The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-20
THE ysT THURSDAY JANUARY 20 1916

fONT, THURSDAY EVEN
were Of infants under years of age:
Apopiexy Was the cause Of b1,zl2
deathS. or IN per 100000. The rate
nom this nalady has inereasen grad
lnaily, with occasional slight Declines
since 1900. when II stood 1T 67s5.
Artefial diseases Of various hnds[
4atheromay aneurtsm, etcs@caused aSsss
f044 deaths. or 22:S per l59, 600 in the
Tegistrationkarea.
No epid emic disease produced ley
death as high as IS per 100 900 IN
1914. The fatal cases ot diphtherta.
and croup-which are classed together
In the statistics. but practically all of %,
which are OF diphtherta-numbered
1875. o. i s. per 100 .000. In that year:
the rate having fallen from t43.3 In
1900. This decline of nearly 90 per,
cent is relatively! greater than that
shown by any other important cause
OF death. The rate has not fallen
continuously, but has tluctuated some.
what from year to year.
Diabetes was the cause OF 1856
deaths, or 1872 per 100000. The rate
from this disease has risen almost
continuously from year to year since
1900, when It was 59.74per 100000:
The mortality rate from typhoid
fever has shown a most gratifying de.
cline since 1900, having decreased
from 35..9 per 100, 900 in that year to
1874 in 1914, or by 50 per cent. This
decline has been almost as great, rel
atively, as that for ,diphtheria, and has
been greater than that for any other
principal cause OF death. The total
number Of deaths due to typhoid :fe-
yer in 1914 was 10,1S5. The marked
decrease in the mortality from this
disease gives emphatic testimony to
the effectiveness of p-esent-day meth.
DDS, not only of cure but of proven.
ton Tho efficacy OF. improved water
supply and sewerage systems, of the
campaign against the fly, and OF 9TH
er sanitary precautions is strikingly
shown by the reduction of the typhoid
mortality rate to the extent of more
than five.nineths in IL years!
Whooptng Cough, Measles, and Scar
1 let Fever.
The principal epidemic, maladies Of
childhood whooping cough, measles,
and scarlet fever-were together re
sponsible for no fewer than 1852
deaths Of both adults and children, or
23.7 per 100000. in the registration
area in 1914, the rates for the three
diseases separately being 1913, 6.S;
and Sc, respectively. In 1913 measles
caused greater mortality than eth
er OF the other diseases, but in 1914
whooping cough had first place. In
every year since and including 1910,
as well as in seevral preceding years,
measles has caused greater number
OF deaths than the much more dread
ed scarlet fever. The mortality rates
for all three Of these diseases 1uctu-
ate greatly from year to year. The
rates for measles and scarlet fever in
1914 were the lowest in is years,
while that for whooping cough was
considerably above the lowest record
ed rate for this disease, 6.5 in 1904,
although far below the highest, 15.S
in 1903.
Railway and street.car Accidents.
Deaths due to railway accidents
and injuries totaled 1862, or 10.7 per
100000. This number included ia
talities resulting from collisions be-
tween railway trains and vehicles at
grade crossings. The death rate from
railway accidents and injuries is the
lowest on record and shows q most
marked and gratifying decline as
compared with the rate for 1913,
which was 10 per 100000, and still
more pronounced drop from the av-
erage. for the fiye-year period 1906
1910, which was Is pei. 100000.
Deaths resulting from street-car ac-
cidents and injuries numbered 1878,
or 2.55 per 100000. This rate, like that
for railway fatalities, is the, lowest
on record and shows material fall.
ing off as compared with 1913, when
it was 80, and as compared with the
average for the five.year period 1906
1910. which was 81.
Suicides.
The number Of suicide reported In