Annual Report of the State Board of Health of the State of Rhode Island, for the Year Ending ...

CONTENTS.

GENERAL TABLES.

TABLE I. General summary of the births, marriages and deaths, in 1888, showing the number of births, the sex and parentage of those born; the number of marriages, with the nativity of those married; the number of deaths, with the sex and parentage of those who died; the aggregate and average age of the decedents of each sex, and of the whole number of decedents whose age was given... . . .

2-3

4-5

TABLE II. Births; showing the number of each sex born in each month
of the year, in the several divisions of the State.......
TABLE III. Plurality births; arranged by months, sexes and divisions
of the State, and showing the nativity of the parents.....
TABLE IV. Marriages; the number in each month, and in each quarter
of the year, in the several divisions of the State....
TABLE V. Deaths; showing the number of each sex that died in each
month, in the several divisions of the State......
TABLE VI. Deaths; showing the number of each sex that died at cer-
tain stated periods of life, in each town and division of the State; also
the estimated population of every town and division, with the percent-
age of deaths to population......

8-9

TABLE VII. Causes of death, and season, in 1888; arranged alphabeti-
cally, showing the number of each sex who died from each cause, in
each month and in the whole year, and also the number of American
and of foreign parentage for the whole
year....
TABLE VIII. Causes of death and age; arranged alphabetically, and
showing the number of each sex who died from each cause, in each
period of life......

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10-15

16-25

26-35

TABLE IX. Classification and percentage; showing the number and percentage of deaths from each cause and in each class of causes, in the whole State, and in each division of the State..... TABLE X. Occupations and ages at death; showing the number and the aggregate and average age at death, of the decedents in each occupation and class of occupations, in the whole State, ages under 20 omitted... 44-50 TABLE XI. Occupations, and causes of death; showing the number in each occupation and class of occupations, who died by each specified cause, omitting ages under 20..

36-43

51-66

SPECIAL TABLES AND COMMENTS.

Births, Marriages and Deaths.....

Diagram I. Birth Rates....

69-78

BIRTHS. Special Results. Tables XVI-XXIX..
MARRIAGES. Special Results. Tables XXX-XLII..

83-99

100-112

DIVORCES. Tables XLIII-XLIV.............

.113-119

Ratio of to marriage, different States..