86 WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC 1919 ported during he twelve months ending Nov. 30, 1918, the following cases Chichen pox .......................... 75 Whooping cough .................... 255 Mumps ................................. 192 Tuberculosis ......................... 164 Cerebro spinal meningitis ....... 14 Smallpox .............................. 1 Influenza ...............................3477 If may be taken for granted that many cases,especially of the less dangerous forms of desease, are not reported. BIRTHS IN WILKES-BARRE _______________________________________________ Males Females Totals _______________________________________________ 1918........................1019 997 2016 1917........................1116 1102 2218 1916........................1082 1017 2099 1915........................1149 1119 2268 1914........................1098 1058 2156 1913........................1048 976 2024 1912........................1034 912 1946 1911........................ 975 1007 1982 1910........................ 956 904 1860 _______________________ RIVER FLOOD RECORDS. ________________________ Freshet of 1865 .................................33.1 Freshet of 1901..................................27.0 Freshet of 1902..................................31.3 Freshet of 1904 (March)......................30.6 Freshet of 1910 (March)......................26.0 Freshet of 1913 (March)......................28.5 Freshet of 1914 (March)......................28.3 Freshet of 1916 (March).....................26.65 Freshet of 1916 (March)......................26.6 The records above are according to the new gage on the Market street bridge, which is 3.4 higher than the figures painted on the bridge pier. An old newspaper records a flooding in 1807 which came up Market street to Franklin, but probably it was not as high as the 1865 flood, as the street in 1807 was a foot or two lower than now. ___________________________________________________________________ PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, 1916 _____________________________ Wilson. Hughes. Alabama ............................. 97,778 28,662 Arizona ............................... 33,170 20,524 Arkansas ............................ 112,186 49,827 California ............................ 466,280 462,516 Colorado ............................ 178,816 102,309 Connecticut ....................... 99,786 106,541 Delaware ........................... 24,521 25,794 Florida .............................. 56,108 14,611 Georgia ............................. 125,831 11,225 Idaho ................................. 70,021 56,358 Illinois ................................ 950,081 1,152,315 Indiana ............................... 324,068 341,005 Iowa ................................... 221,699 280,449 Kansas .............................. 314,588 277,656 Kentucky ........................... 269,900 241,884 Louisana ............................ 79,875 6,440 Maine ................................ 64,118 69,506 Maryland ........................... 138,358 117,347 Massachusetts .................. 247,885 268,812 Michigan ........................... 286,775 339,097 Minnesota ......................... 179,152 179,554 Mississippi ........................ 80,383 4,253 Missouri ............................ 398,632 369,339 Montana ............................ 101,063 66,750 Nebraska ........................... 158,827 117,771 Nevada .............................. 17,776 12,127 New Hampshire .................. 43,779 43,723 New Jersey ........................ 211,018 268,983 New Mexico ....................... 33,553 31,161 New York ........................... 756.880 875,510 North Carolina .................... 168,383 120,890 North Dakota ..................... 55,271 52,661 Ohio ................................. 604,946 514,836 Oklahoma ......................... 148,123 97,233 Oregon ............................. 120,087 126,813 Pennsylvania .................... 521,784 708,734 Rhode Island .................... 40,394 44,858 South Carolina ................. 61,846 1,800 South Dakota .................. 59,191 64,251 Tennessee ....................... 153,334 116,114 Texas .............................. 285,909 64,949 Utah ................................ 84,025 54,133 Vermont .......................... 22,708 40,250 Virginia ............................ 102,824 49,353 Washington ..................... 183,388 167.244 West Virginia ................... 140,403 143,124 Wisconsin ....................... 193,024 221,323 Wyoming ........................ 28,316 21,698 ________ _________ Totals 9,116,296 8,547,474