The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-28
TUBERCULOSIS IS
BEING SUBOUEO
Mortality Statistics Show No.
table Decrease In Deaths
From Consumption.
STILL THE MOST DEADLY
That and Ppsuronia Claim the Largest
Number Of vietims-Ths Latter
Disease 10 Especially Fatal
TO Children.

washington. d. c., June y.--The GEN.
sus burenu has Just published q report
presenting mortality statistics for the
years 1900 and 1904. In communities
which preserve death records. This
area In 1904 included 10 states and as4
cities. The states are Connecticut. In
diana, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
New Hampshire. New Jersey. Rhode
Island and Vermont. These states and
cities had In 1904 n population OF j.
sse.sss. two-nfths OF the population of
the United States.
The number OF deaths reported I'm
1900 was b39.s3e and the death rate per
loo OF population was lT.6. In 1901 the
rate declined to 1915 and In 1909 TO is.
The rate increased I'm 1903 to 1871. and
IN 1904 90 1917. The average rate for the
ave years was 1915 lower than I'm Eng
land and Wales, Scotland. ireland. Ger.
many. Prussia, Hungary. Netherlands,
Belgium. Switzerland. Spain and Italy
and higher than In Norway and
Sweden.
Lowest in the West.
The average death rate was lowest In
Indiana and Michigan. the only regis
tration states west OF the Aifeghcnies.
and highest In the District OF Column
ba and Rhode Island. The average
rate was IT'S In cities OF 5000 or more
and l4.3 In rural districts. Rhode ISL
and N the only state I'm which the rate
was as high In the rural districts as In
the cities. But In Massachusetts,. Con-
nacttcut and New Hampshire the urban
rate exceeded the rural by less than
per 1000.
The excess was greatest In New Jer.
sey. New York and Maine. The average
rate was lowest I'm 81. Joseph. Mo-. 7.6;
owosso, Mich. l0.l; Lincoln. Seb.. i0.4
and 81. Paul. Mimi. los. and highest
In Charlestown, &. C.. 3i.3: Wilmington
". g. 2s.2, and Jacksonville. Fla. Isl
Causes OF death with increasing ratei
for the Ave years were heart disease
nephrttis and Bright's disease. apoplexy
cancer, cirrhoris OF the liver. diabetes
and appendicitis. Causes with decreas'
ing rates We're old age. bronchitis con-
yulslons. paralysis and peritonitis.
Tuberculosis and Pneumonia.
Tuberculosis and pneumonia were By
far the leading causes OF death. The
average annual mortality from con.
sumption was l72.6 per 100000 OF pop.
uiat,on. The rate has shown marked
decline since 1880. when IL was 235.t
This indicates that tho war against the
white plague is meeting with success
The mortality from this disease In the
registration area In the United States
II lower than In Ireland. Germany
Norway. England and Wales, Scotland
the Netherlands. Belgium and Italy.
OF the whole number OF deaths from
tuberculosis OF the lungs 53.6 per cent
occurred between tho ages OF 20 and
40. The majority OF the deaths wer,
among males. the proportion being 5si
males TO 46i females. The number o:
deaths was greatest In March and Aprt
and least I'm September
The mortality from tuberculosis O!
the lungs was much greater In the
cities than I'm the rural districts. TAX.
ing each registration state as unit
the mortality from this disease was
highest In Rhode Island, New York and
New Jersey. and lowest In Michigan
Vermont and New Hampshire. Ex'
Guiding Denver. the rates were high
est In New Orleans, San Francisco
Washington. Newark, Jersey City. Bal
timore and Cincinnati. and lowest In
81. Joseph. Mo-, Scranton. Omaha. De.
truit. st. Paul. Buffalo and Minneap.
oils.
Pneun,onia Among Infants.
Pneumonia was second among the prin.
sipal causes OF death, the average annual
rate being 1919 per i0.oo OF population.
The death rate from this disease Is con.
Stdcrxbly greater than In England and
Wales and Scotland.
OF the deaths from pneumonia nearly -
per cent. more were OF males than Of
females. A greater number OF Deaths &C.
Cured at ages under fvo than any other
aye-year period. The majority OF thess
deaths occurred under ono year OF age.
After the age OF Ave years the greatest
/ number of deaths occurred at ages b..
tween sixty and sisty-nine.
The mortality from pneumonia was
about b per cent. higher In tho cities thar
| In the rural districts. Taking each regis
| tration state IA a unit. tho average annua
rates wer. highest In New York, Rhode
Island and Vermont and lowest In Mich.
| iEsn, Indiana and Connecticut. For the
principal cities. the average annual rates
were highest In Allegheny. PittsburE, New
York and Kansas city (Mo.). and lowest
IN 81. Paul. Minneapolis. 81. Joseph mo!
and Toledo
Among the causes OF death. disrrhoea
| was third, the average annual mortality
from this disease for the Ave years beina
ISL per iooOoo. over ~ per cent. Of the
| deaths from this disease were deaths OF
children under Ave years OF age. and over
@ per cent OF children under ono year OF
age
/ The deaths OF males exceeded those OF
females the proportion being ID males 20
81 females In every LOB deaths. over g.
per cent OF the deaths occurred durin.
July. August and September.
| Heart disease was fourth among tho
causes the average annual rate bstn.
1873 per 10000 Of population. over IS per
cent Of the deaths from this disease &C.
Cured nj ages above forty-four. over u
per @ent occurring NJ Sixty-fvc years and
over. n m noticeable that the mortality
| from heart disease 10 steadily increasing,
tho death rate advancing from iil.2 per
io.0e In 800 90 i3a.6 In lecS