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ber of deaths from Typhoid Fever, which was most fatal between the ages 

 of 15 and 30, and more so by a fraction in negroes than in whites. 



The tables and statements above given are taken, ahnost exchisively, 

 from the six annual reports to the Legislature, made by Robert W. Gibbes> 

 M. D., Registrar, and published with Acts of the General Assembly. 



The opinion has prevailed widely that certain regions of South Carolina 

 were peculiarly liable to malarial fevers of a deadly type. Those regions 

 were the Coast and the Lower Pine Belt, comprising together about 10,000 

 square miles. The remainder of the State it has never been doubted was 

 as free from this scourge as any portions of America. It was also main- 

 tained that the negro race was less liable to these malarial fevers than the 

 whites. It is, therefore, of interest to consult these reports of the Regis- 

 trar regarding the causes, of death in the different climatic regions of the 

 State, and as to the two races, to obtain, as far as possible, some numerical 

 expression as to the conclusions. 



The following table shows the percentage of total mortality from speci- 

 fied causes, resulting from fever, including under the headings Fever and 

 Congestive Bilious, Remittent, Intermittent and Yellow Fever, as recorded 

 in the Registrar's Reports, arranged with reference to the different 

 regions, and compared with the percentage of death caused by Typhoid 

 Fever : 



Regions. 



1856.1857. 1858 



1859. 



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I. Alpine 



II. Piedmont 



III. Sand and Red Hill 



IV. Upper Pine Belt 



Y. and \1. Lower Pine Belt and Coast 

 For the Whole State . . '. 



Percentage of Deaths from Typhoid Fever. 







3.66 



7.66 



5.85 

 3.74 



11.80 7.55 



7.87 5.78 



9.27 



3.04 



2.78 



6.92' 8.00 



6.25 4.54 4.52 



7.72 



5.42 



9.21 8.45 



