3i6 



THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



RESULT OF NEGLECT OF, PERSONAL HYGFEMe 

 EFFECTS OF THE "WEAR AND TEAR" OF LIVING 



(diseases not vrcoRCusLY combattcd) 



1880 1890 190O 1910 



ENGLAND AND WALES 



21.» 





^Sl 



2T.9 



38. r 



^ip 



33.3 ^S^^'i 



laeo 1390 ^900 



UNITED STATES (Reg. Area) 



1910 



DEGENERATIVE DISEASES— COMBINED DEATH RATE— PER 10,000 POPUUTION— FROM 

 DISEASES OF HEART, BLOOD VESSELS AND KIDNEYS. 



4-.6 



fe ^ 



RESULT OF PROGRESS, PUBLIC HYGIENE 



(diseases vigorously combatted) 

 TyPHOlO FEVER 



3 6 



^i?ie73*',-^-?;"'S 



,1.6 



1890 1900 1912 



PERCENTAGE OF DECREASE 65.2 



TUBERCULOSIS OF LUNGS 



24.6 



f'C 



:■• •'? 



12.5 





m 



1890 1900 1912 



PERCENTAGE OF DECREASE 4B.9 



DEATH RATE PER 10.000 OF POPULATION IN THE U. S. REG. AREA, 

 TYPHOID FEVER AND TUBERCULOSIS OF LUKGS. 



