History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 129

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358


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108


Holy Ghost.


130


112


Rock Spring.


177


106


Calvary ..


182


148


Wesleyan ..


38


28


Lutheran.


9


9


Bellefontaine


123


118


Salem.


6


6


St. Mark


1


1


St. Peter.


55


44


St. Peter and Paul.


69


45


Beni el Hebrew


5


3


United Ilebrew


8


6


St. John ..


9


4


Holy Trinity


216


175


Concordia


1


1


Friedens


4


4


Total


1156


918


" Nativities .- United States, 526; Ireland, 260; Germany, 297; England, 17; Belgium, 2; France, 22; Canada, 14; Switzerland, 6; Italy, 8; Sweden, 4. Total, 1156.


" Sexes .- White males, 647; white females, 470; colored males, 28; colored females, 11. Total, 1156. Of this number 206 were children under five years of age.


" Admissions to the City Hospital during the week, 275; ditto to quarantine, 2; treated at the dispensary by Drs. Fol- som and Grissom during the weck, 290.


" The above total of the deaths is somewhat below the actual aggregate, inasmuch as the returns from Arsenal Island are only partial, including only those persons who died in the City Hospital, no return being made as to the number of poor per- sons interred on the island during the week who died in other


parts of the city. The number of interments of this nature must at least be over one hundred, which will increase the total mortality to nearly thirteen hundred. This is somewhat a startling aggregate when compared to the weekly returns we are accustomed to see published, which rarely exceed one-fifth of the above number, but now that the mysterious and merciless epidemic, which has caused so much sorrow and desolation, is rapidly subsiding, it is comparatively easy to contemplate the fact with calmness, and to realize that after all the cholera has paid us but a flying visit, far less destructive and prolonged than its former well-remembered visitations.


"By one of the strange fluctuations common to our anoma- lous climate, the usually hot, sultry weather incident to August has been exchanged for the cool atmosphere and cloudless skies of the Indian summer. Within the last few days thin coats and light pants have been at.a discount ; people have ceased to sit on their door-steps in the evening, or to lie uncovered under breezy mosquito-bars, while some have twinges of rheumatism, and others gloomy intermittents and chills. We are not dis- posed, however, to quarrel with the weather just now. Who knows how much these clear, cool breezes have assisted in ex- purging from the air the invisible blight which has shed the gloom of the 'shadow of death' round so many households ? Certain it is that the decrease of mortality and the cool weather were simultaneous in their commencement."


The press and the people consoled themselves with the reflection that things were not nearly so bad as they had been in 1849. They said,-


" The cholera this year broke out on the 29th of July, the first case of which proved fatal.


"The mortality report for the week ending July 6th of the present year was: Total number of deaths, 135, of which 89 were children under five years of age. Friday, July 13tb, 122 ; Friday, July 20th, 183 ; Friday, July 27th, 190; Friday, Au- gust 3d, 208. No cholera cases as yet officially reported.


"On the 10th instant no report was furnished. For the week ending Friday, August 17th, there were 895 deaths, of which 648 were from cholera; for the week ending Friday, August 24th, there were 1156 deaths, of which 918 were reported as cholera cases.


"During the month of December, 1848, the census of the city was taken preliminary to a revision of the wards for the adjustment of ward representation in the City Council. It was then found to be 63,781, and the highest number of deaths from cholera for one week during 1849, by the above table, is found to be 639.


"The census, which has lately been completed, gives us a population of over 204,000. The deaths from cholera during the past week, being but 918, in proportion to the population of the city as compared with that of 1849, would show that as yet there is no reason for alarm, and the more especially so as will be seen from the above table that we are rapidly approaching the season when the cholera ceased to be an epidemic in 1849. Severe as has been the visitation upon our city, it has been far less destructive than at the time above alluded to. Vigilance should not as yet be relaxed ; sanitary measures should still be enforced with rigor until the frosty nights come.


" During the past day or two the cholera seems to be far less malignant and deadly than during the early part of the week, and we have good reason to believe that it will soon disappear altogether, notwithstanding the mortuary report for this week shows an increase over the past week."


The disease now began to subside, as the report for September 9th shows :


THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.


1583


Cemeteries.


Total Interments.


Cholera.


Arsenal Island, from City Hospital ..


63


27


Rock Spring


81


47


Calvary.


85


51


Wesleyan


24


14


Lutheran.


7


4


Bellefontaine


60


43


Salem


4


3


St. Peter


52


31


SS. Peter and Paul


56


27


Beni el Hehrew


5


2


United Hebrew


8


4


St. John ..


4


2


Holy Trinity


131


73


Total


580


329


" Nativities .- United States, 349; Belgium, 2; Sweden, 1; England, 11; Canada, 2; Germany, 80; Ireland, 122; Italy, 1; Norway, 2; France, 10. Total, 580.


" Seres .- White, malcs 271, females 282; colored, males 17, females 10. Total, 580. Of these 209 were children of five years and under, and 13 infants still-horn.


" Deaths at City Hospital during the week, 61; St. Louis, 2; Good Samaritan, 1.


" Admissions to City Hospital, 132 ; Quarantine, 12.


"Treated at City Dispensary during the week hy Drs. Folsom and Grissom, 235.


" The ahove report is complete, with the exception of the re- turns of a few of the cemeteries which had not been received at the health office up to a late hour Saturday evening. It also does not include the full number of interments at Arsenal Island. The interments on the island from the City Hospital are given, hut owing to some confusion on the island, the old clerk having been discharged, no return was made on Saturday as to the num- her of those who died on the island during the week, or of those bodies sent there for interment from various parts of the city. In the absence of the actual figures, the health office estimates the number of interments on the island, irrespective of those from City Hospital, given ahove, as 158, of which ahout 100 were of cholera. This increases the total mortality arising from the epidetnic during the week to 429, which, even allowing for the incompleteness of the cemetery returns, must he considered as a very satisfactory total as compared with that of the pre- ceding.


" The cemetery returns for Friday are emhodied in the ahove report, and hence it is unnecessary to give the details. The total number of deaths from cholera was 27, indicating, as on previous days, the rapid decrease of the discase. The police reports for the twenty four hours ending Saturday morning at eight o'clock show 29 cases and 23 deaths."


The subsidence of the epidemic was officially an- nounced by the mayor, who issued the following address :


" MAYOR'S OFFICE, "ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13, 1866.


" Whereas, from information received from various sources, and also a resolution from the honorable the Board of Health, and from my own knowledge, I am gratified in heing ahle to proclaim to our citizens that the cholera no longer prevails as an epidemic in our midst.


" I desire to return the sincere thanks of myself and the citi-


zens of St. Louis to the honorahle the Board of Health, and to the several ward committees, for their efficient action in assist- ing the sick, aiding in the burial of the dead, and disinfecting the houses, yards, and alleys throughout the city.


"I request the committees not to desist from their labors, but continue for a while longer, and desire the citizens to con- tinue to be watchful in regard to the cleanliness of their prem- ises and in their diet.


" In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the city of St. Louis to be affixed this 13th day of September, A.D. 1866. " Attest :


" JAMES S. THOMAS,


" City Register.


Mayor."


ABSTRACT OF DEATHS IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 14, 1866.


Cemeteries.


Total.


Cholera.


City Hospital


47


25


Iloly Ghost.


54


32


Rock Spring.


27


13


German Protestant.


6


6


Calvary.


66


32


Wesleyan


26


9


Bellefontaine


43


20


Salem


6


5


St. Mark


14


11


St. Peter


26


15


SS. Peter and Paul.


51


33


Beni el Hehrew


3


1


United Hehrew


1


1


St. Jolın ..


10


6


Holy Trinity


98


57


Friedens


13


12


Arsenal Island


21


10


St. Paul


11


7


Total


522


297


Nativities.


England


14


Ireland


108


Germany


125


United States


218


France


3


Scotland.


7


Unknown


47


Total.


522


Deaths at the City Hospital, 33; at the St. Louis Hospital, 15; at the Good Samaritan Hospital, 2.


Adınissions to the City Hospital, 102; to the Quarantine Hospital, 2.


Treated at the City Dispensary by Drs. Folsom and Grissom, 213; treated at the Third District Health Office by Dr. Gill, 89.


Next week there was a still further reduction of the death rate:


"The following is an abstract of deaths in St. Louis for the weck ending Friday, September 21st :


Total Number Cholera


of Deaths.


Cases.


Total ................................ 381


202"


The city in a short time returned to its customary salubrity.


-


" J. H. HEATH,


1584


HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.


The following are the mortality returns for St. Louis according to the census of 1880 :


MORTALITY BY AGE, SEX, AND COLOR.


COLOR.


Under One Year.


One Year.


Two Years.


Three Years.


Four Years.


Five Years


Over.


Years


Over.


Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over. Forty-five Years


Fifty Years and


Over.


and Over.


Over.


Sixty-five


and Over.


Over.


Seventy-five Years


Eighty Years and


Eighty-five Years


Ninety Years and


Ninety-five Years


Unknown.


White ....


M.


3523 1305 F. 2790 1022


248


76. 90


57:40|1726. 101 58 42 1432


95


16


160


17


3 10


9 12


26 27


28 14


7


6


00


DO


7


...


3


...


Totals .........


7035 2557


526


192


126 93 3494


229


118


176


277


313


303


292


305


318


254


230


207


189


134


95


54


17


6


10


A


MORTALITY BY AGE, SEX, AND MONTH.


MONTHS.


Under One Year.


One Year.


Two Years.


Three Years.


Four Years.


Years


Years


Over.


Fifteen Years and


Twenty Years and


Twenty-five Years


Thirty Years and


Thirty-Five Years


Forty Years and


Forty-five Years


Fifty Years and


Fifty-five


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Seventy Years and


Seventy-five Years


Eighty Years and


Eighty-five Years


Ninety Years and


Ninety-five Years


Unknown.


Jan ......


F.


158


37


7


9


3


4


60


10


3


4


11


7


15


7


4


9


7


9


5


1


5


3


5


2


:


1


1


1


F.


249


77


21 25 31


24


5


3


149


4


3


10


14


15


12


13


12


13


9


12


12


00


4


3


...


...


...


May .....


F.


242


86


25 423


10


3


5


247


14


4


7


6


14


10


10


10


7


7


6


3


2


...


1


3


June ....


F.


313


158


16


4


6


12


7


6


8


6


5


4


116


4


6


00


9


10


14


11


18


12


8


6


...


...


...


1


Oct


F.


201


64


15


2


93


11


6


3


13


50 00


20


18


21


20


13


10


6


5


3


1


1


1


Nov ......


F.


229


64


00


23


6


3


155


13


8


14


23


22


19


21


15


22


12


21


10


5


2


5


... 2


1


...


Males


3917|1428


281


83


64 46 1902


117


59


80


135


155 158


187 116


166 126


197 108


208 110


174 80


147 83


129 78


110 79


61 73


41 54


26 28


3


5


112


Females.


3118|1129


245


109


62 47 1592


112


59


96


142


277


313


303


292


305


318


254


230


207


189


134


95


54


17


6


10


14


Totals


7035 2557


526


192


126.93 3494


229


118


Twenty Years and


Twenty-five Years


Thirty Years and


Thirty-five Years


and


Years


Years


Seventy Years and


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Sex.


Total.


-


M.


394 328


123 107


25


19


4


OF


Under Five Years.


and


and


Fifteen Years and


56 49


71 84


129 131


138 112


178 101 19


197 99 11 11


75 163 138 74 11


120 70


104 78


57 66


34 54


24 25


2 12


2


1 2


:182


and Over.


Sex.


Total.


M.


205


65


00


5


5


3


87


2


4


7


12


10


13


7


12


8


13


00


9


6


3


17


2


...


...


...


...


Feb ......


F.


223


56


9


24


6


3


4


131


13


3


8


11


16


11


17


12


17


18


10


8


5


2


8


3


3


3


...


M.


344


124


9


6


8


172


-1


4


00


13


15


14 12


19


12


15


13


11


12


5


5


2


... 1


...


...


M.


319


115


8


5


3


156 127


13


6


6


12


15


9


6


7


00


4


2


2


...


...


...


M.


383


213


23


.5


5


04999992192821


145


12


4


9


10


12


19


20


9


14


8


5


3


1


...


...


Sept .....


F.


269


100


92


11


19498


5


112


12


5


6


15


13


14


8


12


11


11


6


7


10


5


5


6


2


3


1


cc :


Dec .......


F.


343


114


19


12


6


159


=


6


6


15


13


14


21


13


15


11


9


9


13


12


11


2


...


5


2


14


3 3


1


1


July .....


F.


327


168


142


39


206


10


10


7


00


11


10


13


7


5


5


4


3


8


6


4


1


1


1


M.


288


103


25 19


6


8


4


1


1


1


M.


303


77


20


2


91


11


...


M.


377


119


40 36


217


4


2


9


10


13 11


16


11


24


19


12


11


11


13


5


4


2


1


2


1


Aug ....


F.


288


119


41


174


7


5


00


11


16


12


22


5


7


5


16 00


50 00


7


5


2


3


2


1


..


...


2


M.


468


202


6


3


2


...


...


2


...


..


..


...


M.


384


82


17


6


4


4


113


10


3


5


10


00


11


21


15


13


10


24 17


16


14


12


7 5


5


7


4


M.


310


94


6


4


115


10


6


5


15


12


10


10


7


7


11


or


11


6


9


8


5


3


5


3


12


14


14


21


12


27


23


17


13


6


6


5


6


9


4


or


1


1


262


00


7


12


14


16


5


8


10


co


6


9


8


7


4


5


4


8


2


84


00


5


10


12


17


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


Years


Sixty Years and


Sixty-five


Over.


and Over.


Over.


and Over.


Over.


1


...


...


...


March ..


8


10


6


8


Aprii ...


F.


276


86


220


33


7


7| 6| 176


9


9


4


7


...


Black ... F.


-


-


and


and


Under Five Years.


Over.


Five


Ten


Ten


102 126 33 16


166 101 21 15


Forty Years


Fifty-five


Sixty Years and


Years


7


5


6 1


00


1


9


8


8


13


5


00890


10


8


11


3


M.


257


6 6


2 2 7


3


...


Among the annual reports to the mayor and Coun- cil of St. Louis in May, 1882, none are more full and interesting than those of the clerk to the health com- missioner, from which we abstract the following mat- ters of durable interest :


" During the year 1881 there occurred in St. Louis 8410 deaths from all causes, which sum total was ex- ceeded in the last fifteen years only by that of 1873, when the deaths aggregated a sum of 8551, and the annual death-rate was 30.5 per thousand. In tliat


year 837 deaths occurred from smallpox, and the deaths from the seven principal zymotic causes were 29.7 per cent. of the total mortality. In the pre- ceding year, with 1591 deaths from smallpox, a total of 8047 deaths occurred, and the annual death-rate was 29.8 per thousand. It will become apparent from a consideration of the tables which will fol- low, that the advance in the number of deaths and the annual death-rates has been universal throughout the land.


..


1 1


1


...


11 12


8


14 7


-100 00 -15 000


14


14


2


M.


279


CO


7


3


186


13


cocrc


137


13


9


4 7


176


Over.


6


1


12


2


9


00


THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.


COMPARATIVE MORTALITY IN ST. LOUIS DURING FOURTEEN YEARS.


YEAR.


Population.


Total Deaths.


Death Rate per


Deaths under Five


Years.


Deaths.


Smallpox.


Measles.


Scarlatina.


Diphtheria.


Croup.


Whooping-Cough.


Typhus and Ty-


Diarrhœal Diseases,


under Five Years.


Diarrheal


Diseases.


Total from Fore-


going Causes. Per Cent. of Total


Deaths.


Malarial Fevers.


Per Cent. of Total


Phthisis Pulmonum.


Per Cent. of Total


Deaths.


Pneumonia.


Per Cent. of Deaths.


Still-Births (not in-


cluded in Mortality).


1867


220,000


6538


29.7


2953


45.1


3


28


27


48


58


60


194


173


1507


2098 1356


31.9 26.1


227


3.4


464


7.1 9.6


309 371


7.1


481


1869


240.000


5884


24.5


3225


54.8


214


112


55


49


51


59


202


469


409


1620


27.5


147


2.4


571


9.7


410


6.9


1870,


250,000 | 6670


26.6


3449


51.7


375


32


263


75


92


97


269


371


534


2108


31.6


180


2.7


620


9.2


350


5.2


1871.


260,000


5265


20.2


2585


49.0


9


39


68


68


79


60


174


221


317


1035


19 6


124


124


1.5


568


7.0


382


4.7


630


1873.


280,000


30.5


4014


46.9


837


35


22


61


78


30


167


496


822


2548


140


1.6


751


8.7


510


5.9


514 510


1875


300,000 ; 7532


25.10


3755


49.8


603


70


508


160


7%


10


131


378


315 248


1312


234


906


213


883


14.7


279 197


3.1


781


12.6


432


7.0


541


1880.


350,522


6635


18.92


2937


44.2


55


47


113 61


79


139


477 488


189 161


1086 1143


17.2


241


3.6


786


11.8


539


8.1


561


COMPARATIVE DETAILS OF MORTALITY IN NINETEEN CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1881.


DEATHS.


Death Rate per 1000,


Deatlı Rate per 1000,


Death Rate per 1000,


Mortality under Five


Per Cent. of Total


Smallpox.


Measles.


429 1964 2249 1+


486


449


110


634


975


20.5 2758 14+


911 4+


Brooklyn, 566,689.


558,474


8,215 14,533 14,223


310


25.6


.. ...


......


6,967


47.9


35


56


651 1170


118


103


3147


36.3


1784 12-+


1022 7+


Chicago, 503,304.


496,620


6,684 13,692 13,530


162 27.2


27.2


24.2


7,370


53.8


854


103


189


613:158


568


1785


31.1|1034 7.5


707 5+


Boston, 362,535 ...


356,535


6,000


9,015


8,812'


24 8


24,7


33.8


3,432


38.0


110


34


602


78


204


1615


29.3 1549,17+


684 7+


St. Louis, 350,522.


328,232 22,290


8,410


7,591


819


23.9


23.1


36.7


3,541 42.1


27


108


157 639


105


53


19


90


84


8.1


630,15+


308 7+


New Orleans, 216,140 ...


158,379 57,761


6,406


4.127 2279


29.1


26.0


39 4


2,015


197


92


105


21


111


492


16.9


818'18++


166.4+


Buffalo. 155,137


154,292


845


3,972


3,951


21 25.6


$25.6


24.8


1,854


46.6


4


32


162


193


29


109


651


29.7


357


8+


253 6+


Milwaukee, 115,578.


115,275


303


2,689


2,687


23.2


23 3


6.6


1,526 56.7


2


23


137


122


2


49


241


21.4


228


8+


127 4++


Louisville, 123,645


102,842 20,920,


2,761


2,000


761 22.3 19.4


27.5


1,049 37.9


16


4


10


21


1


135


234


15.2


48117+


179 6-+


Pittsburgh, 156,381 ..


152,290,


4,091


4,493


4,315


178 28.7 28.3


43.5


28.8


25


45


116


41


38


163| 19.9


23.1


281.13++


83 4+


Wilmington, 42,499 ..


37,023


5,476


1,341


1,018|


323: 31.5: 27.4


58.9


516


......


3


39


24


9


44


75


23.4


193 14+ 1


3412+ 1


" The relative percentages of the deaths by classes for the past three years is as follows :


1879.


1880.


1881.


Zymotic diseases.


30.1


27.6


31.7


Constitutional diseases


21 6


20.4


18.8


England


144


Seotland


32


Wales


3


Ireland


787


Germany.


1330


France


44


Switzerland


52


Austrian Empire.


55


Sweden and Norway.


25


Russia ..


3


Netherlands


3


Denmark.


5


Italy


23


Other foreign countries


21.


Unknown


61


At sea.


2


Total


8410


" It will be seen that the zymotic deaths have ad- vanced four per cent. in the year 1881 over that of 1880. This increase is due in special to the heavy mortality in 1881 from cerebro-spinal fever, from which cause 314 deaths occurred. The mortality from diarrhœal diseases in children under five years of age also largely increased, being 686 against 488 in 1880."


NATIVITY OF PERSONS DECEASED IN ST. LOUIS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1881.


City of St. Louis ..


3943


State of Missouri.


250


Other parts of the United States


1586


Canada


31


Loeal diseases


38.9


40.0


37.6


Developmental diseases ..


5.0


7.0


7.1


Violence


4.0


4.8


4.6


....


......


1


32


90


188


16


180


509


27.2


210


5+


327 5+ 317 7+


Washington, 180,000 ....


120.000 60,000


4,504


2,386 2118


25.0


19.8


35.3


1,846


40.9


9


23


Cleveland, 160,140.


158,094


2,046


3,727


23.2


......


....


3,919


44.4


11


75


60


82


190


585


17.0 1900 14 +


466 5+ 373 6-


Cincinnati, 255,708.


247,538 8,170


6,219


5,939


280


24 7


23.9 34.2


2,507


40.3


San Francisco, 233,956 ..


210,515 23,441


4,178


17.8


1,136


27.0


70


11


31.4


5


26


46


382


210


37


248


393 39.0


382 8+


221.4+


Providence, 104,857.


101,211


3,646


2,145


2,040


105 20.4


20,1


42.2


822


40.1


150


14


16


35


72


All Diarrhœal Dis-


Per Cent. of Total


Phtlilsis Pulmonun.


Per Cent. of Total


Mortality.


Pneumonia.


Per Cent. of Total


Mortality.


Whites.


Col'd.


Total.


Whites.


Colored.


736 32.1


31.9 36.0


17,737


47.9


451


286


606


4270


26.5 5312 13+ 3261 8+


New York, 1,206,577 .... Philadelphia, 846,980 ...


1,186,144 20,433 38,624 37,888


815,182 31,798 19,525 18,362 1163 23.0


6,996


35.8,1336


6 5


Baltimore, 332,190.


....


8,816


6,719 2097


26.5


907


24.2 1206 13+


475 5+


1876


310,000


6019


19.41


2840


47.1


90


55


124


167


157


54


103


314


1877


320,000


5660


17.68


2391


42.2


43.9


35


36


156


85


46


74


238


1879.


340,000


6167


18.11


2666


43 2


25


39


141


62


41


112


58


131


460


295


1638


88


1.3


581


8.9


413


9.8


450


460


7.6


401


1878


330,000


6002


18.18


2635


4.6


736


12.2


375


6.2


434


CITIES, AND TOTAL POPULATION.


230,000


5193


22.5


2582


49.7


8


28


35


44


26


294


409


512


456


549


3025


37.5


29.7 25.1 $29.8 21.6


212


216


3.6


721


4.2


686


12.1


427


7.6


421 407 363


1872


270,000 8047


29.8


4058


50.4


1591


57


47


76


66


7


176


1874


290,000


6506


22.4


3433


52.7


447


51


87


56


1


40


165


69


70


130


197


Deaths.


Scarlatina.


Diphtheria.


Whooping-Cough.


Typhus and Typhoid


Fever.


2.3


599


11.3


381


7.2


4.7


371


1868


127


2.4


503


2.8


740


eases.


Mortality.


881


16.8


913 10.8


215 65


36


1


66


695


16.8


900 14++


· 2


2,169 47.6


448


727:33.8


173 8+


Richmond, 63,803.


35,756 28,047


2,049


865 1184 32.1: 24.1


Census 1880.


White.


Colored.


Years.


22.5 36.5


203


191


61


93


200


-


6.3 5.9


421


467


17.6


16.0


240


Deaths.


Thousand.


Per Cent. of Total


1585


1


POPULATION, CENSUS 1880.


8551


2247


phoid Fever.


Other


120


...


344,16++


190


11.9


53


1586


HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.


STATEMENT OF MORTALITY IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1881.


WARD.


First Quarter.


Second Quarter.


Third Quarter.


Fourth Quarter.


Total.


Deaths in Pub. Inst.


1


84


93


138


100


415


7


2


44


62


66


65


237


22


3


75


78


112


84


349


5


4


150


164


238


169


721


168


5


65


111


143


98


417


22


6


39


48


65


36


188


.....


7


68


77


125


79


349


.....


S


33


31


53


21


138


.....


9


46


69


80


79


274


3


10


117


109


135


128


489


18


11.


24


40


51


43


158


38


12


139


118


209


153


619


11


14


96


101


175


99


471


.....


15


146


210


215


197


768


540


16


55


51


90


70


266


37


17


65


84


102


70


321


8


18


72


73


86


87


318


3


19


40


39


64


27


170


3


20


53


69


104


78


304


96


21


20


19


35


30


104


2


22


26


55


29


132


91


23


25


24


28


17


94


.....


24


72


59


118


87


336


22


25


7


6


5


.....


18


.....


26


13


11


12


12


48


.....


27


83


80


86


92


341


270


28


37


41


59


62


199


.....


Deaths in


Pub. Inst ..


289


337


393


347


8410


1366


Hylrocephalus, tubercular meningitis, etc ...


11


16


23


12


62


Other constitutional diseases.


3


8


10


19


40


Deaths from local diseases :


Bronchitis


82


52


22


54


210


213


106


51


105


475


69


29


36


48


182


Diseases of the circulatory system


80


77


76


89


46


304


Convulsions and trismus ..


110


127


181


111


529


A poplexy


34


21


23


34


112


71


87


125


67


350


28


33


40


46


147


76


66


84


68


294


26


33


29


25


113


1


268.5


17,435


64.9


304


17.4


3.3


2


233.8


13,997


59.8


223


15.9


2.2


3


.247.5


14,494


58.5


233


16 0


$2.5


4


316.9


24,502


77.3


402


163


2.7


5 ..


287.1


19,445


67.7


267


13.7


2.3


6


284.9


9,949


34.9


140


14 0


3.2


7


265.6


13,143


49.4


272


20.6


3.1


8


582.1


6,658


11.4


137


20.5


3.7


9


462.8


10,812


23,3


139


12.8


2.3


10


325.4


26,904


82.6


397


14.7


2.3


11


670.0


5,584


8.3


84


15.0


3.0


391,0


28,536


72.9


558


19.5


3.5


316 8


8,773


27.6


176


20.0


2.6


15


443.4


13,562


30,5


161


11,8


2.5


16


704 5


11.699


16.6


165


14.1


2.3


17


327.1


17,227


52.6


243


14.1


2.0


18


780.9


24,673


31.5


$292


11.8


1.8


19


864.0


7,229


8.3


128


17.7


2.6


20.


556.7


12,248


22.0


137


11.1


2.3


21.


1012.0


4,187


4.1


88


21.0


3.6


22


1332.0


3,294


2.4


38


11.5


3.0


23 ..


5,737


......


105


18.3


3.8


24


1305.0


12,256


9.3


187


15.2


2.5


25


1,015


......


16


15.7


1.9


26


2,594


......


44


16.9


4.6


27


4,824


......


83


17.2


4.5


28.


9,412


......


162


17.2


1.2


April.


725


574


397


May


526


512


451


June


765


692


611


July


1036


702


693


August


897


637


704


September


703


551


424


October


687


524


492


November


678


493


440


December


554


509


544


Total


8410


6635


6167


DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL MORTALITY, 1881.


Ist Quarter.


2d Quarter.


1881.


3d Quarter.


1881.


1881.


Total.


Total deaths from all causes


1889 2023 2597 1901 8410


Zymotic diseases.


430.


682


9781


579 2669


Constitutional diseases.


352


363


449


418 1582


Local disease+


879


729


872


686 3166


Developmental diseases


153


146


175!


130


604


Deathis by violence.


75


103


123


88


389


Deaths from zymotic diseases :


Smallpox ..


14


12


1


27


Scarlatina


25


21;


27


35


108


31


28


31


67


157


25


6


9


28


68


Whooping-cough


12


12


31


6


61


Typhoid fever.


24


211


59


8


191


Cerebro-spinal fever.


90


187 62


157


22


11


78


9


190


411


76


686


20


23


90


62


195


Erysipelas ...


20


12


7


5


44


10 7


11


4


3


25


33


39


61


25.


14


70


Other zymiotic diseases.


10


7


13


11


41


Deaths from constitutional diseases :


7


2


1


2


12


33


41


34


50


158


243


231!


207


232


913


55


65


174


103


397


Heat-stroke ...


3


105


108


WARD.


Area of Ward, Acres.


Population, United


Persons to an Acre.


Deaths, exclusive


of Mortality In


Rate per Thousand.


Rate per 1000 of


Deaths from the


Seven Principal


Zymotie Diseases,


excludling Public


Institutions.


Briglit's disease and nephritis. Other diseases urinary organs ..


3


1


4


6


14


4


6


4


4


18


Diseases of the integument.


1


2


3


Deatlıs from developmental diseases :


6


6


8


8


28


82


91


108


71


352


Senility.


65


49


59


51


224


Deaths by violence :


2


3


...


1


6


Deaths by suicide.


17


25


26


16


9


35 13


Deaths by accident.


51


68


83


61


1


1


TOTAL DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES, BY CALENDAR MONTHS.


1881.


1880.


1879.


January


598


448


550


February.


550


461


430


March


691


532


431


Deaths by homielde.


5


7


14


263 14


408.4


20,333


49.7


392


19.2


4.0


Meningitis and encephalitis.


82


17


6


11


44


Syphilis


29


162


Alcoholism ..


18


13


24


13


116


393


Puerperal fever ....


24


21


Diarrhiœal diseases


S Under 5 years.


¿Other ages.


22


Pyæmia and septicemia ....


314


Malarial fevers.


58


1


4


5


Measles


13


43


48


42


33


166


...


Area within the old city limits, acres ...


12,38G.00


Population withiu the old city limits, United States Census, 1880.


326,940.00


Persons to an acre within the old city limits.


26.39


...


Death rate per thousand for entire city (excluding public institution mortality)


15.89


Death rate per thousand, public institution mortallty.


3 03


Death rate per thousand, seven principal zymotic diseases ....


3.08


Total ..


350,522


....


5573


.....


....


Census,


States


1880.


Public


tlous.


Cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis ..


Enteritis, gastroenteritis, peritonitis, and gas- tritis ...


Diseases of the generative organs


Diseases of the locomotory organs.


1


1


1


3


Accidents of pregnancy and childbirth.


Congenital debility, malformation, etc.




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