Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1912 — October Death Bates In 1912 Greater Than 1911. [ARTICLE]

October Death Bates In 1912 Greater Than 1911.

Total number of deaths in the state during October, 2,864; September, 2,802; October, 1911, 2,674. Of the deaths, pulmonary tuberculosis took 233; shooting 11; homicides, 14; suicides, 28; accidents, 173. Typhoid fever caused 112 deaths; diphtheria and croup, 99; scarlet fever, 10; whooping cough, 13; pneumonia, 163; infantile paralysiiT 6. Pellagra, the curse of the south, stretched its hand into Indiana during October and caught a victim. It was the third death in Indiana from the disease this year. The woman was sick One year. \ A death from smallpox was reported from Greene county. The death rate for October was 12.3 for every 1,000 population; for September, 12.5; for October last year, 111 Remember the Thanksgiving market given by the ladies of the Christian chnrdh at Rowen A Kiser's store, Saturday, November 23rd.