The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-21

perito9itis, twenty-six; arteriosclerosis,
twenty-five
The causes of death which have
been listed by the health department,
4 are subject to the "InternationaI'
ssification. which gives 1S9 differ
ent causes as possibilities. Thirteen
of these main divisions are listed in
the report OF the health department.
! for the year.
The Thirteen Classifications.
The first, general diseases" incIud-
ing acute infections. cancer, blood
brought about the deaths of 1872 per-
sons.
The second, diseases of the nervous
system and the organs of special sense
such as the brain, nerves, spine, ears
and eyes, cost seventy-siX live during
the year.
The third. disease of the circuIatory
system, caused rs deaths. OF this
number, sixty-one were by diseases of
the heart and twenty-five were caused
by diseases OF the arteries.
The fourth, diseases of the respira-
tory system, caused sixty-two deaths,
fifty-four of them due to pneumonia.
The fifth, diseases of the digestive
system, caused ninety-three deaths. OF
this number, thirty-five were from
dysentery and enteritis, and twenty
five of the thirty-five occurred in in
pendicitis and peritonitis cost thirty
two lives.
The sixth division includes non
venereal diseases of the genito-urinal
system, and cost siXtytwo lives. Of
this number. fifty-two cases were of
Bright's disease.
The. seventh classification. that of
the purpura1 state, resulted in nine
deaths during the year.
The eighth classification is of d.
seases of the skin and cellular tissue,
and caused two deaths.
The ninth classification is of di-
seases of the bones, and did not result
in any deaths.
The tenth division, malformation, or
congenitaI defects, resulted in twelve
deaths. seven of them from malforma-
ton of the heart.
An Interesting Comparison
The eleventh division is of the d.
seases of very early infancy, and
caused fifty-one deaths.
The twelfth division is "senility," or
old age. 1t is interesting to compare
the twenty deaths resulting from old
age, with the fifty-one resulting from
the diseases of early infancy. Eleven
persons in Topeka died beyond the
age of so years in 1921, and four be-
even century.
Forty-seven Violent Deaths.
The thirteenth classification is of
affections produced by external vio-
lence-violent deaths. in other words.
There were forty-seven deaths under
this classification in Topeka during
the year. OF this number two were
suicides by poison. three by hanging
and one by drowning. Four deaths
were from acute poisoning-not sui
eide. One was smothered. one was
accidentally drowned, eleven died as
a result of railroad accidents and
there were six murders. Among the
murdered there were four Mexicans
one white man and one colored wonl-
an.
There were thirteen deaths reported
during the. year in which the cause
was i'll defined or not specified.
The acute infections were respon-
sible for lis deaths during the year.
as follows: pneumonia in all forms,
fifty-four; pulmonary tuberculosis,
twenty-four; diphtheria, fourteen;
measles, six; tuberculosis other than
the lungs, six; typhoid. five; social
diseases three; tetanus. two; scarlet
fever, two; Z. C. S. meningitis. one.
The acute infections caused the
deaths of 160 persons during 1920, and
Of 1913 persons during 1919.
Birth Rate ON Increase.
To offset the decreasing death rate,
the birth rate in topeka, both in
the actual births reported to the city
officers, and in the rate per 1000