The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-29

D1pntnef1d ana Group .......... 2b.3
Meningitis ............. 2I.6
While part of the decrease in the
number of deaths from tuberculosis
shown in 1906. as against 1909. is due
to the inclusion among the registra-
ton states of several with a low NOR
tally rate from this disease. there was
also noticeable a noteworthy decrease
in the old registration area Of the
total number of deaths 36.O32 were
shown to be males and 29.303 females,
the age of greatest mortality among
males ranging from - to 20 and among
females from to 20 to "a years. South
Dakota and Michigan showed the low
est mortality among the states while
Colorado and California had the high
est. Neither of the latter states show
ed an increase in the disease among
the native population. New York
had the highest mortality rate among
the cities, that rate being 503 in 1906
as compared with $50 in 1903.
Cancer was the cause of 29.O2O
deaths in 1906. of which 11.1o6 were
males and 1851 females The age
of greatest mortality from this dis
ease is between the ages of 90 and GA
California showed the highest death
rate and New Jersey the lowest. while
Boston led all the large cities.
Practically all of the increase in the
mortality from typhoid fever comes
with the inclusion of new registration
states. This rate was % in 1903 and
80 in 1906. Pennsylvania and COlora-
do showed the highest death rate from
typhoid. while Massachusetts and
Rhode Island had the lowest Pitts
burg and Allegheny. Pa. lead the reg
istraton cities in mortality from ty-
phoid
The death rate from meningitis fell
from 34.5 in 1905 to 25.6 in 1906. this
fact being accounted for by the alb
sence of an epidemic in 1906 which
was prevalent in 1905. On the other
hand, whOoping cough. which was ex-
tremely fatal among cOlOred children
increased from 10.7 in 1905 to 15.4 in
1905. the highest rate with the excep-
ton of 1903, since 1900. The report
says that up TO the present time no
especial attention has been paid by
sanitary authorities to this disease.
which is declared to be infinitely more
virulent than scarlet fever or measles
The total number of deaths in the
entire registration area for 1906 from
all forms of violence was 1852. cor
responding TO a death rate Of 1909 per
100000 of estimated population. This
rate greatly exceeded that of 1905
111.9(. or that of any recent year. OF
the total number of deaths from this
cause, IS. 6S2 were of males and 1850
were of females. The classification of
these deaths are simply returned as
resulting from "CarbOlic acid" pistol
shot" etc
The death rate from suicide appar-
emily showed d large increase for each
year of the period from 1902 to 1905
and a decrease for 1906. The number
of suicides in 1906. returned as sui
cides. was 1888. of which 1921 were
of males and 1892 of females. The
largest number of male suicides for
any five-year-age period were of the
age period So to SO, and the largest
number of female suicides were of the
age period % to %.
Deaths from accidental traumatisms
numbered 20,S42. and the rate was
zoos per 100000 of population: the
corresponding rate for 1905 was AL
and injuries for the registration area
numbered 1890, and 1S3 were due to
automobile accidents.