1931 — Scarlet Fever, especially children, esp. IL/359, NY/231, OH/227 & PA/225 –2,651
— 2,650 U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Washington: 1935, p. 167.[1]
— 30 AL U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931. Washington: 1935, p. 171.
— 3 AZ “ p. 177.
— 33 AR “ p. 181. — 1 NV Census. Mortality Statistics 1931, 296.
— 58 CA “ p. 187. — 1 NH “ “ p. 300.
— 31 CO “ p. 194. — 84 NJ “ “ p. 303.
— 11 CT “ p. 198. — 9 NM “ “ p. 304.
— 3 DE “ p. 202. –231 NY “ “ p. 311.
— 12 DC “ p. 206. — 64 NC “ “ p. 316.
— 23 FL “ p. 211. — 17 ND “ “ p. 322.
— 44 GA “ p. 217. –227 OH “ “ p. 326
— 13 ID “ p. 223. — 55 OK “ “ p. 330.
–359 IL “ p. 227. — 10 OR “ “ p. 336.
–131 IN “ p. 231. –225 PA “ “ p. 340.
— 49 IA “ p. 236. — 12 RI “ “ p. 345.
— 23 KS “ p. 240. — 19 SC “ “ p. 349.
— 84 KY “ p. 244. — 6 SD “ “ p. 355.
— 16 LA “ p. 250. — 64 TN “ “ p. 359.
— 16 ME “ p. 256. — ? TX[2]
–106 MA. “ p. 266. — 11 UT “ “ p. 366.
— 31 MD “ p. 260. — 5 VT “ “ p. 369.
–126 MI “ p. 270. — 39 VA “ “ p. 373.
— 24 MN “ p. 275. — 15 WA “ “ p. 380.
— 13 MS “ p. 279. — 31 WV “ “ p. 384.
–195 MO “ p. 285. — 66 WI “ “ p. 388.
— 11 MT “ p. 289. — 4 WY “ “ p. 392.
— 20 NE “ p. 292.
Table 10. Causes of Death, by Month of Occurrence[3]
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
298 313 362 353 330 198 109` 84 65 128 187 223
U.S. Census: “The number of deaths from scarlet fever in the registration area in 1931 was 2,650, corresponding to a rate of 2.2 per 100,000 population as compared with 1.9 in 1930 [but 4.6 in 1920]. The greatest increases are shown in Missouri (5.3 as against 2.1) and Indiana (4.0 as against 2.5). At the other extreme, 23 States had decreases. Eleven of the 93 cities of 100,000 population and over had no deaths from scarlet fever. The highest rates were shown for Rochester (11.1) and St. Louis (8.8). (Census 1931, pp. 17-18)
[1] U. S. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. Mortality Statistics 1931 (Thirty-Second Annual Report). Washington: GPO, 1935. Accessed 10-24-2013 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1931.pdf
[2] Texas was the only non-registration State in the 1931 Census report. Four TX cities were included: Dallas (3), El Paso (2), Fort Worth (4), and Houston (2).
[3] U.S. Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1931, p. 441.