Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1906 — The December Death Record. [ARTICLE]

The December Death Record.

.1 If; r During the mouth of December there were 336 deaths from con sumption in Indiana. Of this number sixty-tllree were married women between the ages of 18 and 40 years. A bulletin issued by the. State Board of Health estimates that 128 childreu under the 'age of 12 years were left orpbaus as the re suit of these deaths. “It is certainly wise and piofit ablelfco provide asylums for orphans.” the balletin says, “but it would certainly be wi-er and more practical to remove the cause for such conditions. Bronchitis and tonsilitis were al most equally prevalent in Decern her and led the list-of diseases. Pneumonia increased greatly, and there was an increase in influenza and rheumatism. Typhoid fever fell to fifth place in area of preval ence; One death from smallpox was reported. During the month the number of d- aths was 2,657. Certain iinport ant causes of death were as follows: Consumption, 336; typhoid f, ver, 66; diphtheria and croup, 58; scar let fever, 7; whooping cough, 9: pneumonia, 347; diarrheal diseases 21; cerebro spinal meningitis, 40: influenza, 19; puerperal fever, 15 cancer, 90; violence, -137. The cities show a death rate of 15.1 and the country at rate of 99. The death rate for Indianapolis was 15.6; Evansville, 15.1; Ft. Wayne, 14.8; South Bend, 19.6; Terre Haute, 22.4; Mancie, 10.7. Of the 137 deaths by violence, five were murders, twenty suicides and 118 were accidental. Thirteen men committed suicide during the month and seven women ended their lives Three of the men chose carbolic acid and four women used the same method. Of the accidental deaths twenty four w ere caused by railroad trains. Two were killed by sti eet cars.