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cities and 3,591 in rural districts. These data show a marked 

 contrast between diphtheria and croup and measles, measles 

 being almost as fatal in the country as in the city, while 

 diphtheria and croup are far more fatal in the city than in 

 the country. 



Cancer and other malignant tumors caused a total number 

 of deaths in the registration States of 45,833, of which 25,672 

 were in cities and 20,161 in the rural districts. In Massachu- 

 setts cancer caused a total number of deaths in cities of 2,728, 

 and in rural districts of 869 (3,215). The prevalence of cancer, 

 therefore, among the rural communities of Massachusetts is 

 more general than in the cities. 



Organic diseases of the heart caused a total number of deaths 

 in the registration States of 80,651, of which 43,350 occurred 

 in cities and 37,301 in rural districts. In Massachusetts organic 

 diseases of the heart caused in the cities 4,813 deaths, and in 

 the country 1,683 (6,227) deaths. In Massachusetts it is 

 noticed that organic diseases of the heart are more common 

 in rural districts than in cities. 



Pneumonia caused in the registration States 46,955 deaths, 

 of which 27,413 were in cities and 19,542 in rural districts. 

 In Massachusetts pneumonia caused 2,648 deaths in cities and 

 564 (2,086) deaths in rural districts. 



Diarrhoea and enteritis caused among children under two 

 years of age in the registration States 42,092 deaths, of which 

 24,731 were in cities and 17,361 in rural districts. In Massa- 

 chusetts diarrhoea and enteritis caused among children under 

 two years of age 2,605 deaths in cities and 472 (1,746) deaths 

 in rural districts. 



Congenital debility caused in the registration States 40,076 

 deaths, of which 21,862 were in cities and 18,214 in rural 

 districts. In Massachusetts congenital debility caused a total 

 of 2,002 deaths in cities and 477 (1,765) in rural districts. 



Old age caused a total of 13,010 deaths in the registration 

 States, of which 4,408 were in cities and 8,602 in rural districts. 

 In Massachusetts old age caused 304 deaths in cities and 

 209 (773) deaths in rural districts. 



These last data are the most informing, and in some respects 

 encouraging, of all. As far as the data for 1913 are concerned 



