Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1943 — Page 30

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’42 and .54 Per Thousand in 41. ndianapolis’ 1942 tuberculosis death rate was the lowest ever recorded by the city health department. | Health board files reveal there . were .b2 deaths per thousand population [from tuberculosis, an average of one fatality for every 2000 persons. In the entire city there were 202 tuberculosis deaths. "Dr. Herman G. Morgan, health board secretary, pointed out this is considerably under the scale of two decades ago when approximately one of every 15 Indianapolis citizens was victim of pulmonary consumption. 1940 Was Higher

In 1941 the rate was .54 deaths per thousand; in 1940, .55. Despite the steady decline, tuberculosis still remains the chief cause of premature death among persons between the ages of 15 and 25, Dr. Morgan stated. = R ons for subsiding .of tuberculosis fatalities, he indicated, are closely allied to environmental conditions. Improved housing and better nutrition were cited as primary preventative factors.

Diphtheria Drops

He said the health board had been following up all cases of tuberculosis disclosed by army draft exams and recommending curative

Also at a new low last year was

Daniel Weinbrecht

Pvt. Daniel G. Weinbrecht, 21, of the marines, has been killed in

action while serving in the Pacific

area, his father, Daniel G. Weinbrecht Sr., 1049 S. State ave, has been informed by the war department. Pvt. Weinbrecht was a Link-Belt|. Co. “productioneer” at the Ewart plant, where his father also is employed. He had studied at George Washington high school. In addition to his father, four sisters, Mrs. Hazel Rist, Mrs, Helen Leggett, Norma and Shirley, and a brother, Allen, survive.

the diphtheria death rate, Only five persons here died of the disease in 1942. Not more than 10 years ago, the doctor said, 80 to 125 deaths a year from diphtheria were recorded. He cited diphtheria vaccination as the principal weapon against the ailment,

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GAIN IN BALKANS

Berne Source Says Patriots Under Ribar Forced Into Retreat.

BERN, Feb. 19.—The Nazi Balkan offensive, launched with overwhelming superior forces against Ivan

with considerable success, according to. information reaching Jugoslav circles here today. The patriots’. provisional capital, Bihatch, after being burned to the ground, fell into German hands four days ago. : Ribar and his much battered forces are now retreating across the mountain passes to the little north Bosnian towns of Petrovatch and Clutch, some 40 miles south of Bihatch. : Jugoslav circles here describe Ri-

carious.”

is defeated and cannot escape into the mountains, he will try to join forces with the communist patriot group controlling the practically inaccessible region of Montenegro. That the German offensive 1s directed exclusively against Ribar is explained by the fact that Ribar controlled territories adjoining the Dalmatian coast and could, therefore, prove a dangerous threat to the Nazis in event of an allied landing in the Balkans,

Mihailovic Not Fighting

Meanwhile, news reaching here from Serbia indicates that Gen. Draja Mihailovic and his staff at present are locafed in the small Herzegovinian town of Ravnagora. No fighting is taking place in this sector. According to a Croat source, the Serb general has dismissed most of his troops. Although Jugoslav circles here: naturally deny all accusations brought against Mihailovic by his Croat enemies and the Soviet government, the fact that they admit that he is not fighting any more maye be significant.

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