Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-13
Low DEATH RATE IN 1909
It Has Dropped to 10 per Thou.
sand.
Probably the Lowest Tint Ever Oc-
CURED In the History Of the Ma
tion-vermont Comes Also
in the List.

The death rate in the death registra-
tion cities and States Of tho United States
dropped to 70 per thousand Of provision
ally estimated population last year. &C.
oording to the forthcoming United States
census bureaus bulletin on mortality
STATISTICS for 1909, which has been
submitted to Director Durand by Dr.
Cressy L. Wilbur chief statistician for
vital statistics.
III 1908 the death rate in the census bu-
ieaus Registration area was 1874 per
thousand, and in the bureaus annual re-
port for that year. issued last spring. II
was stated that II is evident an era OF
low mortality has begun.
Ihe death rate for 1909 is. the hulIetin
states' lower than that for any nravious
year or registration and probably ia tho
lowest that ever occurred in the b,,,o,,,
OF the United States.
II is stated that the mortality r..
distributed with more than ordinary mi
forrlity throughout the year 1909. and No
epidemics OF other than very local OK
tent were found to have occurred
II Is fact Of much interest, the b,,I-
letin states. rs showing the general nrs-
valence In 1879 OF extremely Favorable
conditions FOR human NE TINT ,be
death rate of England and Wales for IN, :
year WIS 1l5 per thousand which waa
also the lowest on record for that coin
try. while the rate of II for the CITY Of
London was even lower and demon
strates the fallacy of the belief that
high death rates are necessarily. round
in large cities.
The total number OF deaths returned
from the registration area for lqoo was
1872 55S. an increase OF 4o,4Gi over the num-
Der. 6s1,57 returned for 1905.
OF the total number In 1909 there we're
&S,5s7 deaths. or 5i4 per cent. among
males as compared with 64.s in 1893
The largest number Of deaths for anv
month in 1909 was ,o.cs3 for March With
the great ma joritv Of The registration
States ana cities, it is the month having
the largest number OF deaths. while June
In the month OF lowest mortality
The Professionally estimated aggregate
population Of tho registration area of the
United States in 1909 is 1916 sos. or IS 3
per cent. Of the total estimated popula-
ton OF continental United States
The official death registration area is
composed Of those states and cities
which require the registration of a death
before the Issuance of burial permit.
and which have complied with other re-
quirements imposed by the census bu-
reau as conditions precedent to inclusion
in this area whose death returns are
annually collected. taoulated. analyzed
and presented in bulletin and report form
by the census bureau. In 1900 tho death
registration area included the following
States:
California. Colorado. Connecticut In
diana. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts,
Michigan. New Hampshire New Jersey.
New York. Ohio, Pennsy lvana, Rhode
Island. South Dakota Vermont WASH
ington and Wisconsin.
In addition to these. returns of deaths
were received from - cities in non-reg-
istration States. in which the rcgistra-
ton under local ordinances is considered
satisfactory. The district OF Columbia
which Is cotermnous with the city of
Washington. is not included in the list
OF separate registration cities For most
purposes II Is treated as city but in
the table showing groups of registration
states the District of Columbia Is in
cluded as State area