Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1917 — More Than 5,000 Cases of Measles in State in February. [ARTICLE]

More Than 5,000 Cases of Measles in State in February.

There were 487 more deaths in Indiana in February, 1917, than in the same month the preceding year, according to a bulletin which has just been issued by the state board of health? The total deaths in February in Indiana were 3786, and in the same month last year there were only 3299 deaths. The total births in Indiana in February numbered 5104, with Dubois county showing the highest rate and Newton eounty the lowest. The lowest birth rate found in the central counties of the state. Of the children born during the month 2645 were boys and 2459 were girls. The smallpox situation in the state was peculiar. A total number of 540 eases were reported in the month in forty counties with no deaths. Meanwhile tuberculosis caused 361 deaths in the state, of which 314 were pulmonary and 48 were other forms of t.hc disease. ~ Measles was the most heavy prevalent disease, apparently. There were 5353 cases reported m 79 counties, with 7 4deaths. In the same month last yeaa* only 1712 cases were reported. >