Author : Wilson Jewell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666528162
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (281 download)
Book Synopsis Mortality of Philadelphia for 1859 by : Wilson Jewell
Download or read book Mortality of Philadelphia for 1859 written by Wilson Jewell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mortality of Philadelphia for 1859: Report on Meteorology and Epidemics; Read Before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, February 1, 1860 Table I. The mortality of our city for 1859, as found in this table, which is in accordance with the record furnished at the health office, has amounted to 42. This number of deaths is 955, or nearly 9 per cent. Less than those for 1858, and per cent. Less than the average of deaths for the past four years. Should the population Of Philadelphia reach the estimate recently ascribed to it in our daily journals, of - which is a liberal calcula tion - the mortality gives but one death in every Of the population, or deaths to every living. Not willing, however, to be adjudged as introducing an exaggerated statement into my report, I prefer to fix the standard at what I conceive to be a more reliable calculation, and base the estimates upon a population of From this assessment, it will be found that the deaths amounted to only per cent - or equal to 1 in every - or as in each Of the population. 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.