The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-12
MORTALITY In NOVEMBER
SECRETARY OFF THE STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH MAKES REPORT.
The Statistics Are Considered from
IA Standpoint of Sanitary Sec
t~ions-Other Matters.

The State Board of Health makes the
following report of mortality statistics for
November: 1.-The total number of deaths
was 2,s54. For the corresponding
month of last year $50 were reported, an
excess for this year of ga. A decrease APP
pears. however. for November as compared
with the preceding month of this year. for
there were reported for October 1888 deaths,
a difference of 70. The annual death rate
for the whole State, as based upon the
months returns and the United States CEN
sus of this year, is 1873, an increased rate
Of L over September and an Increase or 2
over the corresponding month of 1899. The
deaths under one year were 476, and one to
five. inclusive. 269. making a total of 100
~infantil deaths. which is 26.s per cent. OF
deaths reach this percentage it is pretty
safe to assume that sanitary laws are not
being needed. The deaths of those over
sixty-five years of age number sSS. There
was a decrease in deaths from consumption
as compared with the preceding month of
81. the figures being: November, $50; Octo-
Der. PSI. AS compared with November of
1899 the figures show % fewer deaths. The
deaths reported from typhoid fever were
1e4, as compared with 1873 in the corre-
spending month last year. The diphtneria
deaths were 172, while for the correspond
ing month last year the figures were Ill.
were 10 scarlet fever deaths, Z from
measles, Il from wh~oopingcough, Group s,
Influenza IA, puerperal septicaemia 10, cam
Ger SO, violence 126, smallpox l. The deaths
from pneumonia numbered 191, with 145 re-
corded for the corresponding month last
year. Diarrhoeal diseases caused 6S deaths.
Sanitary S~ections-The northern sani-
tary section, having a population of SIS. SS5
and numbering 81 counties. had SIG deaths.
a rate of 1877, which is IL below the State
average for the month. The central sani-
tary section, 13 counties. with 1,O24, 791 in
habitants. had liza deaths, a rate of 13.6,
being 2 below the State average. The
southern sanitary section. q counties, 651. $50
inhabitants. had s34 deaths, a rate of 15.6.
which is is above the State average.
"Counties-TlIe counties which In Novem-
Der had death rates above the average for
the whole State were: Benton 1873, Black
fcrd 1913, Jasper 14.5, Jay Al. Laporte 15.S,
Miami Is, St. Joseph 15.9. Wells 10, Bar
tholomew 21.S, Boone 1871. Brown 1868, Della
ware AS. Fountain Az, Marion 1871, Mont
gomery 16.1, Tippecanoe 16. Upton II, YER
million 14.3, Warren 49,, Wayne 1873, Clark
1873, Crawford 1872. Dearborn 1914, Dubois
Az, Floyd 1872, Green 1872, Jackson 16, JEFF
ferson 15.9, Jennings 14.7. Knox 1873, Law
renee 14.6, Martin 2O.7. Scott 10. Spencer 21.2.
Sullivan us, Switzerland 1874. Vanderburg
1876, Warrick 21.3, Washington 201. Bar
tholomew county shows the highest death
rate for the month, 21.S, while for the cor
responding month last year Pike showed
the highest rate, which was -. Johnson
county shows the lowest death rate for the
month, the figures being s.
'Cities-Al cities of the State, showing
a population of SAT. 1902, reported LIZ deaths,
a rate of 1872. The country, with a popula-
ton of 1859, 164, reported LIZ deaths, max
ing a rate of 1875, a difference in favor of
the country of 36. The cities having a
l--4L 49, ,l1Ax~a tho or-nro "a far tho Cfafa
were: South Bend, 17.2, Terre Haute 17.6,
Anderson %, Elkhart 1913, Elwood 1913. JEFF
fersonville 2i.9, Lafayette 1I.5. Marion 23.9,
Michigan City 20.5, Muncie 1913, New Albany
%. Vincennes 1876, Columbus SO, Crawfords-
Vile 2S.S, Frankfort "a. Hartford City 22.6,
Madison 1913. Mishawaka 17.5. Peru 245, Sey-
mour 24.6, Greensburg 4.2.
"Cities, Glass A-Cities having over SO, 600
population: Indianapolis and Evansville.
total population 22S,11, report 2S9 deaths, a
rate of 15.4. The rate for the correspond
ing month last year was 1853. The In
dianapolis rate is 15.9 n the Evansville
rate IA.
600 population. including Fort Wayne, South
Bend and Terre Haute, report 161 deaths
for total population, a rate of 1916. The rate
for the corresponding month was 1873.
.'Cities, Class C-Cities having 10. 200 10
5000 inhabitants, fourteen cities in all, a
fetal population of 1853, report 326 deaths,
n rate of 1872. The rate for the correspond
ing month last year was 15.9.
'Cities, Class D-Cities having from 5000
TO 10000 population. twenty-three cities I'm
all, having a total population of 161. 75l, re-
port 213 deaths, a rate Of 16. The rate for
the corresponding month last year was 13.7
.'Cities, Glass E-Cfties having less han
5000 population, thirty-six cities, with a
total population OF 1880. report I3S deaths,
a rate of 1873. The rate for the CORE
spending month last year was 1872. The
urban deaths from tuberculosis number 81
90 fI,a rsrrQl III Tho nrhon deaths from,
typhoid fever numbe So and the rural l54.
The urban deaths from typhoid fever num-
Der 4S and 153, respectively. Dipntneria was
more destructive in November, 1900, than II
was in November, 1899. the figures being
Urban, GO this year and 81 last; rural, l,09t
rhfs wear and 50 last year.