Show DEATH INCREASE I DECEMBER I City Health Statistics Show Alarming Advance in the Past Month YEAR BREAKS ALL RECORDS Scarlet Fever Diphtheria and Measles Raging Raging Raging-i Raging 1204 Died in 1 1907 December was a bad month for tor or Salt Lake The monthly statement of the health h department t. t Issued yesterday B that hint ne new cases caes o of disease were re reported ported during December r. r The They arc are divided as follo follows vs Smallpox 4 Scarlet l fever 89 Diphtheria IC 46 Mi I I SG Pulmonary tuberculosis tuberculosis' 1 I Pneumonia 1 a- a K 15 3 Typhoid fever i I 13 pox Chicken-pox 13 Meningitis 3 Total There were IH deaths during December Decem Decem- ber as ns against t 98 deaths In December 1906 TIme The death rate has advanced ad from fro 68 in D December 1906 to 2034 In the thelast thelast thelast last month of 1907 TIme The records show shon that there were births of or which h 89 81 were males and 86 females The marriage mar mar- licenses lIcense s I Issued totaled S. S C. C Evans F. the tIme quarantine Inspector fumigated fumi furni- gated houses Cl Gl of which were for tor 1 diphtheria 34 3 for scarlet rev fever r and 5 S for smallpox ol Many Jinny Inn During Y nr That the number of or deaths Increases steadily Is also shown b by the report luring During 1907 there were 1204 deaths the tile highest hh-hest mark marle In the tho history of the city The records are an kept back aa as far as 1892 1891 when 17 deaths occurred The Time comparative mortality statement for forthe forthe forthe the last four our years ears shows I l January 1 81 1 65 5 79 February ij 55 50 March Si 79 78 10 April SO 80 C 7 63 13 80 50 Ma May Si 11 Ii 11 56 5 June Tun Sr 85 70 IS 54 5 July 88 72 Gl 61 iI August AUgURt 82 71 G. G 71 September r 8 85 7 75 71 11 1191 r October 91 91 J G 76 November No 90 64 1 l d December jj 1 98 69 G 6 Total I 1 The average e death ath rate for tor December on th the basis of one death for forer every er 1 population was 1 69 F. F 1 J. J clerk cherk tl rk of or the board hoard ot of is II o no making out hi hii onn annual lal report I |