Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1917 — Health Bulletin Shows 144 Mortalities in Co. to November. [ARTICLE]

Health Bulletin Shows 144 Mortalities in Co. to November.

The Indiana State Board of Health bulletin shows the record of Jaspej* county in the matter of deaths for the first eleven months of 1916 as 144. During the month of November there were six deaths and during •October there' wereten. Thiewas-an-increase in deaths of 42 over the previous year, when there were but 102. However, inoomparisom with the rest of ‘ the counties of the state ihecomparison is small and county seems to- he /about as healthful a county as one can find in the entire state. 4 ■ Soarlet fever was reported as the most prevalent infectious disease. Diphtheria, croup, tonsi'litis, typhoid fever, acute 'bronchitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, chicken pox, bronchial pneumonia, acute rheumatism, whooping cough, smallpox, diarrhoea, entesris, and erysipelas followed in the order named.