Deaths In Washtenaw

There Were 83 Deaths in This County in February.

The Michigan Monthly Bulletin of vital statistics is just out showing that 3,778 people dies in this state in the month of February of whom 1,303 were over 65 years of age and 939 under four, while there were 127 still births. The deaths from consumption were 196, from other tuberculosis 55, from typhoid fever 28, diphtheria 25, scarlet fever 9, measles 16, whooping cough 25, pneumonia 632, spinal meningitis 74, influenza 721, cancer 10, violence 12.

The deaths in this county in February numbered 83, of which 35 were over 65 years of age. In Washtenaw there were 17 deaths from influenza, 13 from pneumonia, 4 cancer, 2 violence, 2 puerperal septicemia, 4 consumption, 1 diphtheria and 1 whooping cough.

The deaths in February in Ann Arbor city were 17 and in Ypsilanti 10. In the villages the deaths were: Manchester 5, Chelsea 3, Milan 3, Dexter 2. In the townships, Manchester and Northfield each had 4 deaths; Ann Arbor, Augusta, Bridgewater, Lima, Lodi, Salem, Sharon and York each had 3 deaths; Dexter, Pittsfield, Scio, Superior and Webster each had 2 deaths; Freedom had 1 death, while Lyndon, Saline, Sylvan, Ypsilanti town and Saline village reported no deaths.

The monthly mean of temperature in the southern tier of counties was 14.1 degrees which was about 7 degrees colder than the average temperature in February of previous years. There were 10 clear days, 10 cloudy days and 8 partly cloudy days.