March is the highest tuberculosis and pneumonia month, and August the highest diarrhoeal month. These preventable diseases, therefore, account for the increase of deaths in the months named. PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH. The following table gives the principal causes of death in their numerical order, and Chart No. 1, following, gives a graphic rep Diagram Showing the Principal Causes of Death During the Year 1903. in the Order of Their Importance. Organic Heart Disease Accidents Infantile Diarrhoea Cerebral Congestion & Hemorrhage Diseases of Infants Cancer Brights Disease Typhoid Fever Paralysis Stomach Diseases Other Circulatory Diseases. Other Digestive Diseases. Other Genitourinary Diseases Cerebro spinal Meningitis Other Respiratory Diseases. Rheumatism Scarlet Fever Iliac Abscess Malformations Skin Diseases Diseases Female Genital Organs Homicide CHART No. 1. DIMINISHING RATES. To determine whether or not certain diseases are increasing or diminishing, the following table is constructed. A review of the same shows that the general death rate was lower in 1903 than in any year since accurate statistics have been secured. A lower death rate also appears in tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diarrhoeal diseases and puerperal fever. For diphtheria a slightly higher rate appears as compared with 1902, but decidedly lower as compared with 1900 and 1901. This is also true in regard to influenza. Table Showing Number of Deaths from Certain Diseases, with Rates per 100,000 for Four Years. 1900. Rate. 1901. Rate. 1902. Rate. 1903. Rate. The death rate from typhoid was lower in 1903 than in any year since 1899. The deaths numbered 1,013, rate 40.2 per 100,000.. The highest number of deaths occurred in September and the lowest in May. Two typhoid fever charts are here given. Chart No. 2 shows the typhoid deaths by months for 1903 and also the average for years. Average deaths per month for four years, 1900-1903. Deaths per month for the year 1903. Seven months show less than average. Five months show an increase over average. May Chart No. 3 shows how typhoid affects ages. Diagram Showing Deaths from Typhoid Fever, by Ages, Year Ending December, 1903. 100 The deaths numbered 429, rate 17 per 100,000, an increase over the preceding year, when 385 deaths were reported, a rate of 15.2. However, no increase appears in comparison with the average of the four last years, which was 426 deaths, rate 17. October to March includes the diphtheria period of the year, as 83 per cent. of the deaths and a corresponding proportion of the cases occur in that period. Five to 10 is the most fatal age period; 139 of the 50 150 200 |