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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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