Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-06-01 | Page 2 | Birth Rate and Death Rate Both Show Decrease

BIRTH RATE AND DEATH RATE RArE BOTH I DECREASE SHOW I There was a decrease of twenty- twenty four births and ten deaths in the I city this week as compared with last according to a report of the city board hoard of health Also there were forty less cases of contagious contagious contagious conta conta- diseases Whooping cough cases reported number four forty in contrast to seventy eight last week weel The complete report for the past week is as follows Births 61 deaths 20 0 O shipped d here for burial S 8 cases of smallpox 5 6 diphtheria 4 typhoid fever 1 scarlet fever 17 measles 19 I whooping cough 44 chickenpox 9 mumps 7 German measles 2 The total number of houses bouses under I quarantine ie was as 70