The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-24
new STATE.
RATE
1QO BABES
A DAY

a bureau vital statistics is gov
in full force and operation IN Oklahoma
in charge Of Dr. j G.. Mahr. state
health superintendent Although Dr.
MaAr has just started to receive sta.
tistics lae estimates that there are be.
tween 5000 and 1000 births IN Okla.
homa every month This demon
strates that there Is no such thing as
race suicide in Oklahoma and shows
that approximately 10000 people are
added g. the population OF Oklahoma
every year by the means Of BIRTH
alone
Pottawatomie county Is the banner
antl-race suicide county Of me state.
the records showing larger percent
age Of births than any other county.
For The month OF October the birth
rate was sixty-eight and the compete
record for the month will show Il
abcul 100 in the one county alone The
death rate Of the county was 25.S per
cent Of which ne-tllrd was from pre-
veniive diseases.
The report from Choctaw county
shows that one citizen reaoled the
mature age of il3 before adding his
name 10 the death roll. Dr. Mahr
states that he has received hut partial
reports from 20 per cent of the coun.
ties t the state showing 408 births.
For Vital Statistics.
1ae new health law OF Oklahoma.
which Aas just been put in force. re-
quires the maintenance OF a bareau OF
vital statistics according to uniform
system established by the census de.
partment at Washington Oklahoma
Is the sixteenth state in the Union TO
establish this system II Incorporates
a record Of all births. deaths. marri-
ages and divorces in the state. reports
being made to the state health officer,
In the case of births and deaths, by the
county health boards. The returns of
divorces are made by the clerks OF the
district courts of the various counties
and probate judges send in the mar
rlage statistics
In the rec nd OF births the attending
physician Is required to report to the
county health officer, the nationality
and sex Of the child and the name OF
It's parents and residence the county
officer in turn reporting 10 blo state
health officer. In the case of deaths
the cause Of death, age sex. naticn-
atty name OF deceased and other
minor details are required
To Keep Tab en- Deaths.
DR. Mahr states that chief among
the good results that will come to the
state by the new system is that which
will be gained In better sanitary con.
ditions. The blanks furnished the
county health official c-ntain a list OF
what are commonly known as pre-
yentable diseases These include
diphtheria, scarlet fever. smallpox
measles typhoid, chicken pox. cholera
lnfantum, tuberculosis. hydrophobia
pneumonia and pleural sepsis In re-
porting the deaths which occur tho
dcetor must state the cause of the
result Of any OF the foregoing diseases
n reportirs deaths from all other
diseases the heath officers are only
required to report the percentage OF
deaths which result from each.
In looking ever these reports the
state health officer can determine
whether sufficient preventive meas
ures were taken and Il not can take
steps TO enforce proper health rules to
reduce the percentage OF deaUls from
preventive diseases
An example Of what may be revealed
by these reports is found in the fact
that out of twelve diphtheria cases re
p rted 70 the state health officer Sis
have died