Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1905 — January Death Rate. [ARTICLE]

January Death Rate.

Aooording to tfie fLu es compiled by tne State Board of Health influenza wts the most prevalent ailment during the month of January, 114 deaths beiog emsed by that disease. Aside from th s disease, the order of prevJonce was: Pneumonia, tonsilitis, bronchitip, rheumatism, scarlet f ver, diphtheria typhoid fever, smallpox, meaJes.Jvhc oping ooagb, cerebrospinal meningitis. Tbe total number of deaths was 3 309, a rate of 14.7, as oompared with a total of 3,117, January, 1904, a rate of 14 8.