Deaths Decline Since Use Of Wonder Drugs Commenced
Frederick County health figures show a lower general death rate in 1954 compared with 1935, due largely to sulfa drugs and penicillin. The county, with a high elderly population, reports 650 deaths in 1954 versus 1,841 in 1935, amid a growing population from 55,048 to 64,569. Heart disease leads deaths at 281, with cancer, stroke, and injuries following. motor-vehicle fatalities are notable at 47.7 per 100,000, far above the national rate. Infant mortality is slightly below the nation, birth rate also lower.
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Anniversaries and Birthdays in Know America Today
Know America Today's anniversaries list notable figures with birth and death details from 1807 to 1962, including Joseph Holt and Charles Sumner, plus birthdates for Truman Safford and others. It also notes Today in History events from 1890 to 1960, then presents today's birthdays and a horoscope, ending with a county bid notice for voting machines.
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Boston
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University of Michigan
Attica
N. Y
John Calvin Brown
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Giles Co., Tenn
Truman H. Safford
Frederick County
Driver Fined in Maple Avenue Crossing Case
Edward L. Young of Frederick was fined 6 dollars 45 cents after a hearing before Magistrate Wm. H. Kennedy for failing to observe a traffic safety device and warning signal at the S Maple avenue crossing on December 27. Officer B. B. Burch of the Brunswick Police charged the violation.
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S. Maple Avenue
Edward L. Young
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Wm. H. Kennedy
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