The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-08
ALABAMA HAS NJ
 RACE SUICIDE In Month of January There Were 3464 Births 1037 DEATHS REPORTED More Than $7o,ooo is Now Available for the Purpose of suppIementing of School Houses in Rural
 Districts.
l037 DEATHS REPORTED

Montgomery, May 7.-(Special.) )-That Alabama is not going much Into the race suicide class is evidenced by the fact that for the month of January last there were 3464 births, a rate of about 22 to the 1000 on an estimated population of 2,214000.
 This is the first month in which statis- tics have been kept under the new laws and while they have not been received as generally and as quickly as the health office force would like there is a great improvement over the old methods.
 Of the 3464 births, 23T were white and 1OS7 colored. Of the whites there were 1920 males and 1057 females, and blacks, GA males and 479 females. There was a total of 1037 deaths reported, with 5S9 whites and 4SS colored. White males were 821, females 26S; colered males PAT, females POI.
 Of the causes of death, pneumonia and tuberculosis lead, the first claiming 149 and the second 127. Of the latter 106 cases were of the pulmonary variety. Dis eases of early infancy took off 5S, Bright s disease 54, and organic heart disease 61. Bowel complaints come along with 3S, menegitis 26, cancer, 25 influenza 25, pa- ralysis 20, apoplexy 21, burns and scalds 16 typhoid fever 12 diphtheria 10. No record is given here of troubles that claimed less than 10 victims.
 It is worthy of note that 82 deaths were reported in this month from what is termed by Dr. G. w. Williamson, the de- partment statistician, as "preventable ac- cidents.' Listed In the order of their frequency, gunshot wounds, railroad &C., cidents, burns and scalds, drownings and poisonings There is not so good show ing as will be made later on this feature of the case for the reason that in spite of all hard work there will be many who will not got the figures in as they ought to be along with the needed information.
 As an indication of the trouble had with the county health officers it Is noted that the largest county in the state yet behind with the month of February This grows out of the fact that he Is a new official, though as a matter of fact an experienced doctor in the place, and is having to take time to get into harness good. As soon as this county reports the statistics for February, the second month under the new laws, will be made up and reported.
 School House Money.
 Over s70O00 in money for the erection of schoolhouses in rural districts is now ready for distribution, the exact figures being $73,212.A This is sent out by the of flee of the department of education and will run the entire amount since the law became operative, to almost S200,0OO, 30OO having been sent out already. The state gives not less than $100 nor more than $2oo to a school district on the people giving the lot deeded to the state and as much as the state gives.
 The money comes from the tag tax and is allotted for the cotning year, now avail able to each county, as follows, the figures being shown in dollars the cents being left off: Autauga, $13SS Baldwin, s1523; Bar bour. $133S; Bibb, $15SS; Blount, $93S; Bull lock, $22SS; Butler, $913; Calhoun. S9SS; Chambers, sl7SS; Cherokee, $lO6S; Chil- ton. $SSS; Choctaw, SIPS; Clark, STA; Clay. SSS; Cleburne, $116S; Coffee, s4SS; olbert, slS8s: Conecuh, S217 Coosa, s852; Coving- ton, $S52; Crenshaw s33S; Cullman, s6SS Dale, s9SS; Dallas. $2l8S; DeKalb s9eS; El- more, $500; Escambie, $77O; Btowah, $53S Fayette, $203S; Franklin, $50; Geneva, s9O0; Greene, $20SS; Hale, $2oSS; Henry. $lSSs; Houston, S13S3; Jackson. $4S8; Jefferson, s18ss; Lamar, $33S; Lawrence, N63S; Leg, S203S; Limstone, S450; Lowndes. $22SS; Ma con, s103S; Madison, $63S; Marengo, IOSS; Marshall, s1OO Mobile, s24SS; Monroe Al3; Montgomery, s7Ss; Morgan, $4sS; Perry, $195s Pickens, s16i3; Pike, s2oo; Randolph. N75: Russell s1lss: shslhy. A79s: St. Clair,