Death rates (annual basis) for principal causes per 100,000 lives exposed, June and July, 1923, and July and year, 1922.

1 Provisional figures for 1922 given out previously have been revised on the basis of final tabulations of data on the lives exposed to risk. 2 Not available.

DEATHS DURING WEEK ENDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1923. Summary of information received by telegraph from industrial insurance companies for week ended September 8, 1923, and corresponding week of 1922. (From the Weekly Health Index, September 11, 1923, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.)

Policies in force....

Corresponding week, 1922.

Week ended

Sept. 8, 1923.

53, 927, 062

49, 933, 345

7,733

7.5

Number of death claims..

6, 662

7.0

Death claims per 1,000 policies in force, annual rate.. Deaths from all causes in certain large cities of the United States during the week ended September 8, 1923, infan! mortality, annual death rate, and comparison with corresponding week of 1922. (From the Weekly Health Index, September 11, 1923, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.)

1 Annual rate per 1,000 population.

5,852

10.6

10.4

950

868

20

5.0

6.0

6

11

71

34

15. 1

14.8

3

88

74

17.3

15.6

2 Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births-an annual rate based on deaths under 1 year for the week and estimated births for 1922. Cities left blank are not in the registration area for births.

Deaths for week ended Friday, Sept. 7, 1923.

Deaths from all causes in certain large cities of the United States during the week ended September 8, 1923, infant mortality, annual death rate, and comparison with corresponding week of 1922. (From the Weekly Health Index, September 11, 1923, issued by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce)—Continued.

Boston, Mass.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Buffalo, N. Y.

Cambridge, Mass.
Camden, N. J.3.
Chicago, Ill.".

Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohic3

Columbus, Ohio..
Dallas, Tex..
Dayton, Ohio..
Denver, Colo..

Des Moines, Iowa.
Detroit, Mich..
Duluth, Minn.

Erie, Pa..

Fall River, Mass.".
Flint, Mich.

Fort Worth, Tex..

Grand Rapids, Mich..
Houston, Tex.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Jersey City, N. J..
Kansas City, Kans.
Los Angeles, Calif..
Louisville, Ky.
Lowell, Mass..
Lynn, Mass.
Memphis, Tenn.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nashville, Tenn.3.
New Bedford, Mass.
New Haven, Conn..

New Orleans, La..

1,049

Manhattan Borough.

Richmond Borough.

Norfolk, Va.

Oakland, Calif.

Omaha, Nebr.
Paterson, N. J
Philadelphia, Pa..
Fittsburgh, Pa..
Portland, Oreg.
Providence, R. I
Richmond, Va.
Rochester, N. Y
St. Louis, Mo.
St. Paul, Minn.

Salt Lake City, Utah

San Antonio, Tex.

San Francisco, Calif.
Seattle, Wash.

Spokane, Wash.

Springfield, Mass.

Tacoma, Wash.

Toledo, Ohio.

Trenton, N. J

Utica, N. Y

138

74 14.8

115

108

104

8. 1

79

PREVALENCE OF DISEASE.

No health department, State or local, can effectively prevent or control disease without knowledge of when, where, and under what conditions cases are occurring.

UNITED STATES.

CURRENT STATE SUMMARIES.

These reports are preliminary, and the figures are subject to change when later returns are received by the State health officers.