VERA CRUZ. 7 
can give you of it. It would create a sensation in Broadway, and is de 
cidedly more picturesque and comfortable than a cab or an omnibus. 
I send you some interesting tables as to the health and moisture of 
Vera Cruz, which I have compiled from accurate sources. 
Baptisms 
ACCOUNT OF IHE BAPTISMS AND BURIALS IN VERA CRUZ FOR 1841. 
Males. Fem. Tot. 
214 240 454] Marriages 
T ii -1-1 . Males. Fem, 
In the rarroqma . 215 271 
Hospital of St. Sebastian 254 000 
Total 
DEATHS. 
Tot. I 
486 'Hospital of Loreto 
254|Hosp. of S. Carlos 
Total 
37 
Males. Fem. Tot. 
000 146 146 
131 000 131 
600 417 1017 
From 1 to 7 - 
" 8 to 15 
" 16 to 25 . 
Vomito ... 
Small Pox . . . 
Fevers ... 
Phthisis and DiarrhcEa 
Convulsions 
Apoplexy . . . 
Dysentery 
Cholic . . . 
Pulmonia 
Pleurisy - - . 
Asthma . 
Causas - . . 
Gangrene 
Inflammation 
Cholera (glacial) 
Total 
Males. 
94- 
32 
188 
120 
64 
98 
151 
39 
10 
7 
3 
3 
3 

1 
7 
3 
1 
Fem. 
135 
36 
85 
Fem, 
36 
78 
44 
61 
11 
7 
22 
7 
5 
2 
4 
2 
5 
6 

.4GES. 
Tot. I 
229 From 26 to 50 
68 « 51 to 75 
2731 « 76 to 100 
DISEASES. 
Tot. 
155 
142 
142 
212 
50 
17 
29 
10 
Diabetes - 
Epilepsy 
Marasmus 
Leprosy 
Aneurism 
Abscess 
I Dropsy . 
Ulcers 
Flow of Blood . 
Child-birth 
Drowned 
Contusions - 
Wounds . 
Diseases of children 
Males. Fem. Tot. 
249 132 381 
35 23 58 
2 6 8 
Males. Fem. 
1 
1 



3 
10 
4 


1 

7 
63 


1 
1 
2 
1 
9 

12 

] 
.0 
99 
Tot. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
4 
19 
4 
2 
12 
] 
1 
7 
162 
600 417 1017 
