Mortality of Philadelphia for 1863 : report on meteorology and epidemics : read before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, February 3, 1864 / by Wilson Jewell.

  • Jewell, Wilson, 1800-1867
Date:
1864
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Mortality of Philadelphia for 1863 : report on meteorology and epidemics : read before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, February 3, 1864 / by Wilson Jewell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

    7/27
    First Quarter, ending March 31 . Second Quarter, ending June 30 Third Quarter, ending September 30 Fourth Quarter, ending December 31 Total 4,064 = 26.57 per cent. 3,488 = 22.81 3,818 = 24.96 3,923 = 25.66 15,293 = 100.00 Marriages.—The accompanying table gives the number of marriages recorded during the year, with the ages of the parties married, and the percentage of meu and women married, according to the different periods of life. AGES OP THE WOMEN. o 3 tii a 1863. d i CM | ■o E a 1 t= 1 o o d CO 30 to 40. 40 to 50. d o id d o o so o o o d o 1 a |-5 Id ' 55 w S H M E- O xn W a ■4 Under 20. 18 8 26 .51 ! _] 20 to 2.5. 654 1031 128 26 8 1847 36.50 j 23 to 30. 244 925 3S8 87 6 5 1655 30.71 30 to 40. 79 311 377 256 25 6S 2 6 1056 20.86 40 to 50. 9 39 85 140 6 3 350 6.91 50 to fit). 2 4 7 29 38 10 92 1.81 60 to 70. 70 to SO. i 1 1 6 5 11 1 25 .49 1 1 3 1 6 .11 SO to 90. .... 1 1 2 .39 Age not given. 4 6 1105 415 Tot V al of the lumen. 1010 2325 987 544 143 33 5 1 427 4547 Percentage of the Women. 20.01 46.06 19.55 10.77 2.83 .65 .09 There were 5474 marriages recorded during the year; an increase of 812 equal to 17.41 per cent, over those returned for 1862. This increase is an evidence of a far more strict compliance with the law of registration on the part of clergymen, rather than from an actual increase of the num- ber of marriages solemnized. There is, however, a considerable defect in the returns made as to the relative ages of the parties wedded. The table shows that the ages of 415 of the men and 427 of the women married, equal to 9 per cent, have been omitted. This imperfection, owing in some instances to the carelessness of the officiating clergyman and in others to a peculiar hesitancy of the persons about to hz united, should not prevail in a document fraught with so great importance to the parties themselves and their heirs, in a legal point of view.