2.01 1.22 0.76 2.33 21.15
Germany (cities). 0.04 2.8 2.15 10.21 2.11 31.29
Prussia, . . . . 0.03 3.2 2.46 14.17 2.26 28.06
Austria, . . . . 4.43 5.36 5.57 13.2 5.42 37.2
Switzerland, . . 0.06 1.53 1.22 3.53 1.47 21.07
Belgium, . . . . 1.52 6.2 1.62 5.77 3.83 19.87
Holland, . . . . 0.02 3.93 0.38 1.45 2.5 19.21
Sweden, . . . . . 0.01 2.3 3.69 3.89 2.22 0.

Based upon the Tenth Census Reports, we figure that of every 10,000
inhabitants of the United States the number of deaths for the census
year from similar diseases was as follows:--

Rural. Cities.

Measles, . . . . . . . 1.62 1.54
Scarlet Fever, . . . . 2.84 5.54
Diphtheria, . . . . . 7.53 8.
Croup, . . . . . . . . 3.51 4.08
Typhoid Fever, . . . . 4.75 3.46
Tuberculosis, . . . . 16.29 28.55

The general average of deaths from small-pox was about 0.14.

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