Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-11-12

t.. beginning with the diseases most
deadly in the new norm. Ine total
deaths in the regi-trl tion area ne
said. under the age oi one year NUM-
h,rcd laG.4S2. The causes 90 earlies.
death are prematurlty. malfl rm9tion.
injuries sustained at birth and syph-
Ills. These agent destroyed 4I.2Il
infants. LVin- births in such eases
are depIlrable and SPEEDY deaths
are separated irom tho others under
the tide Unfit
Next In order 90 dCadliness 10 the
new born comes convulsions charged
'rith 5.295 deaths under one year
The term commissions signifies want
of knowledge of the true cause a.
death Combining commissions with
other ildefined and unknown causes.
another group IS separated, under
the title Unexplained These num-
hered in 1905 in the registration area
12.gsS.
AMER these arc LETT -G.g03 deaths.
whose Cluscs are known and have
their origin after birth The import
ant members of this group in the
order OF their deadliuesS. near the
threshold OF life. are whooping cough,
dlarrhoea. diseases of the month. suf-
foclticu. acute bronchitis. brCncho-
pneumonia. measles. tuberculosis
meningitis. meningitis tiphtheria.
scarlet fever tetanus and pneumonia.
n the figures We're available for
delths hy successive months from
birth to one year old, the order of
these diseases would he changed.
bringing tetanus from next 20 last mp
10 the firs; place. sending whooping
cough down to precete measles and
putting acute bronchitis and hr0ncho-
pneumonia at the end of the list with
pneumonia.
"Gut the position OF diarrhea can
not be questioned The deaths from
this cause We're 31149 q frightful
mortality concentrated In the warm
months Of The year and killing such
numbers that the mortality figures
for the whole length OF life are sen-
sih'y disturbed by H. The average
60 az death for an ages for q whole
wear bring 39.1 years. the average ot
the Fehruarv dead viii he found above
40 years. and the eVegage 81 the
July dead as low as 80 years or lower.
such is the effect of summer mortal
itv and hat means infantilc tiarrhca.
From table OF 4l4aN deaths
among l9s.525 infants born IN Der
lin and Hamburg q forecast is made
that hahies born in December and
January have better chaure 20 1--we
o year than those horn in June and
july. ihe odds heine l9 to 2- The
most favorable birthday b. near Wi'-
November the least favorable falls
ahrut the middle 90 JuiN
Tho cold season has also iis dang
crs 90 infants in bronchitis JnG pncu-
monia. Tho seasonal concentration
is not very striking These diseases
DO not raadilv attack nursing infants
unless their tissues have been weak
enod hy some other disease. such as
uhccping cough measles or infuen.
o. II was largely through the as
sistance OF the C0nfederatcs mat
bronchitis and pneumonia were able
90 Kill i9.144 infants 10 the registrl-
ton area in 1905
tine respiratory diseases should
he deprived of tho assistance rendered
hy whooping cough. measles. scarlet
fever aud influenza Measles and
other Infections belong Ia childhood
not 70 infancy Well-uw,hered
nurslings need not have Them even
when the children Of the house are at
tucked A study OF sickness month
hv month. through the first year. pill
show that nrrsiinEs are naturally hei-
ter defended than their older hroih-
ers and sisters from the Infections
df childhood. and. due advantage