Download or read book Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Health Department of the City of Boston, for the Year 1893 (Classic Reprint) written by Boston Health Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Health Department of the City of Boston, for the Year 1893 The total number of deaths during the year was an increase of 474 over the preceding year. Estimating the population according to Dr. F arr'e formula, which is a logical and conservative method, based on the geometrical rate of increase between the two census years 1885 - 1890, at the death-rate per inhabitants for the year is found to be Since the advent of the epidemic of influenza in 1889, and its more or less continued prevalence since, it may be held responsible in a great measure for the large increase in respiratory diseases. The prevalence of pneumonia during the year assumed a character unequalled in the registration of vital statistics in this city. In 1851 its percentage to the total mortality was in 1893 it was per cent., or a total of deaths from this cause alone. It is gratifying, however, to be able to state that the percentage of the total mortality from zymotic causes is less by 49 per cent. Than for the year 1892, or per cent. Of the total number of deaths. The deaths from diphtheria increased 62, while the deaths from scarlatina decreased 14 as compared with the preceding year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.