Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-11-30 | Page 3 | Healthiest City in United States

HEALTHIEST CITY IPNITED STATES Mortality Rate of Salt Lake Lower Than Any ; y Other Reported. Salt Lake City is the healthiest city In the world. In no city can the boast be made that the death record is lower than In Salt Lake City. Tacoma, Wash., had the lowest death record of any city In the - United States for last month, but this Is due to the rapid growth of that place. Salt Lake City's steady population has an annual mortality rate per thousand of 11.84, a rate lower than any other. In eight of the last eleven months Salt Lake Cltv has beat every other city in the United States as a healthy city. The . rfcords show that the following are approximately ap-proximately the death rate per thousand for the following cities: Hartford, Conn., Jl.feT; Spokane. 12:30; Nashville. Teni., lft.83; Cleveland. O., 19.49; Newport. R.- I., 15.65; Chicago. 13.35; Boston, 18.66; Milwaukee. Milwau-kee. 12.11: New Orlaans. 20.01; Lincoln, Neb.. 12.17; Salt Iake City. 11.84. Contagious diseases are less frequent in Salt Lak city than any other city In the United States. Oply a small number of smallpox cases are reported each year and these are mostly transients.