The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

Il(ciSC \" do A\C'OACu, SIoI4oIANo
Quoted Which Cut Down Death
Rate to PIP to the Thousand.
.,ran News and Observer, Feb. IL
TIE weather was not Of the most
.,.,aslnt kind, but there came ray
rl sunshine rs 4 reporter Of this pa
,,.r eaught a glimpse of the counte-
nance Of Mr.. Charles w. Gold. the
secretary Of the jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company. The smile
IS l,.., broad one that even the wealth
=, ypuld not affect.
When asked the reason Of the
-mj,, MIR. Gold replied: why, the
7 Urrsou will still write insurance on
~ liges of Raleigh people
What 40 YOU mean by that"
-,Ard the reporter.
+ mean simply this replied Sir.
liold that il the statements appear
ing in recent newspaper articles, rela-
tf" to E4leigh's death rate, are ac-
crptrd without explanation, any rep
ulable insurance company would hes
5tAtr about writing business here.
HSlcrUdS morning dIleT 1 ndu IcdO
Thu News and Observer it almost
made me sick to think of our terrible
death rate. l knew that if was a
resident of Richmond, Va, and was
thinking Of locating in North Caro-
lima, that, after reading Mr.. j. w
Btley's speech before the Board OF
Health. Raleigh would be about the
last city in North Carolina in which
would locate. l had been accepting
these statistics and swallowing them
bait, hook and ALL And so
thought it was time to investigate.
The success Of my business rest:
IN statistics, but the facts on which
are based these statistics are Away:
interesting and valuable. The NOR
tality OF the city ward in which l:
located great hospital must be ter
riblo and a resident Of that ward
did he not know that the deaths a
that hospital went to increase thu
death rate OF his ward. might wan
% move to the other end OF the cit!
Immediately.
Life insurance company official
should know the causes OF excess
mortality and must have their com
pany withdrawn from territory Wher
health conditions are so terrible.
And 50 l wanted to Hnow NOR
about this large number OF dyin
Deople where they lived. their mod
" living and the causes Of death.
learned from the records Of tn
State Board OF Health that Raleigh
population during 1911 was placed a
10000, that there were COS death
and that this gave a ratio Of 80.
deaths to each thousand. In tn
Sace Of the fact that the average cit
teath rate is 6 to each Thousand
vas appalled, at our death rate.
tnquired where these statistics wer
battered and was informed that tn
llty sanitary depa rtment receive
hese reports and printed them eac
month, and the State Board {
F"alth secured its records from thes
monthly bulletins. Through tn
courtesy Of the city sanitary office.
,Ncured a copy OF each Of the lively
bulletins
study Of these made me feel this
"nf capital city was not in such
urribie condition. although cande
"HtKeS me want to call attention
"oInn matters Of health importanc
"nth are sadly neglected.
ne twelve bulletins above rcferre
- showed that during 1911 thel
Mss z total OF 631 deaths reporte
IN" city Sanitary department
reducting from these the "sti
cords and those OF the state Boar
- ffealth the SOC deaths mcntione
ielt no better but | kept on ar
"nH the distribution as follows:
no IN The county Jail "
- III the State penitentiary.
Many or these being electro
NA''o-i
led at the Insane ASYLUM.
ti'u IN the dangerous insane
department. Of the peuiten-
tary
~ AZ the Soldiers Home.
ms makes q total Of % deaf,
.iti, 40 sanitary or unsanitary col
IONS OF Raleigh could affect. TT
"s'9ie Sta Of North Caroline 20,