Michigan's Death Rate

The total uuinber of deaths recorded dnring the year 1895 in 03 repovtiug oities aud villages in the state nuiouuted to 4,779, corresponding to a death-rate of about 11.2 on the estimated population.as reported to the snrgeon general, or 12.4 per 1,000 on the correctly estimated populatiou. . This rate is very low aud implies imperfect registration in manf1 localities, so that the relative death-rates as giveu above canaot be taken as a certaiu measure of the comparative healthfuluess of different comnjunities.