The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-01-23
Disease and Death in Indiana in De-
cember 1907.

The monthly bulletin of the State
Board of Health just issued for De
cember says:
The total number of deaths was
276S which is an annual death rate
of 12.1 per 1000 population. In the
corresponding month last year, the
total deaths were 1856 rate 13.1. The
death rate therefore shows a decrease
OF one in 1000. 1872 per cent of the
total deaths were under one year OF
age, the number being 1876; 29.S per
cent of the total number of deaths
were is years of age and over, the
number being 774 In December 1906
the percentages were 15.2 per cent
and 31.4 per cent respectively The
tuberculosis deaths numbered 315
against 329 in the corresponding
month last year. The number OF
deaths from certain diseases were as
follows: Typhoid fever, 60; diphtheria
81; scarlet fever. s; measles, 9;
whooping cough, IL; pneumonia, 334;
diarrhoeal diseases, 90; cerebro-spinal
meningitis, I6; influenza, 43; puer-
peral ever, 9; cancer, 102; violence,
1884,
OF the 315 tuberculosis deaths, 156
were Aales and l5g females. Of the
males, 30 were in the age period of IS
to 40 and were fathers and left 60
orphans OF the females, SIS were
mothers in the same age period as
above and left III orphans. Total
number of orphans made by con-
sumption in one month, III. How
many of these orphans will the state
be compelled to care for? We do not
cheaper to prevent the disease rather
than to take care of the wreck which
it leaves behind.
Of the 334 pneumonia deaths, III
were males and 163 females. Seventy
one were under one vear of age; "a,
TO 90; AZ, 90 to 5O; ere so and
over; 40 were in the period of
20 to so; 36 in the age period of so
to 80; and were 30 and over In the
corresponding month last year pneu-
mon;a caused 4Os deaths
Typhoid fever caused 60 deaths In
the corresponding month last year,
49, Seven hundred and eighty cases
were reported from "a coutnies.
Diphtheria caused 30 deaths. In
the corresponding month last year,
CO. Three hundred and twenty-seven
cases were reported from AZ counties.
Scarlet fever caused deaths In
the corresponding month last year,
5. Several epidemics of mild scarlet
fever occurred throughout the state
causing some alarm, but as shown,
more deaths than in the correspond
ing month last year.
Bronchitis and tonsilitis were the
mos prevalent diseases, and this was
true also in December 1906. The
city death rate was 143 which is 2.1
higher than the death rate for the
whole state The country death rate
was 10.7 which is IA lower than the
average for the whole state The
death rates of cities having over 5O,-
900 population were, Indianapolis, |
161; Evansville, 12.3; Ft. Wayne, |
1872; Terre auHe, 131; Anderson, 10; |
Muncie o; South Bend, 1873.
Smallpox was reported present in
1s counties, 2O7 in all being reported |
with no deaths. In the correspond |
ing month last year 393 cases were |
ported from 10 counties with one
death The counties in which small |
pox was epidemic were: Clinton, Is;
Elkhart, AS; Grant, 10; Lagrange, 60;
SO; Marshall, 10; St. Joseph |
12.
On the whole, the health conditions |
for December 1907 were about 6 per |
cent better than for the correspond
ing month of 1906