Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-01-01 | Page 43 | Special Edition, Salt Lake's Vital Record

SALT LAKE'S VITAL RECORD. The records of the City Health office for l'.'4 show an increase In births aid OS ithe ov er last ye.n 1 uring the ; BSt year the city has r-en ccmparattvely free from contagious diseases, hut strenuous old age has done Its pari In bwi lllng the death quota. 1 h re were 268 more births and 147 more deaths thli war than last. The Increane In numb, r of deaths may be accounted for both in th" grvwlre; populillon of the cty and the Increasing birth rate. Salt I ake City is accredited, with the lowest death rate und the highest birth rate for the past year of any city of importance impor-tance In the United States During the past year the sanitary conditions of the city have been greatly Improved In compliance with new city ordinances over 360 sewer connections have been mad and yet the officers of the Health department say that work along this line haa only begun More loads of garbage have also been hauled away and In general the sanitary condition con-dition of the city has been bettered. During thc past year there have t,, en SSO deaths, as compared with 773 during the preceding year. Of this year's deaths the larger part were males. The, same is also true of the preceding year Deaths During- 1904. Monthly Msle. Fcninlo. Totnl. Jonunry i as Rl February cs . in Mnrrh R 19 112 April 0 f) Wl May 27 SI 5 Juno 83 :1 M July 44 15 r-9 August 45 a Pep '-niber .17 2S fS CVtohor a. .. 45 11 71 November 21 M M December 33 31 64 Total for year .... &""7 373 S0 Averoff monthly death rate per thousand during 1904: January l.os February . . . , lis Marrn 1.49 April l.Oi May 74 Juno 73 July 7$ August i 94 1 September SS October l.oi November fi. December . Average par month .'j Annual -Hth raio pr-r thousand (estimated (esti-mated population 76.000) U 76 The number of births for the past year reach the grand total of 1696. as compared with 141'8 for the year 1903. an increase of 26S. March has been the banner month tor births and deaths. It la accredited with 191 births and 113 deaths. Births During 1004. Monthly Male. Foninle. Totsl. January U 7-. II February 6-. U 1 March .115 7: 191 April . M !l 174 May 89 79 VA Jun A 77 tl 1JS July . . 66 64 130 August 94 75 163 Pepi.-mber 75 "m !.1J October 82 60 142 November 69 62 121 December 45 61 M Total for year .. .899 707 1SJC June, in former years the great month for nuptials. lo5t out by four to October during last jfar ar.d was exactly tied by Jul; . Marriage Licenses Issued in 1904. January 96 February . S2 March M April 132 May 106 Juno 1S9 July 169 August 9 September 163 October 17.1 November 15 December 160 Totnl for year 1480