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Table 0. 
N ame of pity . 
Births, 
July 1, 1905. 
to 
June 30, 1906. 
Deaths 
under 1 
year of 
age. 
Death 
rate per 
1,000 
births. 
Diarrheal 
death 
rate. 
Per cent 
of deaths 
due to 
diarrhea. 
Aachen _ _ _ 
4,300 
839 
195 
78.60 
40.23 
Altona _ _ _ 
4,405 
749 
169 
38.37 
22.64 
Barmen _____ 
4,597 
605 
132 
47.64 
36.20 
Berlin. _ 
49,708 
9,933 
200 
87.99 
44.03 
Borkum__ _ _ 
5,060 
818 
162 
50.20 
31.05 
Bremen. _ 
6,429 
1,116 
174 
73.92 
42.92 
Breslau _ _ _ 
■ 14,366 
3,511 
244 
98.62 
40.36 
Brunswick.. 
3,397 
668 
197 
81.22 
41.32 
Cassel.. _ 
3,202 
407 
127 
31.85 
25.06 
Charlottenburg 
5,189 
803 
155 
54.35 
35.12 
Chemnitz __. 
8,314 
2,253 
271 
135.67 : 
50.07 
Cologne 
15,373 
3,266 
212 
93.60 ! 
44.06 
Crefeld 
2,572 
390 
142 
53.42 | 
37.69 
Dantzig. _ . 
5,288 
1,286 
243 
109.87 i 
45.18 
Dortmund _ 
7,385 
1,366 
185 
61.75 
33.38 
Dresden. 
14,297 
2,735 
191 
83.23 | 
43.51 
Duisberg 
7,524 
1,137 
151 
97.38 j 
44.59 
Dusseldorf _ _ _ _ . 
8,868 
1,667 
188 
83.43 
43.85 
Elberfeld 
4,963 
739 1 
149 
50.97 
34.23 
Erfurt 
2,966 
597 
202 
42.90 
21.27 
Essen. __ _ 
9,494 
1,498 
1.58 
66.67 
42.26 
Erankfort-on-the-Mnin 
9,335 
1,446 
155 
53.13 
34.30 
Gelsenkirchen- 
7,451 
1,169 
157 
58.11 
37.04 
Halle 
4,985 
1,175 
236 
124.77 
52.94 
Hamburg _ _ 
20,471 
3,538 
173 
70.98 
41.07 
Hanover 
5,908 
949 
161 
37.41 j 
23.28 
Karlsruhe _ 
3,052 
565 
185 
86.17 
46.55 
Kiel 
5,083 - 
903 
178 
72.99 i 
41.08 
Koenigsberg 
6,671 j 
1,556 
233 
113.47 
48.65 
Leipzig _ _ 
14,734 i 
3,273 
222' 
121.49 
54.69 
Magdeburg. _ _ 
6,304 1 
1,472 
234 
100.23 
43.14 
Mannheim 
5,170 
1,053 | 
204 
86.46 
42.45 
Munich 
15,787 
3,432 
217 
95.33 I 
44.14 
Nuremberg.. 
10,290 | 
2,547 
248 
113.80 
45.95 
Plauen _ 
3,745 
779 
208 
35.25 
16.95 
Posen. _ _ 
5,123 
1,272 
248 
95.52 
37.27 
Rixdorf . _ . 
5,547 
1,212 
218 
103.66 1 
47.44 
Schoeneberg 
3,200 
480 
150- 
49.38 
33.13 
Stettin 
7,089 
1,847 
261 
112.28 
43.09 
Strassburg 
4,794 
913 
190 
92.82 j 
4S.74 
Stuttgart . . 
6,176 
1,270 
206 
74.80 1 
36.38 
Wiesbaden . _ 
2,489 
403 
162 
49.92 
30.52 
341,295 j 
67,637 | 
198 
80.34 
44.03 
An examination of this table shows that the highest infantile death 
rate recorded for these 42 German cities is that of Chemnitz, with a 
total infantile death rate of 271 and a death rate from diarrheal 
diseases of 135.67. This latter is greater than the total infantile 
death rate of the city of Barmen (132), and is greater than the total 
infantile death rate of England and Wales (125 in 1903), Scotland 
(1900-1901, 128, highest in 50 years), Xorway (105, average 20 
years 1874-1893), Sweden (107, 1902), Ireland (96.6, average 20 
years 1874-1893), and is almost as high as the total death rate of 
France (137 in 1903). The average death rate from diarrhea in all 
these 42 cities was 80.34— figures of great significance when we come 
to investigate the seasonal distribution and the cause of the preva- 
lence of gastro-enteritis in the neonate. 
It is worthy of note that the census report of 1900 shows that in 
our country there are no less than 15 cities having a total death rate 
greater than that of Chemnitz, viz : 
