sons, 4; electricity, 2; lightning, 1; suffocation, 6; explosions, 3; and the remainder in various ways.

May-Deaths by violence, 180. Murders, 13; suicides, 36; accidental, 131. Of the murders, males 9, females 4, 8 were by gunshots, 4 cutting and stabbing, 1 drowned (a child). Of the suicides, males 27, females 9. Methods used: Gunshots, 6 males, 1 female; cutting arteries, males 2, females 2; wood alcohol, female 1; hanging, males 4, female 1. Of the accidental deaths: Steam railroads, males 36, female 1; trolley cars, males 3; fractures and crushing injuries, males 17, females 3; machinery, males 4; burns and scalds, males 2, females 11; drowning, males 8, female 1; gunshots, males 4; nitro-glycerine, males 6; falls, males 8, females 2; carbolic acid, males 2, females 2; ptomaine poisoning, male 1, females 2; tetanus (lockjaw, classed as accidental, because always depending upon accident), males 3, females 2; electricity, males 2; horses and vehicles, males 5, female 1; suffocation, male 1, females 3; other methods, 4.

June-Deaths by violence, 184. In the corresponding month last year, 164. Of the deaths by violence, 152 were males and 32 females. The murders numbered 7, suicides 39, accidental, 138. Of the murders, 5 were males and 2 females. Four were shot, one killed by knife wounds and one by carbolic acid. Of the 30 suicides, 16 chose gunshots, 6 hanging, 3 drowning, 6 carbolic acid, 2 knife wounds, 2 morphine, 3 poison, 1 fracture of skull by jumping from jail balcony. Of the 138 accidental deaths, 35 were on steam railroads, 2 by street cars, 2 by automobiles; crushing injuries, 25; gunshots, 3; drowning, 32; burns and scalds, 9; blood poisoning, 5; mining, 1; lightning, 6; electricity, 4; horses and vehicles, 5; poisoning, 7. It is to be noted that this month horses and vehicles killed 5, while automobiles only killed 2.

July-Deaths by violence, 225. In the corresponding month last year there were 177 deaths. In the preceding month there were 184 deaths. Of the deaths by violence, 180 were males and 45 were females. The murders numbered 12; suicides, 35; accidents, 178. Of the murders, 9 were males and 3 females. Ten were shot, 1 stabbed, and one killed with blunt instrument. Of the 35 suicides, 10 used firearms, 3 strychnia and arsenic, 3 hanging, 2 opium, and 1 liniment. Of the 178 accidents, 31 were railroad accidents, 11 interurbans and street cars, 1 by automobile, 2 fractured skull, 2 fractured femur, 1 fracture of other bones, 1 concussion, 2 crushing injuries, 16 burns and scalds, 46 drowning, 4 gunshots, 15 falling, 5 tetanus, 6 mine accidents, 3 ptomaine poison, 8 lightning, 7

poisons, 7 sunstroke and heat prostration, 1 cutting with knife, 1 struck by fork, 4 by horses and vehicles, 1 amputation of leg, 2 strangulation, and 1 unknown.

August-Deaths from violence, 186. In the corresponding month last year, 194. In the preceding month, 225. The murders numbered 11, 9 males and 2 females. Methods of murder: Gunshots, 6; cutting or stabbing, 1; blow by shovel handle, 1. Sucides numbered 17, 13 males and 4 females. Methods chosen were: Gunshots, 7; hanging, 1; burning, 2; carbolic acid, 3; arsenic, 4. Of the 158 accidental deaths, 47 were on steam railroads; street cars and interurbans, 6; fracture of skull and other bones, 14; burns and scalds, 16; gunshot, 1; drowning, 21; electricity, 5; lightning, 1; concussion of brain, 2; machinery, 2; falls, 21; suffocation and asphyxiation, 6; carbolic acid, 2,; other poisons, 2; mining, 3; horses and vehicles, 4; gored by bull, 1; sunstroke, 3; not named, 2. Of the violent deaths, 151 were males and 35 females.

September-Deaths from violence, 199. In the corresponding month last year, 195. In the preceding month, 186. The murders numbered, 9; the suicides, 34; accidental, 146. Of the murders, all were males. Methods: Gunshots 8, blow on head 1. Of the 34 suicides, 8 were females and 26 males. Methods chosen were: Gunshots, 9 males; hanging, 7 males; knife wounds, 2 males; carbolic acid, 4 males, 1 female; strychnine, 1 male and 1 female; paris green, 1 male and 2 females. Of the 146 accidental deaths, 49 were by steam railroads, 5 by street cars and interurbans, 21 by fractures and crushing injuries, 14 by burns and scalds, 17 by drowning, 6 by gunshots, 15 by falls, 3 choked to death by food, 4 asphyxiated by gas, 2 by morphine, 11 by horses and vehicles, 2 by mining, 2 by lightning, 6 by various poisons, 2 by blood poisoning; not named, 5.

October-Deaths from violence, 219. In the corresponding month last year, 179. There were 13 murders, 29 suicides and 175 accidental deaths. Of the murdered persons, all were males. Ten were killed by gunshots, 1 by fracture of skull, 1 by stabbing, and 1 not named. Of the 29 suicides, 9 were women. The methods chosen were: Gunshots, 6 males, 2 females; hanging, 4 males, 3 females; paris green, 1 male and 1 female. Of the accidental deaths, steam railroads caused 38; street cars and interurbans, 10; burns and scalds, 14; gunpowder explosion, 28; drowning, 6; gunshots, 4; crushing injuries, 39; horses and vehicles, 11; asphyxiation and suffocation, 9; electricity, 3; drinking concentrated lye, 2; opium, 4; strychnia and chloral hydrate, 2; other poisons, 3; and the remainder by various methods.

November-Deaths from violence, 176; corresponding month last year, 184. There were 13 murders, 26 suicides and 137 accidental deaths. Of the murders, 10 were males and 3 females. Seven males and 2 females were murdered by gunshots, 1 male by cutting of throat, and 3 males killed by blows from blunt instruments. Of the 26 suicides, 19 were males, 7 females. Eight males chose gunshots, 3 males and 2 females chose hanging, 1 male drowned himself, and 7 males and 5 females poisoned themselves. Of the accidental deaths, steam railroads killed 30; street cars and interurbans, 4; fractures and crushing injuries, 12; burns and scalds, 26; gunshots, 6; drowning, 2; horses and vehicles, 9; falls, 17; electricity, 3; poisons, 7, and other methods, the remainder.

December-Deaths from violence numbered 184. In the corresponding month last year, 185. The causes were: Murder, 12; suicides, 33; accidental, 139. Of the 12 murders, 7, all males, were by gunshots; by stabbing, 1 male and 1 female; by blunt instruments, 1 male; by suffocation and strangulation, 1 female and 1 male. Of the suicides, 13 were by gunshots, 12 males and 1 female; 7 were by hanging, 6 males and 1 female; 2 were by cutting throat, both males; 9 were by carbolic acid, 3 males and 6 females; other poisons, 2 males. Of the accidental deaths, steam railroads caused 36; street cars and interurbans, 7; fractures, falls and crushing injuries, 33; burns and scalds, 20; gunshots, 5; drowning, 3; machinery, 5; mine accidents, 2; electricity, 2; injury at birth, 5; ptomaine poisoning, 2; asphyxiation and suffocation, 7; poisons, 6; alcoholism, 3; exposure to cold, 2; wound infection, 1.

CANCER.

Cancer is an increasing cause of death in Indiana. The chart following shows this to be true. The number of cancer deaths in 1907 was 1,513, the rate being 55.7 per 100,000.

Comparison of 1907 with average of the last eight years.

-Average deaths per month for eight years, 1900-1907.

- Deaths per month for the year 1907.

Eleven months show more than average.

One month shows less than average.

MONTHLY ANALYSIS OF DISEASE PREVALENCE.

January-Bronchitis was reported as the most prevalent disease. and tonsillitis, which was reported as most prevalent in November and December, fell to third place. Pneumonia was fourth in area of prevalence. The order of prevalence was as follows: Bronchitis, influenza, tonsillitis, pneumonia, rheumatism, scarlet fever, diphtheria and membraneous croup, typhoid fever (enteric), measles, pleuritis, erysipelas, diarrhoea, smallpox, intermittent and remittent fever, typho-malaria fever, whooping cough, inflammation of bowels, cerebrospinal meningitis, puerperal fever, cholera morbus, dysentery, cholera infantum.

February-Influenza was reported as the most prevalent malady. Pneumonia, which was fourth in the preceding month, rises to third place this month. The order of prevalence is as follows: Influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, tonsillitis, rheumatism, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, pleuritis, diphtheria and croup, diarrhoea. smallpox, whooping cough, intermittent fever, erysipelas, inflammation of bowels, typho-malaria fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, dysentery, puerperal fever, cholera morbus, cholera infantum.

March-Influenza was reported as the most prevalent malady, and this was true also of the preceding month. In the corresponding month last year, tonsillitis was the most prevalent. Pneumonia was the third most prevalent disease in February, and it fell to fifth place this month. The order of prevalence as reported was as follows: Influenza, tonsillitis, rheumatism, measles, pneumonia, bronchitis, diphtheria and croup, scarlet fever, pleuritis, intermittent and remittent fever, typhoid fever, diarrhoea, smallpox, whooping cough, inflammation of bowels, erysipelas, dysentery, typho-malaria fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, puerperal fever, cholera morbus, cholera infantum.

April-Tonsillitis was reported as the most prevalent disease. In the preceding month, influenza occupied this position. In the corresponding month last year, rheumatism was reported to be the most prevalent. Measles, which existed in every county in the state, causing forty-two deaths, and in some instances appearing in extra epidemic form, was, nevertheless, the fifth most prevalent malady. The order of prevalence as reported was as follows: Tonsillitis, bronchitis, rheumatism, influenza, measles, pneumonia, typhoid fever (enteric), pleuritis, intermittent fever, scarlet fever, diarrhoea, diphtheria and membraneous croup, whooping cough, smallpox, inflammation of bowels, erysipelas, typho-malaria fever,

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