VITAL STATISTICS. 



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The following table exhibits the number of deaths occurring in each 

 month for four years : 



Months. 



January . 

 February. 

 March. . . 

 April 

 May. . . 

 June . . . 

 July... . 

 August . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December 



Total . . 



1856. 



442 

 448 

 517 

 481 

 490 

 656 

 849 

 982 

 867 

 702 

 540 

 596 



7,570 



1857. 



446 

 463 

 529 

 568 

 570 

 849 

 998 

 1,313 

 1,130 

 804 

 756 

 699 



1858. 



9,125 



473 



538 

 593 

 588 

 693 

 816 

 925 

 1,039 

 1,014 

 758 

 636 

 718 



8,791 



1859. 



401 

 463 

 552 



522 

 613 

 736 



848 

 866 

 804 

 689 

 588 

 641 



Aggregate 

 Four Years. 



Total. 



1,762 

 1,912 

 2,191 

 2,159 

 2,366 

 3,057 

 3,620 

 4,200 

 3,815 

 2,953 

 2,520 

 2,554 



Per 

 Cent. 



5.30 



5.75 



6.89' 



6.50 



7.12 



9.20 



10.90 



12.64 



11.49 



8.89 



7.58 



7.99 



7,723 33,2091 100.00 



It will be observed that only 40.64 per cent, of the deaths occur during 

 the first six months of the year, while 59.36 per cent, occur during the 

 last six months. 



The following table shows the order of mortality among the months, 

 commencing with the most fatal : 



185G, 



1857, 

 1858 

 1859 



Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 



Aug. 



Sept. 

 Sept. 

 Sept. 



July Oct. June 

 July June Oct. 



July 



July I Sept 



June 

 June 



Oct. 

 Oct. 



Dec. 

 Nov 

 Dec. 

 Dec. 



Nov. March 



Dec. I May. 



I 

 May I Nov. 



May Nov. 



May. April. Feb Jan. 

 April. March Feb [.Tan. 

 March'April. Feb. I Jan. 

 March April. Feb. Jan. 



The months showing the least mortality correspond very nearly with 

 those most favorable to conception. 



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