The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-08
DEATH RATE WAS HIGH
Mortality For February Was
4. Eighty-three- Record Of
Contagious Diseases.

The total deaths among residents Of
Salt Lake City for the month OF Feb
ruary reached the highest mark for
that month in many years, the NOR
tality being eighty three, which repre-
sents an annual death rate of 1928
per 1000. as against a death rate OF
1924 for the previous year. The eX-
cess of mortality is due TO the in
creased death rate from pneumonia
Oen). meningitis (six) and diph-
liberia (nine), also the thirty deaths
from chronic ailments of long stand
ing. The deaths from pneumonia were
more than treble the number for the
previous month and show a like in
crease over the same month of last
year. There were three deaths from
tuberculosis, fourteen Of nervous ORR
gin, five from affections Of the heart.
eighteen from diseases Of the resDira-
tory system, three each Of the diges-
tive and genito-urinary apparatus.
and external causes, two each of III
defined diseases, old age and early in
fancy and malfOrmatiOn.
Classified by sex, forty-five of the
decedents we're males and thirty-eight
females. an We're white; forty were
natives OF Utah, twenty-one We're born
in other parts of the United States
and twenty-five We're of foreign na-
Jivity; forty-three had never been mar
Tied. twenty-five died during married
life and hfueen were in the widowed
state. Twenty eight deaths occurred
among children under years Of age,
eight between the ages of 5 and is,
twenty-one from Is 20 IS years Of age,
and sixteen over 45 and under 50.
Compared with last month january
contagious diseases decreased nineteen
cases. there being los IN February as
against 187 for the month before. The
more important diseases were reported
as follows. Scarlet fever, nineteen
cases; diphtheria, fOTty-seven; small
puN eighty-siX. Nineteen eXamina-
tons of culture tubes by Chemist
Harms developed the germs of diph-
liberia present In eight OF them. TWEEN
ty-fOur samples of milk were tested
and tWenty-three were found 10 be uI
90 the standard required by ordinance
Eighty-nine houses, containing 44l
rooms, were disinfected by the de-
partment iumigator during the month
The births reported for the month
show an increase Of twenty-five over
January and are twenty-three I'm eX-
cess Of the corresponding month OF
1902. There were sixty-six males and
dfty-nine females reported.
For the week ending March Z there
were fewer deaths and births report
ca than for the previous week and
a lower mortality than for the same
week of last year. The births reported
of which nine We're males and twelve
females. are eleven less than last
week while the deaths are sixteen less
than the preceding week, there being
six deaths among males and five
among females, with four Of the total
number caused by pneumonia.
AT the close of last report there were
thirteen cases Of scarlet fever in quar-
antine. during the week there were
two cases reported and four cases re-
leased. leaving eleven cases in the city
at the time of this report.
OF diphtheria there were nine new
cases reported and six discharged
leaving seventeen cases IN detention
as against fourteen for the previous
week.
The unvaccinated population fur
uished tWenty-fOuT of the twenty-siX
cases reported during the week as hav-
ing smallpox one OF which was i'm
ported here. Twenty cases recOV-
cred during the week and were dis
charged leaving sixty-eight cases III
quarantine, as compared with sixty
four for the previous week.
or measles there were six cases re-
ported. Of typhoid fever, one; of chick
en- pOX, seven.