1899 Decorah Vital Statistics Winneshiek Co. IAGenWeb

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1899 Vital statics
Source: Decorah Republican Apr. 19, 1900 P 1 C 7

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The vital statistics collected by each assessor, as by law required, afford some interesting Items, at least it is so In those gathered by Mr. Chas. McMasters, the assessor In Decorah corporation. He found the number of deaths during the year to be 57, or over 20 more than those of 1898. Investigation as to the why of this increase disclosed that it was owing to the surprising number of elderly people who, having lived close up to the allotted years, were called hence. More than half those who died were over fifty. The exact figures are: Under fifty 27, over fifty 30.

By decades the statistics are:
Under 10 years old ................8
From 10 to 20 years old ..........4
From 20 to 30 years old ..........8
From 30 to 40 years old ..........6
From 40 to 50 years old ......... 1
From 50 to 60 years old ......... 3
From 60 to 70 years old .........10
From 70 to 80 years old ..........9
Upwards of 80 years old ......... 8

Following Is a list of those past sixty, the years being those of the nearest birthday.

Gravestone	Name	age
	Allen, Susan A	79
	Beers, Salina	84
	Benedict, Lovina B.	76
G	Breckenridge, John	66
G	Brady, Rosanna	83
	Curtis, Sophia K.	63
	Decker, E.	62
	Drake, Mary Jane	87
G	Engbertson, Ole	81
G	Greer, Hannah	70
	Hakansen, Ragnhild	86
	Hoffos, Ingre	89
G	Hutchinson, Carrie E	62
G	Jaeger, Gotfried	65
	Johnson, Lena J.	63
	Jorgenson, Julia	75
G	Kellogg, Carrie Vincent	61
G	Knowlton, Deborah Tracy	91
G	Larsen, Anna Bergette	74
G	McKay, Elizabeth	80
	Monahan, Phillip	78
	Nesheim, Ida	65
G	Ottesen, Kathrian	76
	Steinman, Adam	88
	Thompson, Martha	67
G	Updegraff, W B	78
	Wheeler, Leah	74

The causes of death as given the assessor were as follows:
Infirmities of age………....….9
Pneumonia…………….....…….6
Pulmonary difficulties......…6
Spinal Meningitis…........…..5
Dropsy…………..........………..5
Paralysis………................….4
Heart diseases…........……...4
Fevers……......................….4
Accidents………………......…...2
Constipation of intestines...2

The remainder were for single causes , among which are Bright's disease, appendicitis, cancer and nervous prostration

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