ie , Oral a AP 45 Most of NS once fertile farm; poyae “born land in Ogden is now covered bie a“ with buildings, but the city still I set a record last year with one a atio bumper crop—babies. The new record was. year with the birth of ‘babies, according to Jean head of vision of partment. the vital the ety set last held true 3,873 Laird, statistics ee die} Aorapaeed to. ne 3 oe 91.823: detent! 227 more sani boys to ke aoe 1.185, | uivtaieen: each year has. ‘ord _. On the other hand, there greater number 221, was is probably another recset when only a single 1947,| ‘case of poliomyelitis was re4" ported. Other diseases included Gerwere. man measles, 19; scarlet fever, 8; since show. pox, mumps, 299. What of the statistics also” a +Oy of male whooping cough, 15; ringworm of than female deaths. The records the scalp, 8; shigellosis (dysen- tery); Rocky Mountain spotted | Next best year was 1953, when show that 386 males died in ‘1957, ‘fever, 1; infectious hepatitis, 3, |Ogden mothers produced 3,862 compared to 336 females—or 50 and pediculosis capitis (head. more. new citizens. — ‘liee); 1, The comparative death records During the year just. ended The statistics show that 25 of there were 40 sets of twins born. show that considerably more men the deaths in Ogden last. year Or, in other words, about every have died each year than women. Ne ext highest number of deaths, were caused by accidents, with 90th mother doubled up on the since 1947, was in 1952 when a automobiles being responsible for ‘doctor, — most of those. Another new record was the.! total of 695 » people succumbed. Ten people died as the result |number of deaths—a total of 722 Last. year was the first in which) —which nevertheless was only the number of deaths went over, the 700 mark. one-fifth as great as the Bee Greatest death rate auperentiy of births. ocurs in the. first year of a perNET GAIN son’s life. The city’s statistics showed that Hence, net: gain in citizens was 3,151. The extensive statistics 82 deaths last year were babies also give a picture of communi: under 1. Fifty stillbirths were cable disease in the city last year, recorded. AS you might quickly guess, causes of death, number of ac- | ‘the most common communicable cidental deaths and more. | was measles. As usual nature provided for disease reported ‘During 1957, 1,303 cases were ithe higher mortality rate and reported to the health depart: shorter life span of males, by (| supplying the city with over. 200 pment Next. most common ‘was more boys than girls. | ss. 1957 there were 2, 050 enza, Ha 126, followed by. elk: strep ea Pe Ne rete SEEPS Ord fy) fy bh « mf rs 7 cS of riding in vehicles involved in accidents and another six were pedestrians hit by cars. Others included crushing by ‘heavy objects, 2; drowning, 2; falling, 2: fighting, 1; barbiturate poisoning 1 and chemical poisoning 1, Most common causes of death were: heart disease and cancer. The statistics show 63 people died from all kinds of cancer 228 people and succumbed of. some type heart failure.. Also there were cides | and an | suicides. three even half ‘ homi- | ce