Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1909 — DEATHS UP; BIRTHS DOWN [ARTICLE]

DEATHS UP; BIRTHS DOWN

Vital Statistics From Indianapolis Indicate Race Suicide. Indianapolis, Sept. 10.—A slight increase in the death rate of the city is shown In the figures of the city board of health for the eight months ending Aug. 31. During that period there were 2,042 deaths as compared with 1,998 deaths during the corresponding period of last year. Figures compiled on births for the first five months of this year show a substantial decrease. Last month there were 281 deaths as compared with 239 in August, 1908. During June, July and August there were increases in the mortality of infants under two yean old, from diseases peculiar to the hot weather months. There were twenty-four deaths from violent causes last month, of which seven were due to suicide and three to automobile accidents.