The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-07-05
KENOSHA IS Low
in DEATH RATE
Health Statistics Lists Dis
eases and Deaths for
First Quarter.
LOW IN DISEASE TOO

The bulletin of the Wisconsin state
board of health for the first quarter
of the year 1923 reveals some interest
ing statistics in the death rate and in
the outbreak of various diseases that
were reported to the state board of
health by the local health officers for
the months of January, February and
March.
Kenosha county has gone through
the first quarter of the year with fly
ing colors as far as the death rate is
concerned All Of the statistics of the
board of health are compiled by coun-
ties and individual figures for the city
of Kenosha are not yet available. Re-
ported to the state department of
health were 155 deaths in Kenosha
county from all causes. Using the
estimated population of the county
as at January /, 1923, the figures show
that the death rate in Kenosha county
was .00274 per cent of the total popu-
lation. The death rate in Kenosha
county is much lower than that of the
entire state which was placed at 1872
persons per thousand of estimated pop
ulation. Of the seventy-one counties
in the state, Kenosha is twelfth on the
list in number of deaths for the first
quarter of the year. Racine recorded
270 deaths bringing their total at .03316
per cent of the county's total estimat-
ed population of S5,485. Milwaukee
recorded 365 deaths in three months
materially raising the death rate per
thousand of the state.
Listed By Ages.
The number of deaths in Kenosha
county under one year were 81; from
4 to A inclusive, 81; and over IS
years, ID deaths. Fourteen deaths re-
suited from measles, 81 from pneu-
monia, 8 from influenza, 7 from cancer,
A from violence, and ten stillbirths.
In the statistics on the outbreak Of
disease Kenosha county faces equally
fortunately. The only big item is
measles with 2,368 cases. There were
38 cases of influenza, 81 cases of chic
kenpox, 10 of diphtheria, and rs of
scarlet fever, and 10 cases of whoop-
ing cough, in addition to several cases
of minor diseases. These figures cover
ment of health by local health officers.
For the entire state, reports of o.
OLA deaths were received at the state
Office. This is exclusive Of 429 still
births and represents an annual death
rate of 1872 per thousand estimated
population. Comparing this rate with
a similar rate for the month of Janu-
airy, February and March during the
past ten years it is shown that the
death rate for the first quarter of 1923
is considerably higher than the aver
age for the ten-year period. The NOR
tally report for the first three months
of 1928 compared with similar re-
port for 1922 shows a material increase
in the total deaths occurring, an in
crease in deaths among children under
one year of age, an increase for the
age group from one to four, and very
decided increase in deaths occurring
among persons sixty-fve years of age
and over. There were recorded 1895
more deaths for the first quarter of
1928 than were recorded for the first
quarter of 1922.
State Shows Big Increase.
With the exception of the death
due to pulmonary tuberculosis, typhoid
fever. diarrhea and enteritis under two
years of age, and meningitis there was
an increase in the number Of deaths
reported from all of the communicable
diseases for the first quarter of 1928
as compared with the report of the
first quarter of 1922. There was a
very decided increase in deaths due to
pneumonia and influenza, The measles
epidemic which has been sweeping the
state during the past few months has
caused very large increase in NOR.
tality from this disease. For the first
quarter of 1922 9 deaths were record
ed resulting from measles or compli-