Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1898 — Some Important Reports. [ARTICLE]

Some Important Reports.

Reports have been received at the office of the State Board of Health covering vital statistics for the quarter ending June 30, 1898. They show that, compared with the

preceding quarter, there were 796 fewer deaths, and 50 per cent, fewer cases as contagious and infectious diseases. Cholera infantum has prevailed unusually in certain counties, but there was a slight decrease in all diarrheal diseases as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1897. There were 4,952 marriages during the quarter, an increase over the corresponding quarter of last year of 150. Of the males married 131 were boys under 20 years of age; 7,165 babies wers born; 3,660 males, 3,505 females.