Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-17 | Page 1 | Pneumonia and Influenza Take Greater Toll

I PNEUMONIA AND INFLUENZA TAKE I GREATER TOLL I 1 WASHINGTON ASHI Dec 17 Influenza enza erza and pneumonia were mainly 1 responsible for the Jump in death I rate in 1923 which amounted to fifty fifty fit fit- ty more persons per of t f POPulation population population pop pop- in it the death registration the department de department de- de are area than the previous year of commerce announced today Influenza deaths leaped 31 from 4 4 to per and and pneumonia j I deaths increased from to per I Increases also were registered registered registered regis regis- by heart disease which led all an I causes of death measles cerebral hemorrhages whooping cough cancer can eel automobile accidents nephritis and accidental falls I Death rate decreases ases occurred In tuberculosis crIa n a malaria and typhoid fever Heart diseases disease led all aliments ailments with ith dea deaths in 11 states 14 cities and the Distri District of t O ot Columbia Columbia Columbia Col Col- comprising the death registration registration regis regis- area aiea Pneumonia was ne next t with tuberculosis came next with cerebral hemorrhages hemorrhages ages with nephritis with 87 81 I and cancer with were close together tog Congenital malformations malformations I and diseases of ot early infancy cy claimed f