Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1912 — Sickness and Death in Indiana in December, 1911. [ARTICLE]

Sickness and Death in Indiana in December, 1911.

The statistical bulletin of the State Board of Health just published says, the health of the state in December, 1911, was better than for the same month in 1910. The deaths numbered respectively for December just passed 2,777, rate 12.1; for December, 1910, 3,017 i deaths, rate 12.6. The most prevalent diseases 1 were tonsilitis and bronchitis. Pneutnonia stood 9th in area of prevalence, In the same month last year it stood sth. Tuberculosis wrought its usual slaughter, killing 365 persons, invading 29 6 homes and making 145 orphan#. This disease is the result of wrong living and the State Board of Health proposes that we live rightly and get rid of the misery, expense and sorrow which the disease brings. There were three cases of poliomyelitis reported with two deaths. Diphtheria, 321 cases in 49 counties with 4 8 deaths.

Scarlet fever, 314 oases in 53 counties with 11 deaths. Hydrophobia, 8 persons were bitten, 2 cases and 1 death. The death occurred at Dogansport. Typhoid fever, 168 cases in 50 counties with 50 deaths. Voilence, 190 deaths*. In the same month last year 217. The murders numbered 5, suicides 29, accidental deaths 156. The state deatih rate was 12.1, city rate 13, and country rate 11.4. The cities named present the following death rates: Indianapolis, 15.4; Evansville, 12.1; Ft. Wayne, 10.8; Terre Haute, 15.9; South Bend, 11.1. i The births for November, 1911, numbered 4,405, males 2,308, females 2,097. The highest birth rate was in Knox county, 31.0 and the lowest in Decatur county, 9.7.