The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-10

(popultllon These we're Pnlsburs. Pa.
(i30S1 Allegheny. Pa, l96.9., Scrant.
on. Pa. t7s.Sj Louisville. Ky. t67a.l.
Denver Colo. lo7il. pniladclphia, pn.
t0o.1 ana New Orleans IA. lshtl
Twenty che Of the lafse cities showed
lecreased mortality from this dls.
ease In 1897 as compared wlih lanC.
Meningitis
Under meningitis lii0q aeaihs
were reported for 1907. this being at
The rate Of 2C.G per i0C.O0l o, r0pu.
lall1n Tho highest ratios lor ihe reg.
islratlon states we're those ior New
Hampshire t31Sl and Massachusetts
t374l The highest rites for the large
cities were those FOR Denver. Colc.
c2.2l and Memphis Tenn le29)
Ol the regisyailon states, show
ed an lncroase aud deenase f0r
1907 as compared With lhe preceding
yeas.
Whooplng cough showed o marked
decease IN mortality. lae number of
deaths failing from e3gi Ia 1906
20 t.sG5 IN 1907 and the death rate
declining from 1874 % il.G per l0N.
O00 OF population. The United stetfs
occupies somewhat favorable pos,
lion among The nations With respect
10 rs death rate from This disease,
An OF the registration states az
cent California, South Dakota. ms
Vermont showed lower m0rtallties
from i,iis disease IN 1907 tnan In 1906
The states with highest rates In 1907
were South Dakota t2S.7l and Penn.
sylyania liS3l those with lowest
rates were indiana g5a) and Colorado
(a8l
Among the iarger registration cities
The highest rates were ior Allegheny
pi. ttl3l pitlsbure, Pa (S75l aud
Memphis Tenn t9s4l
This disease was morc fatal for
cclored children tasn for Nmts chill.
iren.
ln four Got oi axe years from 1908
70 1907 whooplng cough cnusea moro
deaths % the registration area OF the
United States than either scarlet iey
er on measles, and get ll Is very
seldom that active measures are 90.
en- against ils spread
violencd
The total number OF deaths irom
all { rms Of violence ln the Aagislra
ilon area during The year 1907 was
a2,5iS. ap Increase o. sS,9a6 oeer INC
number fQr the previous yeaf The
death rate rose from 1903 per 100 0oe
al popnlatlcn for 1906 10 1858 for
1907
on the deaths from violence. 88.0gi
were accidental 67ss we're suicides.
and 2.7Og were homlcidos. Deaths
irom railroad accidents and inlurIes
numbered 1876, ana deaths from auto
M hln accidents 2ai.
The death rate from suicide rose
from if3 per 100000 of purnnllon
IA 1905 % 1872 IN 1907. This apparent
Increase may be due IN part to more
accnrste returns IN the latter year.
Reviflon of international claasIilca.
ton IL igve
With q view 10 securing Uniform
and co9narahle statistics OF tha cans
IS Of Heath for the world. The IN.
iernatI nal Classification OF gauses Of
Deall was prepared In 1910. T.ils
Classification has been adopted hy
all Of Tho countries nf North Amerl
ca and Australia. by nearly al az
those Of south America. hy japan
by France and d number OF The ulher
countries of Europe. and bg several
eliiea ~ Austria aul Russia
IN order 90 keen abreast Of the pro.
gress I melleil selenec lt was nlah.
ned lo revise ihe classification every
lon Faars The llf8f revision would
naturally come % 1910 hut hi deter
ence % lhe Wishes 30 lhe officials 0f
The Census ~ tha United stMps ihe
International Commission Of He,f
zion VIII meet ln Paris ln iade This
VIII enable tho many coanlfles akmg
@ census n 1919 10 prepare mortality
statistics that VIII Be N accord wlh
ihr tlgaaced medical ideas