The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-11

rate has shown a marked falling off in
recent years, having been 902 in 1918
and 70.4 in 1914; and has declined very
greatly as compared with the cores.
ponding rate for 1900, which was 1892,
Nearly five sixths of the total number of
deaths charged to these causes in 1915
were OF infants under two years of age
Arterial diseases of various kinds
atheroma, aneurism, etc, caused 1855
deaths in 1915, or 1913 per 100000. This
rate, although somewhat lower than the
corresponding ones for 1912 and 1913,
| is higher than that for 1914, and is very
much higher than that for 1900, which
| was 6l.
! Diabetes was esause of IL, rs deaths,
or l7.5 per 100000. The rate from this
disease has risen almost continuously
| from year to year since 1000, when it
was or per 100000
Influenza caused no fewer than TO-
1853 deaths in the registration area in
1915, the rate being Is per 100000 The
rate from this malady, which fiuctuates
very considerably from year to year, was
higher in 1915 than during several years
preceding, but was somewhat lower than
the average between 1901 and 1910.
No other epidemic disease produced a
death rate as high as l6 per 100000 in
1915. The fatal cases of diphetheria and
croup-which are classed together in the
statistics, but practically all of which
are of iphtheria--numbered 1854, or
1871 per 100000, in that year, the rate
having fallen from 1873 in 1900. This de-
cline of more than go per cent. is rela-
lively greater than that shown by any
other important cause of death except
typhoid fever. The rate has not fallen
continuously, but has fuctuated some
what from year to year.
The mortality rate from typhoid fever
has shown most gratifying and re-
markable decline since 1900, having
dropped from 35.9 per 10000 in that year
to ia in 1915, the decrease amounting
to nearly two-thirds. This decline is
greater, relatively, than that shown for
any other important cause of death. The
total number OF deaths due to typhoid
fever in 1915 was 1892 Improved meth
DDS of sanitation, including the better
ment of the water supply and sewerage
systems, the campaign against the fly,
and other preventive measures, have
proved their efficacy in striking man.
ner by a reduction of almost two thirds
m the typhoid death rate during a period
covering but decade and a half.
Whooping Cough, Measles, and Scarlet
Fever.
The principal epidemic maladies of
MISUNDERSTANDING cough, measles, and
carlet fever-were together responsible
or IL ,4S9 deaths of both adults and chill
lren, or III per 100000, in the registra-
ion area in 1915, the rates for the three
diseases separately being 81, "a, and
&c. respectively. In 1913 measles caused
greater mortality than either of the
'ther diseases, but in 1914 and 1915
Vhooping cough had first place. In ev-
ry year since and including 1910, as
veil as in several preceding years, mea-
les has caused greater number OF
eaths than scarlet fever. The mortal
ty rates for all three OF these diseases
uctuate greatly from year to year. The
ates for measles and scarlet fever in
9l5 were the lowest since 1900, while
hat for whooping cough was somewhat
bove the lowest recorded rate for this
isease, 6.5 in 1904, although far below
he highest, 15.S in 1908.