Annual report, by the City Registrar, of the births, marriages, and deaths, in the City of Boston, for the year 1873.

  • Boston. Registry Department.
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report, by the City Registrar, of the births, marriages, and deaths, in the City of Boston, for the year 1873. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Quarter.?. 1873. 1873. Males. Females. Totals. Per cent. Males. Females. Totals. 1 i Per cent. January—March 1,127 988 2,115 26.88 839 858 20.97 . • April — June 906 820 1,726 21.93 928 849 21.97 • • July — September 1,203 1,075 2,278 28.95 1,335 1,176 31.04 • • October — December 863 887 1,750 22.24 1,115 990 26.02 4,099 3,770 7,869 100.00 4,217 ,3,873 100.00 • • It will be seen that the mortality during the first quarter was nearly 6 per cent, greater than that of the same period of the preceding year. The percentage during the second quarter was nearly the same in both years; while in the third and fourth quarters the mortality of 1872 exceeded that of 1873 by about 2 per cent, in the first-named perit)d, and 4 per cent, in the last. VII. birthplaces of decedents. Males. Females. Totals. Per Cent. Boston 2,026 1,855 3,881 49.32 Other places in the State 386 321 707 8.98 Rem.'iindcr of New England 312 278 590 7.50 Other States] 117 103 220 2.80 England and Wales 99 77 176 2.24 Ireland 782 836 1,618 20.56 Scotland 25 13 38 .48 British American Provinces 165 180 345 4.38 Germany and North Europe 113 04 177 2.25 Other foreign places 65 32 87 1.11 Unknown 19 11 30 .38 Totals 4,099 3,770 7,869 100.00 3