The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-04
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Astonishing increase tho mortal
SIS l.om heart disease. Ned on ata,
tlstics BIZ the department health,
were discussed last oYeAlaswM in saa
earnsstness By omiaaas pa LEANS Ct
this city.
According to the report cf w IL
GuiIfoy. registrar Of the busca ~ vital
statistics, the i%ncreasM Of tho Wumbtr.
Or fatal cases OF heart diseaso Tor thu
first eleven months Of this year in
Manhattan and the Bronx over the.
same period ia 1906 was 1910, OF, IL
the ratio Is maintained. 1902 for 81
year. This would mean an excess
20 per cent
DR.. Thomas Darlington. president
the board of health, said that alu
as large an increase had been not
ID 1905. and that. In fact. ever slHt
1866, when The statistics OF the depart
ment were iirsi kept IN such q way
chat comparisons could be made, there
bad beensa steady rising Of the seas
Of mortality due 70 weak hearts.
Medical science DR., Darlington
declared. has done much to reduce
The number Of deaths IN the early
years of life and contagious diseases
are well under control. Infant mortal.
ity Is steadily decreasing. Tho aver
ase age Of IA Is steadily Increasing,
and were a not iorlhp infoads "a
heart Diseases, pneumonia. and
nrights disease The lsoth rate IN the
city d New York would be remark4e
bly, low.
increase Of heart disease Is due "a
tie stress ana strain Of modern ilfs,
ana I have no doubt that the recent
financial furry haa been q iaeior Ia
Home of the recent aeathA But afsoe
al It must be borne IN mind that tie
pace at which men live he's heca
steadily accelerated. Long hours.
nerve tension. lack Of outdoor exercise,
neglect Of recreation and ~amusc.neat.
constant hurry and e1ort--an tless
must be co%nslderea, and thpss tiilngi
have not Just developed With tho uln.
ter OF 1907.
4 think over eating aiau kaa some.
thing to do with such a condition. Tie
grip. which has been prevalent lately.
cause d severe heart stgaia, and TIE
heart, which Is wcatpnsd by a lifa At
worry and stress, win naturally ho Tie
first to give wpy, Il Il time for Ano
leans to adopt the simple lilo and IA
slow down, tnsteaa e coaztanii3 aal5
jectiug themscIsos 10 mo canstanf 81
fort to malutaln high standards Of In.
ms. The Eaalishman as he adyanes (
IN years gradually retlros from Tia ae-
~tlvl,iea Of business but Ave Anerlsaa
does hot seem 90 Disposed and when
sttere comes a sreat strain uroa the
older men they are IIlely 10 a0ucumb
DR.. Guilfoy said he shohgbt the sisr.
~ over nnanelal aialfs which reeanl,
y had taken hold of mon, especially
those advanced IN sears. had bcen -
q large mcaaure the causa Of naay
deaths from heart disease.
Worry he continued fh .pcealsa.
TO active New Yorl men. Tkty wcf
last year worrying ahput now ulat.
they were going 70 fes and thls yat,
when the financial furry was 1t 4
height they were Worrying ahpat VIA
they might pat Act. Crop. witch III.
fecas heart are already weakeaAa
must be considered. Other cailaaA b.
heart disease are long hours. over cat.
Ing. drinking TOO much. and too nth
outdoor exercise.
TT cannot be disputed that ne epI
denIie Of efIp is one Of the factors re-
Apensibie ior The reported increase d
mortality due TO hsaFl dlssoss so,
Or Joseph Collins, a prominent neefo
lofist 4 Dc not heiIeve however
lAl Hhel arEunle1n lAas asst living.
~so-chlled, a. another cause Ii ienalle
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