Deaths In Washtenaw County

During the month of May there were 48 deaths in Washtenaw county, which would make the annual death rate per 1,000 of population 11.3, while the rate in the state was 13 and in the southern counties 14.

The death rate in the cities of the state was 14.5 per 1,000 population. In Ann Arbor, in spite of the deaths of those who come here in the last stages of disease to see if relief could not be obtained at the hospitals the death rate as 13.1 and in Ypsilanti it was 8.8. It will be seen that this is a healthy community.

Of the 48 deaths in the county, 18 were 65 old or over. There were seven deaths from cancer, four from violence, three from pneumonia, one from scarlet fever, one from consumption and two from meningitis. 

In Ann Arbor there were 18 deaths in May, of whom 4 were of persons 65 years or older. Of the deaths 2 were from cancer, two from meningitis and one each from pneumonia, scarlet fever and consumption.

There were 8 deaths in Ypsilanti, two of which were of persons over 65. One death was from violence and one from pneumonia.