No. 4.] 



HEALTH ON THE FARM. 



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it is seen that the rural districts take the lead in deaths from 

 typhoid fever and from old age. The first series of deaths are 

 preventable. The last series are inevitable. If we had the ideal 

 condition of life in all parts of the world all deaths would be 

 due to old age. Of course we never can arrive at this ideal, 

 but the more nearly we approach it the more certainly are 

 we living the ideal life. 



It is only fair to call attention to the fact that the death 

 rates for typhoid fever in 1913 do not adequately represent 

 the data for a number of years. While it is true that there is a 

 general tendency for typhoid fever to be more fatal in pro- 

 portion to the number of people in the country than it is in 

 the city, there are some notable exceptions. For instance, in the 

 typhoid fever mortality for 1912 the death rate for the regis- 

 tration cities in non-registration States was the highest of all. 

 In other words, it exceeded the death rate from typhoid fever 

 in the rural communities. It will be interesting in this connec- 

 tion to see which of the registration States has best control of 

 the typhoid fever death rate. 



The relative number of deaths in the various States, and the 

 death rates per 100,000 from typhoid fever, for 1913, are shown 

 in the following table : — 



States. 



California, 



Colorado, 



Connecticut, . 



Indiana, . 



Kentucky, 



Maine, 



Maryland, 



Massachusetts, 



Michigan, 



Minnesota, 



Missouri, 



Montana, 



New Hampshire, 



Urban. 



Number 

 of Deaths. 



246 



55 



104 



249 



114 



30 



185 



238 



290 



101 



270 



34 



22 



Death 

 Rate. 



16.6 

 16.6 

 12.9 

 28.2 

 27.1 

 17.3 

 29.5 

 8.6 

 25.4 

 14.1 

 22.3 

 32.0 

 12.1 



Rural. 



Number 

 of Deaths. 



178 



95 



29 



444 



884 



61 



258 



41 



249 



134 



550 



61 



30 



Death 

 Rate. 



15.1 

 17.2 



7.8 

 23.6 

 46.2 

 10.4 

 36.6 



5.2 

 13.9 



9.1 

 25.7 

 19.5 

 11.8 



