Unusually Large Number Of Deaths

There were an unusually large number of deaths in Washtenaw county in January, the total number reaching 70. All over the state there were more deaths in January than in any one of the past twelve months. Of the deaths 33 were aged 65 or over, 6 under one year and 5 between 1 and 5, leaving 20 between 5 and 65. 

Of the deaths 9 were from pneumonia, 3 from consumption, 3 from cancer, 2 from measles, 2 from whooping cough, 2 from diarrhea and one each from typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever and violence. 

There were 19 deaths in Ann Arbor in January and 13 in Ypsilanti. Of the Ann Arbor deaths 3 were under one year of age and 4 were over 65. The important causes of death were: Cancer 2, consumption 2, pneumonia 2,  whooping cough 1, and diarrhea 1. In Ypsilanti the deaths were: pneumonia 2, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, one each.