The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
UPPER PENINSULA
DEATH RATE HIGH
MORE VIOLENT DEATHS HERE
THAN IN LOWER PENN sULA
IN PROPORTION TO THE
POPULATION.

I'M PROPORTION TO THE
POPULATION.
| The percentage of deaths by violence
In the upper peninsula is larger than
In the lower part of the state, accord
ing to Michigan Monthly Bulletin Of
Vital Statistics. Most of the fatalities
occur in he mines of the iron and cop
death by violence i'm the state. This
was equal to n rte of 1919 on an esti-
mated population of s,530.016. There
were thirty-six violent deaths in the
upper peninsula, equal to a rate of
| 1852. In the southern counties of the
state there were 149 dea'h by violence
a rate of l135 The northern counties
OF the lower peninsula had twenty vio-
lent deaths. equivalent at a rate of G6.7
and the central counties had thirty
eight, a rate of ga.
In June there were eleven violated
deaths i'm Houghton county.
There were GIL births in the upper
peninsula I'm June and 299 deaths. The
birth rate was 27.1 and the death rate
I'LL OF the deaths, seventy eight
were those of infants under one year
OF age and twenty five were of children
| from one to four years. Thirty four
persons sixty-five years and over pass
ed away. There were nineteen deaths
from tuberculosis. Typhoid fever
claimed two; diphtheria, eight; scarlet
fever, five; measles, two; whooping
cough, two; pneumonia, twenty-six;
diarrhea, fifteen; meningitis two, and
cancer. nineteen.
Statistics for the State. =. :.
| There were 1897 deaths reported to
the department of state as having oc-
CURED during the month of June This
number corresponds to an annual
death rate Of 1873 per 1000 estimated
population. The number noted is ex-
elusive of 179 stillbirths returned as
deaths. AS compared with the month
Immediately preceding, a decrease of
| los Is noted BY ages there were $50
| ieaths of infants under one year of
age; 1G4 deaths of children one to four
years. inclusive. and 903 deaths of ell
DERBY persons, aged sixty-fve years
and over
! Important causes of death were as
follows: Pulmonary tuberculosis, 175;
| other forms of tuberculosis 80; typhoid
fever, %; diphtheria and Group, IS;
scarlet fever %; measles. 80; whoop-
| ing cough, 30; pneumonia and bron-
| cho- pneumonia. 1872; diarrhea and en-
teritis under two years of age, IS;
meningitis, 80; influenza, IS; cancer,
1863; violence, 243.
As compared with the month imme-
lately preceding n decrease is noted
in the number of deaths reported from
tuberculosis, typhoid fever. scarlet fe-
yer. measles, whooping cough, pneu
monia, meningitis and influenza. A
slight increase Is noted in the number
reported from diphtheria and Group,
enteritis, cancer and violence. The in
crease I'm the number of deaths from
violence is undoubtedly due to the
| large number OF drownings that oc-
| cured during the month. fffty-one
| leaths having been returned from that
cause alone. The excessive heat dur
| ing the month caused nineteen deaths.
while tetanus was responsible for six
| deaths and lightning for two deaths.
| There was one death reported from
smallpox from Bay City. One death
was also reported from 'pellagra. This
is n disease rarely found i'm this Sec
ton of the country. The death oc-
Cured I'm the sanitarium at Battle
Greek. the patient being a native
of wisconsin.
There were 4,719 births returned to
the department for the month as hav-
ing occurred during June. This cor
responds to an annual birth rate of
30 per 1000 estimated population.
The number noted is decrease of
143 from the number reported for May.
The returns received in time for
compilation in the Bulletin represent a
reporting population of 2,501,S35 per-
sons, according to the last state CEN
sus. This Is $3.50 per cent of the to-
tai possible reporting population and
Is a slight decrease from the percent
ago reporting for May.