TABLE LXXXIII.

Mortality in the State from Old Age, with the Percentage of the Whole Number of Deaths, Sex, Parentage and Locality, for twenty-four years, from 1865 to 1888, inclusive.

PNEUMONIA.

There were 508 decedents from pneumonia, in 1888. The number is 20 more than in 1887.

The proportion to whole number of deaths was 7.7 per hundred, the same as in 1887. In 1885 it was 8.6 in every 100; and in 1886 8.2 in every 100.

Sex. Of the 508 decedents from pneumonia, and including congestion of the lungs, 274 were males and 234 were females; or about 120 males to each 100 females.

Parentage.-By parentage there were 227 of American and 281 of foreign parentage. The proportion of decedents from pneumonia was about 81 of American to each 100 of foreign parentage.

Season. There were 313, or over one-half, of the deaths that occurred during the first four months of the year. The largest mortality by months was 98 in March, and 76 in April.

The following Table shows, for each of the last twenty-four years, the number and the percentage, with the sex and the parentage of the decedents from pneumonia; and the number in each year, in each division of the State:

Sex. Of the 7,367 decedents from pneumonia, in twenty-four years, 1865 to 1888, inclusive, 3,647 were males and 3,720 were females; a proportion of 102 females to every 100 males.

Parentage. In relation to parentage, there were of the 7,367 decedents, 3,956 of American and 3,411 of foreign; or 116 of American parentage to every 100 of foreign.

*Providence city not included.

TABLE LXXXV.

Exhibiting the Number of Decedents from Pneumonia, in each of the several Periods of Life, during each of the last twenty-four

years, from 1865 to 1888, inclusive.

Age. Of the 7,367 decedents from pneumonia, during the period of twenty-four years, 2,190, or nearly one-third, were under five years of age. During the periods of life of over fifty years of age the number of decedents was 3,022, or about 40 per cent. of the whole number.

The following summary will present the percentages in round num

The number of deaths returned as having been caused by scarlatina, in 1888, was 207. The number is 59 less than in 1887.

Sex. Of the 207 decedents from scarlatina 101 were males and 106 were females; or 105 females to every 100 males.

Parentage. There were 91 of American parentage, and 116 of foreign; a proportion of about 128 of foreign parentage to every 100 of American.

During a period of twenty-four years there were 1,705 decedents from scarlatina of American parentage, and 2,072 decedents of foreign; or a proportion of 121 of foreign to each 100 of American parentage.

The following Table will present the statistics of scarlatina for the last thirty-four years, from 1855 to 1888, inclusive, the number and percentage and sex of the decedents from scarlatina, and the number from scarlatina in each division of the State. It also shows, from 1865 to 1888, inclusive, the parentage of the decedents from scarlatina: