| Show SALT SA LT LAKES K MORTALITY or ami April It Stood at 1072 Ier Thousand The rho in Salt Bait Lake City for or the tho of April was the some cam as for the preceding month representing an annual death rate of per 1000 of the estl esti population the total number of deaths death was vas 36 males And ami 31 as agaInst T J for the tho same month last year Of 01 the decedents all were white Hi 2 were nitha of Utah II 17 were born bonn In other parts of the United States 29 20 were of foreign nativity and one unknown 29 were single n married 12 widowed anti and three divorced The Increase In deaths among children under live years of age Is due to the Inclusion of six premature births Tin Tb among adults aver oyer 65 ars eara of K Increased nine lime as ad compared with laSt Ian month 9 29 of the decedents bo be boIng belag lag Ing over oter 65 55 mId arid up to W JV years of age aie Deaths from diphtheria show a decrease of eight other general diseases comprising hag ing till all dangerous communicable and an con diseases disease decreased front from 23 25 lost ast month to 10 for the period covered by b trU tUe report Other diseases showing an increase were of the nervous and genito genitourinary urinary apparatus both classes more victims above abate V OS years of age Deaths from corn pneumonia were IHO some same an as Deaths from corn pneumonia were IHO some same an as p month 11 Ii once cases proving fa fatal tal and Infectious diseases re required by law to te be reported decreased from 1 10 last month to lot for April cast cases of diphtheria were re cc reported ported as against 97 07 for the preceding month smallpox nearly 42 43 rapes being reported an as against Vi Lu for other diseases shading a like do crease houses hollies containing KM 29 looms were after contagious disease by the tho department fumigator Th births reported during the month while showing u a slight variation in the tue number of each ench sex were the same num nuni number her ber as for the month before In all there were reported excluding still shill births all of were white 75 being males und and SO SC females For the week ending Slay May 2 there worn were X 26 births reported to the board of health 11 II of that number b males and ond Z S females For the preceding 37 were reported und toad for the same week of last year the report numbered but 15 The Tho mortality for the W week k was IS 1 deaths nine being males and 19 10 females this Is Isan an Increase of one otte over the same week of last Car and the preceding we k when the deaths numbered li Ii liAt At the Close clote of last week there were wern 19 10 cases ot of scarlet fever In quarantine three new cases developed during the tho week and nine having been discharged left 10 casts cases In detention as compared with Q 29 for the same period of last year Three eases cases of diphtheria were reported as against eight for the preceding week one died and six were discharged leaving 11 Ii cases In ill quarantine a as against IS for forthe forthe the week before The smallpox situation Is more encouraging the new cases hat hav hag Ine decreased front from 18 14 to It for or orthis this week but our four eases cases were discharged during the week leaving X 23 cases In de dt detention at the lose loso of this report |
