Show RACE R CE SUICIDE A STARTLING FACT Table of Births and Deaths Death During the Past Fourteen F Years Year Prepared by City Physician Ph Booth of Pittsburg I i Sept 9 The table of ot r births and deaths deathe in Pittsburg burg during the past t years prepared by City Physician Dr B B A at Booth for th bureau of ot health shows a startling decrease in the t e number of births notwithstanding a It large in tn increase crease e In population In 1891 there were births birth the tile rate per thousand being 2861 2561 In the theune same une year there were deaths d the ija per thousand hp ben b Th Tb fG ia complete to the end ot of f nB shows hows a decrease in the birth rate late to 2174 2114 more than seven per cent The death rate is decreased d sed from front SU to II 1970 1910 from hot 1191 to W 1901 j Time The figures for the first firt three months of this year are surprising In inisi isi the excess of or births over deaths deatha w wes s 1286 1235 The figures for this thia year yeat indicate that t the excess of births has been wiped out and the conditions condition are I reversed there being a decrease of oC oCt twentythree births over oer the death I rate t I In commenting upon the report Dr Booth The figure ah yr that me race suicide ide 7 t a fact nd 1 i more e JM O in inI I Pittsburg than tha In any of the larger Inger titter cities of or the country |