The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09

WAsHtSuruV. Oct = ~. citv ct -
Paul. lhnn j. cr"ilt-d with the low vest
death rate n . per IOOO OF population.
Tor ,h" YEAR i0na among an but five Of
the ,itl.-S IN the United States ~ hich had
al the census 90 lSOO population Of
iOD.U0 aud more each and which also ar.
lnchide,i IN the list - States ami cities
comprising tho death registration area
whose mortality statistics the Census
Bureau collects and complies annually
Tho five exceptions are san Francisco.
Louisville Minneapolis. Omaha and Mem-
phts. and tho reason Tor their exclusion
from the hst is that ~ Tar there has h.'.n
~ announcement 1t their 1910 popula
tlon by IA" Crnsus Bureau. ~ soon "a
th.S, figures are officially known the death
rates can he computed There Is. how
ever possibility that one or more ~
tho five cities may displacr ~ Paul
Tn. highest death rat" IN ise was
reached hv Nnw Orleans with 20 r"r
l."o \"u Wa hall River Mass with
1911. and then came Washington. u. &.
with 1870
Thu, information - contained ~ a
statement submitted to-day TO Census
Director purani hv Dr Greasy Wllbur.
th, census Buraau II gives the rates
based IN population IN 1919 Tor the cities
mentioned whose actual population IN
1871 and 1910 Is known
In giving OUT the statement Census
Director Durant saws that comparisons
be'weaN the cities shown or With Prev
ouS wears for each city are hardly war
ran'"d owing Ia the differences IN Oh"
conditions affecting the mortality IN the
various critics such n age. constitution.
color 81 Moreover ia some CaEsS "
has been found. IN the light Ut actual
population reported IN 1910. that IN"
bureaus estimates nj population Tor ~"r "
OF thu, cttl,.s w,r" too hugh and Cpus'-
quently the crude rates for the pest
cruSal wears Az" ton low On III" other
hand ~. -, "rS" # thls = tgallv ~ Ic.
TN" instance Il the first il ~ Joseph
NJ whose death rate Tor lS,S ~ gwen
a. = IA the Census Bureaus mortality
report for that year Il j. nos known
that ~ Jpa.- population in 1917 wds
enormously padded to the extent - at
least Iu,OD persons The result " this
was the unusually low death rat" hereto
for" computed In the oas" uf Denver
10 APPEARS hv III" population reported for
1910 that ~" bureaus estimates II n"
population from 1871 - laOS " ere too small.
the Cons'-Iu"uC" being that M" d"ath
rate II ~ = f'r 1915 was stated. whereas
the RAJ" FOR ltsp based On the revised
FOLLOW rug - the lISt - critics and their
death ri, - for I9l9 Denver Col -. New
Haven. Conn 1919. Washington. u &
10. Chicago IIS. indianapolis. Ind li3.
New Orleans - >. baltimore. IS Bos-
fpu. ~ : Fall River Mass ~ / Worcester.
Mas H. o. Detroit. Mich ~ ~ Paul.
Mimi ~ T. Kansas city Mo u ~
.irs"ph. Mo - :. - Inui-. Is :. Jersey
t.'y. 49,. New arb. 10 :. Paterson. Is 3, .
Buffalo. - >. New York Is. Ia" Bronx
tursIgh $50. R.poklvn borough. rs I. !
Mauha'tan borough. i8s. Queens hor-
nugh, l12. Richmond borough. IL
Rochester. y \ - SvraCus' ' q, ,
rs. Cincinnati l6I Cleveland ~
I'uluuh us OHIO. ~ l. Toledo. Ohio. lao
leg. pl'f-Iurg ~ :. Srran-
on. Pa 1913 Providence Il | l6I..
Milwaukee" W. 1876
Ih,.S.' rates conf Tm the recent reports
sued by rh- Census Bureau 20 the eject
hat the uIt"d States has entered upon
tu area ~ ioy mortality and thar the gen
-ral deaf" rat" 81 - a Thousand IN the
registration area IN 1919 Mas me lowest
ola record