Sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of MassachusettsSupplement Containing Report and Papers on Public Health1884 . er. The mortality in the last six months of the year was cent, of the whole number for the year, and for the threemonths of July, August and September it was per cent. The ratio of reported deaths to the whole number reportedwas per 1,000. In 1881 it was per 1,000. In1882 it was In 1883 (reported deaths) The reported ratio for the United States was (U. , 1880, mortality tables). The mortality for 1,0
Sixth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of MassachusettsSupplement Containing Report and Papers on Public Health1884 . er. The mortality in the last six months of the year was cent, of the whole number for the year, and for the threemonths of July, August and September it was per cent. The ratio of reported deaths to the whole number reportedwas per 1,000. In 1881 it was per 1,000. In1882 it was In 1883 (reported deaths) The reported ratio for the United States was (U. , 1880, mortality tables). The mortality for 1,000 of the living population as reportedwas For 1883 it was Scarlet Fever, The total number of deaths reported from this diseasewas 431, and the weekly average, 8. The average weekly mortality of reported cases in eachmonth was as follows : — January, . 9 July, . 6 February, m i August, . 7 March, . 10 September, . 7 April, . 6 October, . , . 7 May, . 8 November, . 9 June, . 7 December, . 13 * See chart c )u page 229. 1885.] WEEKLY MORTALITY REPORTS. 231 ^< 5^ Nvo<\r». •<\Q^ g^l:!^^^^ ^^ !{^^ ^t;^ ^ ^^ ^x-^ -^^ ^^. N<5*^^^e. ^s ^oq rsjQ VvH n\^ ? I 232 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. [July, The two months having the least number of deaths wereApril and July, and those having the greatest number were^lareh and December. The ratio of deaths from scarlet fever to deaths from allcauses was per 1,000, being slightly in excess of thatof the previous year. For 1883 it was It was muchless than the average for the twenty years 1861-1880 inclu-sive, the average being The ratio of deaths per 1,000 of the living populationwas .32. Measles.* The whole number of deaths reported from measles forthe year was 46 ; the weekly average, less than 1. There were no deaths in April and September. Themonths havino^ the orreatest number of deaths were Novem-ber and December. The fatality from this disease was very much less thanthat of the previous year, w^hich was inc
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