sta
tistics have resulted from compilation
CT reports made TO Surgeon General Wal
ter Wyman OF the United States Marine
hospital service in regard TO the mortality
during 1895 in cities and tows of the
United States having population in ex-
cess of 1000. This table was prepared in
the Marine hospital bureau from replies
received to a circular letter asking the es-
timated population Of such places during
1895, the total number Of deaths from all
causes, stillbirths excluded, and tho death
rate per thousand of the estimated popu-
lation.
There were 3,7l5 letters thus addressed
and 1855 responses were received, OF
which, however, only ,46l could be util-
lied in the preparation Of the table.
From the replies il eppears that South
st. Paul, Mimi, was the healthiest place
in this country during 1895, so far as NOR
tality is concerned, for out Of an estima.
ted population Of 5000 souls there were
only three deaths, or one in a 1000. Ak
ron, n. Y, went TO the other extreme,
however, for with an estimated population
of 800 the death list aggregated ninety,
or at the rate of fifty i'm every loo.
Heavy Per Cent. of Fatalities
Next TO Akron i'm point of mortality
comes Londonderry, y. H., with twenty
two fatalities in a population OF 53l. or
4lIl in every thousand
This place had popr, ,tion of ,220 ac-
cording 60 the census - 1890 Wayerly.
o., with an estimated population of 1900,
had fifty-ninc deaths or at the rate of
1851 Chc,opa, kas had 100 deaths out
/ of 5000, or 3633 Mound City, Mo, had
sixty two deaths in LAO population, or
| 81 .63. Chelsea, Vt, had forty-One deaths
| out of 1, ,240 population, or 33O1. Ddnvers
Mass, had 229 deaths out of n population
| of 7,454, the rate being 1921; but this in
cluded llS deaths i'm the lunatic asylum
| there.
OF the big cities New York had AZ, l21
/ deaths out of an estimated population of
| /, ,s7g, l05 OF mt "a rate Of % in each thou
II
| only "a, ,3l9 deaths out Of .60OO,01O people,
or at the rate of 1919 per thousand Brook
| lyn, with l,O9O,OO0 population, had p, 56S
deaths, or rate of % 50 Boston, Mass
had IL 1929 deaths out Of sol ,0S3 popula-
| ton, or 22.60. Baltimore, Md, with an
| estimated population of 4963l6, had TO-
OBI deaths, or 10. 1T. Louis, Mo, had
Q, AS deaths out of $4,000, or 1888. New
L Orleans La had : O45 deaths out OF 215,-
| 600 people, or at a rate of p 2J
san Francisco's Death List.
san Francisco's death list aggregated
5.9l4 out of 1900, or a rate of l7g.
Cleveland O., out of $4,000 population
had D, l6I deaths, or rate of 10 80. Wash
ingtons death list was ), 5S2 out of a popu-
lation of 275, 1000, or 20 % Buffalo, y. Y,
had 4,O74 deaths out Of a population of
835, 100, or 1918.
Milwaukee, Wis, out of an estimated
| population of 2oO,0OO, had 3, 3S5 deaths, or
54 Minneapolis, Mimi, with 225,602
population. had 2, 1875 deaths, or rate of
96e in each 1000. Louisville. Ky, with
| 2ll 900 people had death list of 1899. or
1896. New Haven, Conn, out of 100000
population, had l,29O deaths, or 1879
Omaha, Neb., with 10000 population, had
LIE deaths or S37. Providence, X. L.,
with 145, 472 population, had 5S7 deaths, or
Ipl22 Rochester, v Y, with 100 900 pop
| ulation, 1856 deaths, or l4.12. IT Paul.
| Mimi. beat the other twin on the death
rate, the figures being: Population, 2l2,-
4SO deaths, 500; rate, : 66. Scranton,
Pa. population, 10000; deaths, l,5i5;
rate, - Toledo, O., population, 100;
deaths ,4p3; rate, l2.0S.