No. 4.] 



HEALTH ON THE FARM. 



81 



From the above table it will be seen that in 13 States the 

 death rate for nervous diseases is higher in rural districts than 

 it is in the cities, and in 11 States it is lower. The general 

 average shows that nervous diseases are more prevalent in 

 the country than in cities. In respect to Massachusetts, par- 

 ticularly, the urban death rate for nervous diseases in 1913, 

 as given in the table, is 144.9, and in the rural districts 197.2. 

 For 1912 the figures are almost the same, namely, in the cities 

 141.2 and in the rural districts 204. Diseases of the nervous 

 system embrace inflammation of the brain (encephalitis), 

 meningitis, locomotor ataxia, diseases of the spinal cord, in- 

 fantile paralysis, apoplexy, softening of the brain, paralysis, 

 insanity, epilepsy, convulsions, chorea, neuralgia, diseases of 

 the eye and diseases of the ear. 



Diseases of the Circulatory System. 



States. 



Death Rates peb 100,000 op 

 Population for 1913. 



Cities. 



Rural 

 Districts. 



California, . 

 Colorado, 

 Connecticut, 

 Indiana, 

 Kentucky, . 

 Maine, 

 Maryland, . 

 Massachusetts, . 

 Michigan, . 

 Minnesota, . 

 Missouri, 

 Montana, 

 New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, 

 New York, . 

 North Carolina, . 

 Ohio, . 

 Pennsylvania, 

 Rhode Island, 

 Utah, . 

 Vermont, 

 Virginia, 

 Washington, 

 Wisconsin, . 



257.6 

 160.4 

 207.7 

 188.1 

 202.3 

 259.4 

 231.7 

 245.0 

 189.2 

 135.5 

 108.3 

 167.6 

 247.5 

 184.9 

 204.4 

 187.9 

 198.0 

 187.5 

 209.4 

 157.9 

 213.9 

 208.1 

 120.9 

 146.7 



201.2 

 102.7 

 231.6 

 181.8 



93.6 

 236.6 

 149.1 

 305.0 

 205.3 

 119.6 

 110.0 

 103.5 

 280.8 

 204.5 

 264.6 

 120.6 

 197.6 

 145.9 

 229.7 

 111.7 

 310.7 

 168.7 



98.3 

 151.1 



From the above table it will be seen that in 10 States the 

 death rate for diseases of the circulatory system is higher in 

 rural districts than it is in the cities, and in 14 States it is 

 lower. The general average shows that diseases of the circu- 



