YEARS. Under 1. 5 to 10. TABLE No. 8. Percentages of Deaths by Ages and Sex to total Mortality, from 1884 to 1892, inclusive.* 1884. .Males. 16.00 8.45 2.51 4.73 7.79 5.84 6.26 8.52 11.20 17.46 10.16 1.04 .04 2. 11.74 7.05 2.99 6.38 8.84 7.31 7.02 13.82 7.73 2.75 5.57 8.33 6.60 6.53 7.52 12.13 16.45 10.45 1.39 .07 .10 2.03 .08 4.69 6.48 6.08 6.15 8.40 12.46 16.92 11.11 13.19 7.58 1.94 5.55 8.09 7.01 7.58 7.80 11.35 15.67 11.10 14.67 7.61 2.14 5.13 7.30 6.56 6.88 8.09 11.90 16.28 | 11.10 18.16 8.65 2.31 4.45 6.58 5.47 5.56 7.94 8.30 7.38 6.10 8.03 6.43 12.10 15.66 11.64 11.49 15.66 11.03 2.42 .15 5.83 7.98 11.80 15.66 11.34 1.94 .09 1.45 .03 1890. .Males Females Total 17.44 7.15 2.09 4.09 6.55 6.93 6.30 15.03 6.19 1.89 4.47 8.82 12.08 16.49 10.54 1.49 7.54 7.94 6.94 16.23 6.67 1.99 4.28 7.04 7.43 6.62 * Excluding those with age and sex not stated, and premature and still births. Table No. 8 shows the percentages of death, by age periods and sex, to the total mortality from 1884 to 1892, inclusive. Tables 7 and 8 are interesting and instructive inasmuch as they give the number of deaths and the percentage to the total mortality by age periods, for the eight years embraced in the tables. Table No. 8 presents another graphic view of the slaughter of the innocents. The fearful mortality of early childhood is vividly illustrated in the first two columns of percentages. It is in tables like these that statistics reveal the terrible truth, and without which we would be ignorant of the true facts. TABLE No. 9. Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age, by Seasons, 1892.* 458 Months 190 123 145 97 122 108 223 261 165 122 83 84 * Not including deaths with month not stated, premature and still births. This table represents the mortality of children under five years of age, by seasons, for the year 1892. The greatest mortality of the year occurred in the quarter embracing the months of July, August, and September, and was 37.66 per cent. of the total mortality among children, as against 26.58 per cent. for the first quarter, 18.98 per cent. for the second, and 16.78 per cent. for the last quarter of the year. There were 1,727 deaths among children under five years of age during the year, four with month not stated not appearing in table No. 9. For the year 1891 the percentages were as follows: First quarter, 17.73; second quarter, 18.02; third quarter, 41.72; last quarter, 22.51. Months 648 607 469 625 1,345 694 648 607 569 469 625 660 558 511 515 481 *Not including deaths with month not stated, premature and still births. Table No. 10 gives the total number of deaths at all ages, by seasons, for the year 1892. There was a total of 7,682 deaths, not including those with month not stated, premature and still births. The greatest mortality was in the month of January, 1,345, and the least in June, 469. The percentages, by quarters, were as follows: First quarter, 34.97; second quarter, 21.41; third quarter, 23.99; last quarter, 19.63. The percentage for the first half of the year is 56.38; for the last half, 43.62. The heavy percentage for the first quarter is due to epidemic influenza which prevailed severely during that period. |