Report of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Massachusetts. 1888 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...and-75 of one per cent, unknown. The percentages for each sex were nearly the same as compared with the total number of each sex. In the same table is presented the parent-nativity of those who died of consumption, so far as it was ascertained. The nativity of the fathers was as follows: native, 30-90 per cent.; foreign, 65-54; unknown, 3-56. That of the mothers was nearly identical: native, 31-85 per cent.; foreign, 64-77; and unknown, 3-38. Pneumonia.--The number of deaths from pneumonia in 1888 was 3,716, which indicates a ratio of 18-2 per 10,000 of the estimated living population, as compared with 16-6 in 1887, 14-3 in 1886, 17-8 in 1885, and 13-8 in 1884. As compared with the total mortality, the deaths from pneumonia in 1888 were 8-8 per cent. Tablk 112.--Deaths from Pneumonia, by Counties.--1887 and 1888. In every county except Nantucket and Plymouth the deaths from this cause exceeded those of 1887. The counties having the highest ratios to the total mortality were: Franklin, 12-58; Dukes, 9-75; and Suffolk, 9-46. Those having the lowest were: Nantucket, 2-11; Barnstable, 6-49; Plymouth, 7-34; and Bristol, 7-56. With the exception of the smallest counties these figures correspond quite closely to the averages of the same counties for the previous years, and show that the mortality from pneumonia is greater iu the inland counties of the State than upon the sea-coast. Mortality from Pneumonia at Different Ages.--The comparative mortality from this disease at the different age-periods given in tables 90 and 92 for the twenty-six-year period 1863-1888, and also for 1888, Death-rate from Pneumonia per 10,000 shows a high rate for infancy, f '- Population Living at each rapidly decreasing to the age '""'""'"'" 10-15, an...