Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-27
GRIP CAUSING
FEWER DEATHS.
CENSUS BUREAU GIVES REPORT
on FINDING,
TUBERCULOSIS is WORST
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Pneumonia ln the aggregate caused
moro deaths thau other diseases, oN-
,rpt Tuberculosis Th' number h-
creased from 6l2oN, or 1856 per lOO,'
coo population IN 1905 Ia toO3d, or
ll3.6 per 100000 population in l'o'.
tnc latter number being only Z less
than the number i0,0iO, from tubrr-
culosls of the lungs The rates for
both Ncurs were lower thtu Tor amy
previous year of the decade.
Diseases of the nervous system IN
creased from tlO9O for 1905 in 49,
6b6 for 1903 the amount ui nrrca' e..
q I66, or per cent being slightly
less than the average for all causes
Ihe death raolltll from lNtN lu
1871 per 100000 population The IN
creased number of deaths In this
class was due chiefly To IpoplcNN
those reported from meningitis show
Ing n marked decrease.
Diseases of The circulutorN system
largely Increased, both In the mum.
her reported, SO,6O5 TO 9Oibb, on l2.2
per cent, and IN the death rates li9
TO 1854 based upon estimated popuIa-
ton Increased deaths ANA rates arc
shown for pcricorditls, cuduclrlitls,
heart disease angina pcctoris, diseases
of arteries and diseases of VEINS. The
greater part Of the numerical increase
IN TINS class was due to organic heart
diseases, 5,933. or 99 per cent, ale
though the proportionW Increase Of
cudocardits 912, or l5.2 per cent,
and diseases of the arteries, 2.239, or
2S2 per cent greater The rcmarka-
bile Increase Of the latter would seem
To show strong tendency To report
arteriosclerosis, one of the chief dis
eases included us "a cause OF death.
Diseases of the respiratory system
showed about the same amount of IN
crease as diseases of the circulHtorN
system for 1909 as compared with the
preceding yo1r The number rose
from Sites tu 9O,S6S an increase OF
G1l0 or H. per cent, while tho
death rate Increased from lNl Is to
1863 per 100000 professionally csu-
mated population Bronchitis show
ed about the same number of deaths
In 1903 and 1905, with 70 reduction In
1903 IN the death rate from 269 to
2i.9 per 100000 population. The In
crease in this class was largely due to
pneumonia.
Diseases of the digestive system
chief among which ls diarrhca lud
enteritis affecting inlaHts under
years of age. increased hut slightly IN
the number of deaths registered for
1909 t2,222, or 2.G per cent?, while
the death rate based upon am in
creased estimated population fcli
from 1871 TO 1856 40 diseases ~
this class showed higher races of amy
consequence, and the mortality from
uniuntlio dlarrhoa 9l5 per 100000,
was lower than that for amy recent
year. althuIHh not as low as that of