| Show SALT LAKES LAKE'S A AVERAGE DEATH RATE OF P PAST YEAR LESS THAN 1 00 IN 1 1000 I Story Told o in n Actual c ua Figures Figures Figures Fig Fig- ures Makes lakes Splendid Showing for the Health o of Utah's a Metropolis e During the year 1902 until December 1st 1st there were G deaths reported to the Health department of ot Salt Lako L. City or an average death rate of 93 per 1000 1100 Inhabitants The death rate was the highest in October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober when 79 deaths brought the aver aver- ago rate up to deaths per 1000 1010 and was ms the lowest In January and Jul July when the percentage was 81 deaths per 1000 During the other months of or the year ear the rate was as ns follows January Januar 81 February 85 March April 97 91 May 9 92 June July SI St A August gust September 90 October and November r 93 98 IS or nn an average a of ot 93 per 1000 for the eleven months Moro Mora Males Than Females Of Ot the C deaths those of males exceeded exceeded ex ex- those of or females b by 63 There Them were 42 deaths of males and 35 of fe females females fe- fe females males Tho The greatest number of deaths of males reported in a single month was 47 for August while the lowest number was 33 each In both January Januar und and July Juh Of f the females the month of November t led d with 40 JO while February and Jul July tied for lowest place with 25 23 each Months Male Ial Female Total January 33 24 Cl Gl February February 39 31 25 01 Gl I March larch 3 59 75 April 44 43 d 73 May lay a 3 as 31 Cd Juno June uno 43 3 75 Jul July 26 36 5 3 61 el August 47 41 g 3 30 77 7 September 33 23 35 33 g October 1 y 3 2 e 7 74 71 No em November r 39 33 JI 40 79 Total 42 4 HI 7 TO G Causes of Death Of Ot the causes of ot death that class termed as general diseases disease was the leader eader by a a. long handicap This class Includes contagious cancer rheumatism anaemia diabetes and other diseases The total number of or deaths in this class lass was of which 23 were from typhoid typhoid ty t- ty- ty fever fe 36 each from diphtheria and scarlet fever fe 37 from tu tuberculosis 13 3 from oth other r contagious diseases and 53 from diseases other than conta contagious lous February led the list with 20 o deaths from rom contagious diseases This This months month's returns showed that typhoid had claimed one victim scarlet fever re G 5 Ci diphtheria 5 6 6 tuberculosis 5 5 and other contagious diseases I. I There were fewer deaths from contagion contagion con- con aglon In September than In all any other month when only eight men reported Of the these e four were from Crom typhoid fever and two each from diphtheria and tuberculosis Infancy and Old Age Durin During the year there were 49 deaths In n early Infancy nod and 57 from old a age e. e The deaths of the aged were In many Instances n ascribed to other causes while lh the remote cause enuse given was old age afe During the eleven en months there were OG OC persons who ho died in the various hospitals hospitals hos hos- an and similar institution institutions Of or this number 82 died 1111 at the Holy Cross Croaa hos pital 74 at St. St Marks Mark's 20 O at nt the County Infirmary 19 at the tho Jeo Wright Keogh h. h ho hos hospital pital H t at the Salt Lake Private hospital hos- hos pital pital and one olle at the isolation hospital for or smallpox patients There were s six ix lx deaths of or Salt Lakers at ut the Insane asylum at Provo and there ther are recorded re- re cor corded ed in this class clas Burial Records During the year ear bodies were brou brought ht to Salt Sail Lake for burial while 51 were shipped to other points for fol In- In There w wore were re bodies burled In n the Salt Lake City cemetery during the he year car while were Interred In Mount lount Olivet Oll cemetery Mount Calvary cemetery received 52 bodies while the population of or the Jewish Jew cemetery was Increased by nine and that of or the soldier soldiers soldier's sol sol- dier's diers at Fort Foil Douglas by two |
