Statistics for The World in 1915

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hint	answer	% Correct
	started	100%
times per month most women washed their hair	1	88%
life expectancy for men (years)	47	81%
urban speed limit in most cities (mph)	10	75%
percentage of homes with a telephone	8	75%
percentage of doctors with no university education	90	69%
percentage of homes with a bath	14	63%
population of Las Vegas	30	56%
percentage of births at home	95	56%
leading cause of death (1)	pneumonia	38%
leading cause of death (2)	tuberculosis	25%
leading cause of death (4)	heart disease	19%
reported murders in USA (compared with 14,249 in 2014)	230	13%
reported murders in the UK (compared with 537 in 2015)	1420	6%
leading cause of death (5)	stroke	6%
what they used for shampoo (1)	borax	0%
leading cause of death (3)	diarrhoea	0%
what they used for shampoo (2)	egg yolks	0%
complete this phrase from pharmacists: " ______ clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!"	heroin	0%
the only type of store gasoline/petrol could be bought from	pharmacies	0%
Canada passed a law this year, banning any person of this type from entering that country	poor	0%