TABLE 26.-SHOWING NUMBER OF DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE IN MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS, AND ALSO IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF THE LARGER TOWNS, WITH COMPARATIVE MORTALITY. YEAR DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS PER 10,000 POP 88 86 84 82 80 78 76 74 72 70 89 66 64 62 60 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 44 42 40 DIPHTHERIA. A slight increase is shown in the death-rate from diphtheria for the past year. The rate per 10,000 population in New Jersey for the past three years is as follows: 1908, 2.33; 1909, 2.59; 1910, 2.87. It will be noticed by these figures that the deathrate is almost stationary, and with the facilities at hand to permit a rapid examination of sputum in suspected cases, and the use of antitoxin, there is no reason to suppose that an increase in the death-rate from this disease will appear. CHART SHOWING DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY AMONG CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE, PER 10,000 POPULATION, FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS. 76.40 73 55 74.58 72.25 1890 81 82 1892 73 54 1893 58.69 1894 1895 54 23 40.23 48 21 9681 1897 9681 6681 1900 49. 59 1061 49 81 TABLE 27.-SHOWING DEATHS IN NEW JERSEY FROM DIPHTHERIA WITH AGES OF DECEDENTS, FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910. CHART SHOWING DEATHS FROM DIPHTHERIA PER 10,000 POPULATION, IN NEW JERSEY, FOR THE THIRTY-TWO YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910. The death-rate from typhoid fever for the year ending De cember 31st, 1910, was 1.55 per 10,000 inhabitants, a slight increase over the previous year; however, these figures are below the average death-rate from this disease for the past ten years, which is 1.78 per 10,000 inhabitants. It will be noticed by referring to table 28 that the annual deathrate from typhoid fever in the various registration states and cities throughout the country is much higher than in New Jersey. Continued efforts are being made by the State Board of Health to regulate the sale and distribution of milk, to purify the various water supplies throughout the State, to require the purification of sewage, and other precautionary measures to prevent the spread of typhoid fever. TABLE 28.-SHOWING COMPARATIVE DEATII-RATES FROM TYPHOID FEVER, PER 10,000 INHABITANTS, IN THE REGISTRATION AREA OF THE UNITED STATES AND IN NEW JERSEY, FOR THE TEN YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910. 4 TABLE 29.-SHOWING DEATHS PER 10,000 POPULATION FROM TYPHOID FEVER IN NEW JERSEY FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS. TABLE 30.-SHOWING DEATHS FROM TYPHOID FEVER IN NEW JERSEY, PER 10,000 POPULATION, BY COUNTIES, FOR THE TEN YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910, WITH AVERAGES FOR TEN YEARS. TABLE 31.-SHOWING DEATHS FROM TYPHOID FEVER IN NEW JERSEY, FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1910, AND SHOWING ALSO THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THIS DISEASE IN URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICTS, TOGETHER WITH POPULATION AND DEATHS PER 10,000 INHABITANTS. TABLE 32.-DEATHS FROM TYPHOID FEVER IN NEW JERSEY, BY AGE PERIODs, for |