Bingham News | 1922-11-25 | Page 4 | Typhoid in Rural Districts

Typhoid In Rural Districts. v Typhoid fever Is almost twice as prevalent In the rural districts of this country as in the cities. This has been definitely shown by the figures gath- r ered In the registration district of the United States, where the death rate In the rural localities was 9.8 per 100,000 persons, whUe In the cities it was 5.5. There are states, however, which show that an excess of rural population need not cnrry with it a high typhoid fever death rate. Wisconsin is a con-spicuous con-spicuous example. This state, with more han half its population rural, had a typhoid fever rate of 2.5 per , ; . 100.0O0, which Is identical to that of Massachusetts, which Is almost entire- . ly urban.