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Show Auto Death Rate Is on the Increase (S) New Bedford 13 8 9.8 6.2 New Haven.. 48 28 27.3 16.2 New Orleans. S4 63 20.5 ' 16.8 New York.... 1,001 964 16.6 16.3 Newark, N. J. 104 107 23.3 24.4 Norfolk lu 13 8.2 Oakland 49 60 19.8 20.8 Omaha 23 40 13.0 19.6 Paterson .... 49 39 34.8 27.9 Philadelphia 263 294 13.5 ' 16.3 Pittsburgh .. 1S5 146 29.6 23.5 Portland, Ore. 39 39 14.0 14.3 Providence .. 57 52 23.4 21.5 Reading 24 27 21.5 24.3 Richmond ... 33 26 18.0 14.4 Rochester 4S 44 14.8 13.8 St. Louis .... 186 168 22.8 20.9 St. Paul 55 69 22.5 24.4 Salt Lake City 20 15.8 San Antonio -. 22 30 11.6 16.2 San Francisco 113 107 27.6 19.9 Scranton .... 24 42 17.0 29.2 Seattle 63 55 Spokane 22 15 21.0 14.3 Springfield, Mass 27 23 18.2 15.9 Syracuse 41 43 21.8 23.3 Toledo 43 63 16.8 23.4 Trenton 34 36 26.2 28.3 Washington, D. C ,103 86 22.2 18.1 Wilmington J 28 29 24.2 24.6 Worcester ... 29 33 14.8 17.2 Yonkers 16 17 14.6 15.8 Youngstown 39 37 25.1 24.6 No estimate. Fatalities in 58 Cities Reach 19 Per 100,000. Washington. Deaths caused by automobiles au-tomobiles and other motor vehicles, except motorcycles, in 58 of the principal princi-pal cities of the country In 1924 increased in-creased In the aggregate, both in number num-ber and In proportion to population, figures announced by the Department of Commerce showing a total of 5,030 deaths and a fatality rate of 19 per 100,000 population. This compares with 4,908 deaths and a rate of 18.8 for the same cities in 1923. This rate has shown a progressive progres-sive increase from 14.6 in 1920, with 15.7 in 1921 and 16.9 in 1922. While New York had the largest number of deaths, 1,001, the highest rate, 34.8 was reported for Paterson, N. J., unr' 45 cities exceeded the New York rate of 16.6. The second highest rate, 29.6, was shown for Pittsburgh, and the third highest, 28.5, for Camden, Cam-den, N. J. New Bedford. Mass., had the lowest rate, 9.8, while the second lowest, 11.5, was reported from San Antonio, and the third. 11.7, for Des Moines. Available figures, for 6S cities were made public by the department, although al-though reports and estimates were lacking for some of these, and their figures were not- included in the comparative com-parative analysis. Two-Year Tabulation. Comparative figures on the total deaths and the rate per 100,000 of population for the lust two years were given as follows : Fatal- Fatality Fatal-ity ity Deaths Deaths Rate Rate City in 1924. In 1923. 1924. 1923. Akron 39 40 Albany 28 27 23.6 23.0 Atlanta 63 55 24.7 Baltimore .... 129 131 16.4 16.9 Birmingham . 65 49 27.4 25.0 Boston 142 133 18.3 17.3 Bridgeport ... 21 23 Buffalo 113 137 20.7 25.6 Cambridge .. 27 23 24.1 25.1 Camden 36 34 2S.5 35.4 Chicago 560 5S9 19.0 20.4 Cincinnati ... 84 102 20.6 25.1 Cleveland .... 220 203 24.1 Columbus .... 59 68 22.0 22.2 Dallas 36 34 19.2 18.7 Dayton 26 27 15.4 16.3 Denver 40 45 14.5 16.5 Des Moines ..17 18 11.7 12.8 Detroit 306 262 Fall River ... 16 22 13.2 18.2 Fort Worth.. 26 9 17.6 6.3 Grand Rapids 31 27 20.9 18.5 Hartford .... 33 40 21.1 26.3 Houston 31 25 19.4 16.1 Indianapolis . 70 63 19.9 15.5 j Jersey City .. 56 37 17.9 12.0 i Kansas City, Kan 17 12 14.0 10.4 Kansas City, Mo 87 86 24.2 24.4 Los Angeles . 267 224 Louisville ... 5S 66 22.4 25.6 Lowell 23 tS 19.9 15.6 Memphis 36 tfl 20.9 ?7.0 Milwaukee .. S3 62 16.8 12.8 Minneapolis . S4 60 20.1 14.7 Nashville .... 34 28 27.6 22.8 I |
