Healthfulness of Michigan.
At the present time people are eagerly seeking after those localities which from their natural healthfulness afford the best prospect of long life to their inhabitants. Thousands of invalids have gone to Colorado and California. Many more have sought a home in Minnesota; while others have chosen the warmer climate of Florida. Some have sought in foreign lands what they imagined to be a more salubrious climate than our own varied country affords. But if we may credit a recent report of Dr. Baker, Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Health, we may find in the peninsular State a climate quite equal, even superior, to many of those which have been so eagerly sought by invalids. According to this report, the death rate in Lansing, one of the principal cities of the central portion of this State, in 1874, was only 10.2 per thousand inhabitants. In Knoxville, it was 11.4; in Jacksonville, Florida (1872), 13.4; Pittsburg, 26.46; San Francisco (1873), 19.33; New York (1874), 27.62; Denver, Col. (1873), 17.28; New Orleans (1872), 30.6; Memphis (1872), 46.6. The death from consumption was also much less than in any other of the localities mentioned, being only 1.6 per thousand. These facts are worthy of notice by those who are contemplating a change of residence for the sake of health. Battle Creek is one of the most healthful cities in the whole State, besides being one of the most pleasant; and the Health Institute is located in the most healthful and delightful portion of the city. It is a most inviting retreat for the sick and suffering. Send for a circular.