Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1904 — Indiana Deaths Decrease. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Deaths Decrease.

As a result of the battle for health that the state authorities have made in the last few years, both* the death rate and the number of deaths are on the decrease in Indian, according to figures and drawings prepared by Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, for the last four years.

In 1901 there was an increase in the number of deaths over the preceding year, but since there has been a steady decrease in the number, notwithstanding an increase in the population. Last year there were 33,892 deaths, a rate of 13.46 a thousand In 1902 there were 35,069, deaths, a rete of 13.48. In 1901 there were 36,544 deaths, a rate of 14 52, and in 1900 there were 35,516 deaths, a rate of 14:11.