The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-12
MORTALITY in INDIANA
THE MONTHLY BULLETIN OF THE
STATE EcaRD OF HEALTH.
The Total Number of Deaths in April
Was notwithstanding Sta
tistfcs.

The total number Of deaths reported to
the State Board of Health during April
was 2,ssl, being 236 less than occurred in
March. The annual death rate per 1000,
based upon the April figures. is 1871 Con-
sumption caused ss4 deaths. an annual rate
OF ia per 100000 Typhoid fever caused IS
deaths, diphtheria q. Group 5, scarlet fever
10. measles q. whooping cough p, pneu-
monia l6s, diarrhoeal diseases IS, cerebro-
spinal meningitis 81. influenza 81. cancer 81,
violence 116, smallpox 2 Measles was more
destructive than either diphtheria or scar
let fever. Both OF the smallpox deaths
were infants. One was FIVE years old, at
Saline City. the other four months old, at
Anderson.
The northern sanitary section, 81 counties,
population s92. AS. reported Sss deaths, an
annual per thousand rate of IL. The mid
die sanitary section. SO counties. population
a.02z. 694 reported 1854 deaths. an annual per
thousand rate Of 1873. The southern sani-
tary section. Is counties. population 729, S3s,
reported slf deaths. a rate OF 1876.
The counties having for the month a
death rate of 20 and over were: Jefferson
2l6. Marion 23.3. Wayne 20.6 and Union 20.
The counties which fell below the average
Blaokford ST. Carroll 40. Cass, 9. Hunting
ton IL, Jasper 95, Kosciusko 95. Lake 81.
1.aporte lis, Marshall l3.l. Newton s:5, Pu-
laski 81. starke ls. Wells 81 White So,
0. Fountain 1876. Franklin 3D. Hancock So,
Hendricks 1l.6, Henry 1874. Johnson 123,
Monroe l2s. Montgomery 11.5, Morgan 81,
Owen 9.6 Parke 1872. Putnam 1872, Randolph
i0.s. shelby 1871. Upton 49, vermillion III.
Warren 72, Crawford 80, Daviess Ill, De-
catur 10.s. Dubois 1875, Gibson 121. Greene
SIS. Harrison 10. Jackson 93. Knox 1873, Mar
Tin 126. Perry 1913, Ripley 1O.9 Scott l2.s,
Sullivan u. Switzerland 1913, Washington
12.6.
a population of 1862 reported ls6 deaths
an annual rate of ISIS Cities of Glass A,
those having over fifty thousand popula-
ton and representing total population
OF 1919. report 354 deaths, rate OF Y A.
members OF Glass A. The Indianapolis rate
was 24.s and that of Evansville 1916.
Cities Of Glass Il, those having from
eSooo to 5o.ooo population. representing H.
YEA population report Isl deaths. a rate OF
lo4. This class includes Fort Wayne, South
Bend and Terre Haute
Cities of Glass C. those having from 10000
10 900 popula ton. representing total of
2l0. Sos report 326 deaths, a rate OF 1873 This
class includes Anderson, rate. 23.7; Elkhart.
rate 10; Eiwood. rate 22.9; Hammond. rate
t03; Jeffersonville. rate 81; kokomo, rate
~; Lafayette. rate 20: Logansport. rate 15.3;
Marion, rate 1911; Michigan City. rate 14.5;
Muncie rate IS; New Albany, rate 1854,
Richmond rate $50; Vincennes. rate 12.4.
Cities OF Class ID, those having from 5000
to 5000 population and representing total
population OF 140.56S. report 200 deaths. a
rate Of 17-3. This class contains twenty
cities.
Cities OF Class E. those having under
5000 population and representing total
population of 129.ifS report 159 deaths. a
rate of 14a. This class contains thirty-nine
. cities The city death rate is, for every
class. above the average for the State.
For the total urban population, 7s0522, the
number of deaths was 1,l96. rate 1876. For
the total rural population. 1,s57.2fS. the
number Of deaths was LIS. rate III
The number of deaths under ons year was
l37. being 152 per cent. of the whole num-
Der Deaths sixty-ive and over was S54
197 per cent. of the whole.
Over one and under four years of age the
number OF deaths was Isl. or 60 per cent of
the total. Between four and sixty-five. the
number Of deaths was 1,509. or iS.9 per cent
OF the total
The diseases cIassed as preventable
caused l,l5S deaths. If 1000 Is accepted as
the average number OF people destroyed
monthly by preventable diseases the num-
Der In one year would be 1900. This num-
Der OF deaths means at least 100, 600 cases
OF sickness in each year which might be
prevented. according 20 the health board.
for on an average there are ten cases of
sickness for each death.