Rural Hygiene. Henry N. Ogden
of population has made necessary the introduction of a water-supply, and in many cases this has not been supplemented by the construction of a sewerage system. The ground becomes saturated with filth, percolating, in many cases, into wells not yet abandoned, and the introduction of the typhoid germ brought in from outside is all that is needed to start a widespread epidemic.
Table VIII. Mortality from Typhoid Fever in the Cities of New York State, showing Total Deaths from Typhoid Fever and Deaths per 100,000 Population
| Rate per 100,000 | |||||||||||
| City | Average rate per 100,000 for ten years | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 |
| Cities using unfiltered lake water: | |||||||||||
| Auburn | 23.0 | 23.4 | 39.5 | 22.9 | 9.7 | 25.8 | 28.8 | 15.9 | 12.1 | 6.0 | 46.6 |
| Dunkirk | 40.2 | 17.5 | 51.6 | 32.4 | 76.5 | 29.0 | 41.3 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 71.8 | 11.1 |
| Geneva | 29.3 | 49.2 | — | 46.3 | 9.0 | 52.1 | 42.0 | 32.7 | 24.0 | 15.4 | 22.1 |
| Cities using unfiltered river water: | |||||||||||
| Cohoes | 84.4 | 88.3 | 113.0 | 58.4 | 133.2 | 91.3 | 103.6 | 57.9 | 57.8 | 78.2 | 62.0 |
| Lockport | 48.4 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 71.5 | 35.4 | 75.7 | 34.6 | 51.8 | 67.6 | 50.1 | 60.7 |
| Niagara Falls | 132.9 | 113.0 | 123.3 | 143.7 | 148.1 | 114.0 | 135.3 | 184.4 | 154.5 | 126.0 | 87.1 |
| North Tonawanda | 30.9 | 23.1 | 11.0 | 32.3 | 10.5 | 41.1 | 30.2 | 39.3 | 19.3 | 47.2 | 54.6 |
| Ogdensburg | 54.6 | 87.8 | 39.5 | 31.4 | 62.3 | 61.7 | 68.9 | 53.1 | 67.3 | 47.1 | 26.8 |
| Oswego | 49.4 | 22.6 | 45.0 | 22.4 | 17.5 | 53.5 | 62.3 | 84.1 | 58.0 | 66.0 | 62.2 |
| Rome | 22.7 | 26.1 | 6.5 | 12.2 | 25.2 | 18.6 | 24.5 | 42.3 | 28.2 | 17.0 | 26.4 |
| Tonawanda | 30.1 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.3 |
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