Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-17
MANY DEATHS HERE
 DURING PAST MONTH.
Cases of Measles Numerous About the
 City and Town.

According to the reports received by the state board of health there were 1,43S deaths in the state during the month of January, being 23 more than in December 1920 more than in the corresponding month of last year and fl more than the average for the month for the past five years. The death rate was 17 per 1000 for the large towns, 17.2 for the small towns, and I'll for the state. The highest death rate in towns having a popula- ton of 5000 or more was 30.7 for En- field, and the lowest 6.6 for Thompson.
 Norwich city's record was 9 meas les, three scarlet fever, one each ty- phoid and dipltheria and two con- of measles. two of scarlet fever and one of diphtheria. East Lyme had 20 or more eases of measles. one of diphtheria- Lyme had a case of con- measles, one of diphtheria. Lebanon the same record. Lisbon had a case of typhoid. Whooping cough claimed one in Sprague and three in Griswold. Griswold had a case Of scarlet fever and Voluntown two. Sterling had eight cases of measles. Franklin four, Gris- Wold six and Bozrah two.
 Chester, Colchester, Jewett City Dor ough, North Stonington, Old Lyme and Salem escaped new contagion, though North Stonington had a death from measles. GriswoId, Lisbon. Montville and Old Saybrook had each a death from cOnSum pt1On.
 Norwich with 54 deaths had a death rate of 23.4 per thousand, eight deaths being from heart disease, seven from pneum onia, five from nervous diseases, three from consumption, two from ac- cidental violence and one from bron- chitis.
 New London had four deaths in public institutions, Norwich thirteen. No deaths occurred in Bozrah, Salem or Voluntown. Ledyard made no re- port.
 The births in December were 2s in New London, 51 in Norwich 20 in Stonington, 10 in Groton- Marriages in December were 12 in New London. 13 in Norwich, three in Stonin gton, none in Groton. Secretary Townsend's comment on the state for 1909 fol- lows:
 The health of Che state for the year 1909 has been good and compares fa- vorably with that of previous years. although there was a slight increase in the death rate over that of 1908. The death rate of 1907 was high, III per 1000 of population; this was fol- lowed by a very low death rate of 15.4 in 1908 and the rate for 1909 was only slightly higher, namely. 15.6 per 1000 population. The total deaths for 1909 were 16,46O. as compared with 16,00O in 1908. The births for the year de- creased and numbered 25,530, or PAP per 1000 population, as compared with 26, ,694, or rate of 25-7 per 1000 in lSU0. Ine marriages numDereu o,SZ0, which is an increase over previous years.
 Regarding the deaths from special causes, there were 1,422 deaths from tuberculosis, which equals a death rate of 13.4 per 10, 900 population, and is the same as that for the previous year which was the lowest yet recorded The greatest improvement is noticed in the deaths from typhoid fever. which numbered 154, and is within three of being the lowest number reported dur ing any one year for the past thirty years The death rate is 14 per 10O,0 ,000 of population as compared with 1S 20 and 22 respectively during the three previous years, and @ rate of 40 per 100000 of population twenty years ago. The deaths from the other infectious diseases remain about the same as during the previous year or show a slightly increased rate.