385, MA –3,258

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–3,258 Census Bureau. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 56. Death rate of 7.9 per 100K. p.84.

California (100) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 342.

Colorado ( 70) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 343.

Connecticut ( 94) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 343.

District of Columbia ( 15) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 343.

Indiana (140) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 343.

Maine ( 21) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 341.

Maryland ( 31) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 348.

Massachusetts (345) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 348.

Michigan (157) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 348.

New Hampshire ( 84) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

New Jersey (182) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

New York (1,117) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.
NY City 600 Rosner. Hives of Sickness…Epidemics in [NYC]. 1991, p. 31.

Pennsylvania (385) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

Rhode Island ( 74) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

South Dakota ( 5) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

Vermont ( 17) Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. 1908, p. 349.

Narrative Information

Census Bureau: “Many deaths returned simply as meningitis [7,244] are undoubtedly due to tuberculous meningitis, traumatism, and other causes, and are tabulated here on account of the lack of accurate distinction in the certificates of death. This is also in evidence as applied to the separation of deaths from simple meningitis and from the specific infectious disease known as epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis or cerebro-spinal fever [3,258 deaths]…” (p. 56.) [A table on this page entitled “Number of Deaths from Meningitis,” shows an aggregate of 10,502 deaths.]

“The highest death rate for the year was that of New Hampshire (50.4)…” (p. 57.)

Sources

Rosner, David (Ed.). Hives of Sickness: Public Health and Epidemics in New York City. Rutgers University Press, 1991, 236 pages. Partially digitized by Google. Accessed 3-29-2018 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=o34QxI6lHwAC&pg=PA70&dq=1916+Polio+Epidemic&ei=Cy5DSZWvMIXAMpqalOYN#PPP7,M1

United States Bureau of the Census. Mortality Statistics 1906. Seventh Annual Report. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. Accessed 3-30-2020 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/mortstatsh_1906.pdf