Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-14

deaths among boys under > years OF
age than among girls within the same
aSe-period. On the contrary, at the
age periods from 10 to so years there
was a preponderance of deaths among
females, while there were more deaths
among males at the ages from 80 to 80.
At the age of loo years and over, s
persons died, women and men.
The following shows the mortality
from 10 prominent causes in the year
1900. The various diseases of the
brain have occupied the first place
among the causes of death, and con-
sumption was the next most prominent
cause until 1883 when it was reduced
to the third place in the list, in 1899 to
the fourth place, and this year it occu-
pies the same place. Diseases of the
heart have the third place, and pneu-
monia has the second place.
Brain disease. 1859; pneumonia, 1867;
heart disease, 1915; consumption, 1927.
old age, 6S5: infantile diarrhea, $50;
cancer. 626: kidney disease SIS; bron-
chitis, 262; diphtheria and Group, 155.
The lists of the infectious diseases
usually include smallpox, measles,
scarlet fever, typhoid fever. whoop-
ing-cough, diphtheria and Group.
Two deaths occurred from smallpox
in Portland. This is the second year
since the registration act went into
effect in which deaths have occurred
from this cause.
This disease caused the death of 81
persons. of whom AZ were males. and
AZ were females. The deaths from
measles were 20 in 1892, IS in 1898, II in
1894. in 1895, 80 in 1896, % in 1897, Il in
1898, and 80 in 1899.
The total mortality from this disease
was 80 (36 in 1892. so in 1893, % in 1894,
% in 1895. SO in 1896, 3S in 1897, 43 in
1895, and 4S in 1890, IS males and Il
females. The largest number Of deaths
occurred at the age-period 1-5. The
largest monthly number of deaths
from this cause was six in November.
There We're deaths in the first quar-
ter. II in the second, in the third.
and 10 in the last three months of the
year. Aroostook county had deaths
from scarlet fever; Cumberland, Fis-
cataquis and York had 4 each; Andres
coggin and Penobscot had each;
Kennebec, Sagadahoc and Washing
ton had each; and Knox and Waldo
llStN L ttltil. Ill NOulillCS lio itSttlio
occurred from this disease OF the 50
deaths from this cause, We're in the
cities.
During the year for which this re-
port is made, 236 deaths We're at
trjbuted to grippe. By months the
percentage distribution of deaths from
this cause was as follows: January,
4.2l: February, sos; March, 14.S3.
April, 37.1; May, 1858; June, 5.93; July,
1.27; August, $780, September 0.S5;
October, 2.54; November, L21; De-
cember. 5.39, and not stated, O.S5.
The grippe death-rate for the whole
State was $40 for each 10000 of living
population Q1.43 in 1892, Psi in 1898,
4.46 in 1894, go in 1895, LII in 1896, AS
in 1897. 2.19 in 1898, and $50 in 1890
The number of deaths from whoop-
ing cough was 80 (54 in 1892, 81 in 1892
20 in 1894 81 in 1898, Ill in 1896, 46 in
1897. Al in 1898, and SO in 1899, of which
80 We're males and 60 were females
The number of deaths in the cities wash
81. SiXty-one of the 80 deaths from
this cause were among infants under |
year of age
The death-rate in the State from
that of the cities, 1.42.
There were, for the year 1900. 155
deaths from diphtheria O06 in 1892 s.
in 1899. a in 1894, 1875 in 1895, 100 in 1896, |
200 in 1897. 1S5 in 1898, and go in 1892. |
OF the decedents, a were males and IS |
We're females.
OF the 155 deaths, &C We're in thel
cities. and SO in other places. Tho |
diphtheria death-rate for the State was
l.2S; and for the cities, 2.93.
The number of decedents was AZ (3S |
in 1892, so in 1898, 81 in 1891. 20 in 1895. |
SO in 1896, sc in 1897, 43 in 1898. and 80 |
In 1S9O-21 males and IS females. |
Sixteen Of these deaths were in the |
cities. Deaths from this cause oc- |
CURED inevery month except December. |
Distributed by quarters. they were 10, |
II, 10. 8. The death-rate from this /
disease was G.61.
There were 19G deaths from typhoid |
fever. Of these. ia were of males |
and SO of females. AS indica tive of the |
loss which the State incurs from ty-
Dhoid fever, it is well to bear in mind |
that the age distribution of the decd |
entS shows that the deaths from this |
disease are principally among those
active and productive age-periods |
when human life is Of the most value. |
81 per cent, just the same as last
year, died between 10 and so years OF
age.
Thirteen deaths We're registered as
due to malarial diseases. In five cases
the disease was contracted outside Of
this state, four of the persons having
contracted the disease in the war Of
the rebellion: one probably in the war
with Spain; and the ages of five others
indicate probability that the disease
was referable to the Civil War. All Of
the decedents but one We're males;
their respective ages were: 1920, / !:
Cote, 1; $3.50, 8; G0-70, 6; 1880, ?.
In 190t. tuberculosis in its variou.;
forms was the cause of 1875 deaths
G,513 in 1892, LAG in 1893, LAO i'll
1891. 1897 in 1895, 1859 in 1896, 1888
in 1897, 1893 IN 1898. and 1,241 in 1899.
The dcath-rlte FER 10000 from this
cause was 1850.
There were 1927 deaths from pull
monary tuberculosis registered in
1900. which is equivalent to a death
rate of 14.19 per 10000 of the popula-
ton. The death rate for the cities
was 16.49. of other forms of tubercu-