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Report of Births, Marriages,
Divorces and Deaths

Rhode Island. Division of Vital Statistics, Rhode Island.
Dept. of State, Rhode Island. Registrar of Vital Statistic

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FORTY-FOURTH REPORT

RELATING TO THE

REGISTRY AND RETURN

Births, Marriages and Deaths,

AND OF DIVORCE,

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND,

YEAR ENDING DEGEMBEU 31, 1S06,

PREPARED BY

GARDNER T. SWARTS, M. D.,

STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS; SECRETARY OP THE STATE BOARD OP HEALTH;
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

K. L. FUEEMAN A SONS, PRINTEUS TO THE STATE.

1898.

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MEMBERS

Rhode Island State Board of Health,

Post Office Address.

ALBERT G. SPRA.GUE, M. jy .President River Point KentCountt.

SAMUEL M. GRAY, C. E Providence Providence Co.

JOHN C. BUDLONG, M. D Providence Providence Co.

REV. GEORGE L. LOCKE Bristol Bristol County.

ALEXANDER B. BRIGGS, M. D Ashaway Washington Co.

PETER P. CURLEY, M. D Newport Newport County.

GARDNER T. SWARTS, M. D Providence Providence Co.

GARDNER T. SWARTS. Secretary.

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Office of thk State Registrar of Vital Statistics.

Providence, R. I., March 1, 1898.

To the Honorable General Assembly:

The Forty-Fourth Annual Report upon the Registration of Births, Marriages
and Deaths in Rhode Island, and including judicial procedures in relation to di-
vorce, during the year 1896, with compeudiary Tables of the results of registra-
tion in the previous years, is herewith respectfully submitted.

The plan of preceding years, in regard to the general arrangement of the
Tables, summaries and comments, has been followed in this report, with some
additional Tables, and a few special changes made to meet certain require-
ments.

In the special Tables the object has been to present the important facts of
many years of registration, as well as of single years, in such manner as to
make them readily apparent, and relieve the reader of the statistics of much
of the labor of personal examination of each of the general Tables of the
preceding reports, for the purpose of ascertaining the relation the various facts
bear to each other.

In previous reports the proportion of births, marriages and deaths to the
population have been estimated in various ways. For a few years the estima-
tion was made upon the figures derived from the census taken in a given year,
and the same number of population used each year until the next census was
available. In other periods an estimate was made upon an arithmetical in-
crease. The present issue, however, gives all estimates in proportion to popu-
lation by geometrical ratio, and which gives a more rational uniform increase
than has been previously observed. This is seen in Table XVI.

The same form of nomenclature and classification that was introduced into
the previous issue has been retained, since it is believed that it conforms more
correctly to the present understood aetiology of disease.

Changes have therefore been made which may seem arbitrary, but are surely
more satisfactory as a classificati<>n than that previously used. Under the class

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of Zymotic Diseases we have previously had Miasmatic Diseases as Order, or
Group One, and Enthetic Diseases as Order, or Group Two. As the woi"d
Miasmatic is inappropriate at the present day to such diseases as diphtheria,
measles and scarlet fever, and as these diseases are, with many others, depend-
ent upon the introduction into the system of a morbific material, they are,
therefore, contagious or infectious. As some controversy is liable to arise as
to the preference in use of either of these terms, it has been thought desirable
to use the word Communicable, which will include both. In this group have
been gathered all diseases acknowledged to be dependent upon the presence of
some morbid entity which in some instances has been demonstrated to be due
to a micro-organism, while with others it is assumed by analogy to these con-
ditions that they may be due to the same cause.

A more extended explanation of the re-classiflcation of these diseases will be
found under Names of Causes of Death, in Appendix A, page 267 of this report.

Respectfully,

GARDNER T. SVVARTS,

State Registrar,

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CONTENTS.

See Index, page 293.

General Tables.

Table I. General summary of the births, marriages and deaths, in 1896,
in each town and each county in the State, 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 nativity 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 2-5

Table II. Births; showing the number of each sex born in each month
of the year, in the several divisions of the State 6-7

Table III. Plurality births; arranged by months, sexes, and divisions
of the Slate, and showinij the nativity of the parents 8

Table IV. Marriages; the number in each month and in each quarter

of the year, in the several divisions of the State 9

Table V. Deaths; showing the number of decedents of each sex in each
month, in the several divisions of the State 10-11

Table VI. Deaths ; showing the number of each sex that died at certain
stated periods of life, in each town and division of the Slate; also the
population of every town and division, with the percentage of deaths to
population 12-17

Table VII. Causes of death and season, in 1896, arranged alphabetically ;
showing the number of decedents of each sex from each cause, in each
month and in the whole year, the number of native born and foreign
born, and also the number of native and of foreign parentage for the
whole year 18-30

Table VIII. Causes of death and age; arranged alphabetically, and
showing the number of decedents of each sex from each cause, in each
period of life 81-43

Table IX. Classification and percentage; showing the number and per-
centage of deaths from each cause and in each class of causes, in the
whole State, and in each division of the State 44-53

Table X. Nosological classification of causes of death in Rhode Island,

in each of the forty-four years, 1858-1896 54-69

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Table XI. Occupations and ages at death ; showing the number and the
Aggregsiie and average age at death of the decedents, in each occupation
and class of occupations, in the whole State, for 1896, and for 44 years
and 7 months, ages under 20 omitted 70-80

Table XII. Occupations and causes of death; showing the number in
each occupation and class of occupations, who died from each specified
cause, during 1896, omitting ages under 20 81-95

Table XII. Supplementary 96-97

Special Tables, Results and Comments.

Births, Marriages and Deaths. Tables XIII-XVI 101-110

Diagram I. Birth Rates 112-113

Births. Special Results. Tables XVII-XXX 115-132

Markiages. Special Results. Tables XXXl-XLIII 1 83-147

Divorces. Tables XLIV-XLV 148-152

Ratio of, to Marriage, different States. Table XLVI 153

Deaths. Special Results. Tables XLVII-XC V 154-257

Diagram II. Death Rates 170-171

III. •• •* 259

Returns of the Medical Examiners 261-264

Nomenclature of Diseases. Appendix 265-276

Suggestions Concerning Physicians' Certificates of Death 267-270

Laws in Relation to Vital Statistics 277

Synopsis of the Law of Marriage 282

Laws in Relation to Divorce 284-286

" " " " Medical Examiners and Coroners. . 286-291

Index 293

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REPORT UPON THE REGISTRATION

Births, Marriages and Deaths

RHODE ISLAND,

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1896,

FOR VARIOUS YEARS FROM 1853 TO 1896, INCLUSIVE.

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Table I.

General Summary of Births and Marriages in the State of Rhode
Island during the tjear 1806.

Barrlni^ton

Bristol

Warren

Bristol County

Coventry

East Greenwich

West Greenwich

Warwick

Kent County

Jamestown

Little Compton

Middletown

Newport City

New Shoreham

Portsmouth

Tiverton

Newport County

Burrillville

Central Falls

Cranston*

Cumberland

East Providence

Foster

Glocester

Johnston

Lincoln

North Providence

North Smithfleld

Pawtucket

Providence City

Scituate

Smithfield

Woonsocket

Providence County

Charlestown

Exeter

Hopkinton

Narragansett

North Kingstown

South Kinsrstown

Richmond

Westerly

Washington County. . . .

2 ....
10 6' 6
88' 1 8

1 ....I.:..
1

119 41 50

537 lao 1^2

... 1; 2

3 2 3

87 32 26

2,669

1,158

907

304

300

5

4

1

8

8
27

38

1

2

8

14

10

1

3

30

27

1 2

1

43

86

3 3

1

10

9

I 1

66

a5

17| 9

5

209

156

22

-

13

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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

Table I.— Continued.

General Summary of Deaths in the State of Rhode Island during

the year 1896.

deaths.

SEX.

NATI

VITY.

Af

res
ren.

Affgrepate Age
in Years.

Average Age
in Years.

i

i

a

6

1

1

00

>

1

i
1

i
1

i
1

i
1

1

a

a>

<

1

>
<

10

14

5

12

7

14

5

603

232

43.07

46.40

885

48.94

141

80

61

98

48

80

61

3,654

2,345

45.67

38.44

5,999

42.55

eo

80

30

42

18

30

80

1,161

998

88.70

38.27

2,159

85.98

220

124

96

147

73

124

96

5,418

8,575

43.69

87.24

8,993

40.88

116

47

69

97

19

47

69

1,394

2,197

29.66

81.84

8,591

30.95

60

26

84

48

12

26

84

1,231

1,464

47.84

48.06

2,695

44.92

10

5

5

10

5

5

897

228

79.40

4S.00

626

62.. "VO

397

214

183

301
456

96

127

214

183

6,694

5,420

26.61
29^

29.62

11,114

27.99

588

292

291

292

291

8,716

9,809

31.99

18,025

30.92

8

5

8

7

1

5

8

294

18

58.80

6.00

312

39.00

2'i

9

18

20

2

9

13

551

698

61.22

53.69

1,249

56.77

JfO

12

8

17

8

12

8

629

430

52.42

53.75

1,059

51.18

380

184

196

286

94

184

196

5,929

7,230

32.22

36.89

13,159

34.68

S53

19

4

21

2

19

3

922

108

48.53

36.00

1,030

46.82

29

20

9

27

2

20

9

860

J)65

48.00

40.55

1,225

42.24

50

24

26

89

11

24

26

748

1.015

30.96

39.04

1,758

86.16

532

278

259

417

115

278

258

9,928

9,864

36.37

88.08

19,792

87.27

99

58

41

64

35

58

41

2,280

1,627

39.31

89.68

3,907

89.46

827

151

176

218

109

149

176

2,866

4,829

19.23

27.44

7,695

23.08

159

87

72

184

25

87

72

2,613

2,330

30.08

32.36

4,943

31.09

168

80

88

110

58

80

88

1,916

2.763

28.95

31.40

4,679

27.85

166

60

96

130

26

60

95

2.207

8,322

86.78

84.98

5,529

&>.67

17

8

9

17

8

9

506

525

68.26

58.83

1,081

60.65

36

16

20

82

4

16

20

846

1,041

52.88

52.05

1,887

52.48

S22

112

110

158

64

111

110

3,268

8,658

29.44

83.25

6,926

31.20

128

80

43

76

47

80

43

1,457

1,251

18.21

29.09

2,708

2^.02

31

17

14

27

4

17

14

599

tee

85.24

24.00

985

E0.16

54

87

17

82

22

37

17

1,054

377

28.49

22.18

1,481

26.50

616

289

827

891

225

288

827

8,828

10,934

28.98

83.44

19,262

31.32

2,957

1,575

1,382

2,001

956

1,575

1,382

46,640

46,996

28.98

34. as

92,636

81.33

69

27

42

62

7

27

42

1,337

2,113

49.52

50.31

8,4.')0

60.00

45

17

28

83

12

17

28

718

1,815

42.23

46.96

2,088

45.18

529

268

261

866

163

268

261

5,971

6,803

22.28

24.15

12,274

23.20

5,608

2,882

2,726

3,851

1,757

2,878

2,725

81,606

89,720

28.36

82.92

171,826

80.58

22

14

8

19

3

14

8

893

477

68.79

59.68

1,870

62.27

15

5

10

15

5

10

826

629

65.20

62.90

955

63.67

47

28

24

44

3

23

24

1,263

1,386

54.91

57.75

2,649

56.36

20

18

7

15

5

13

7

600

286

46.15

40.86

886

44.80

51

21

30

45

6

21

30

886

1,555

42.19

51.83

2,441

47.8(i

94

57

87

84

10

57

87

2,288

l,5i)2

89.18

43.08

3,825

40.69

18

7

11

14

4

7

11

386

563

55.14

51.18

J»49

52.72

115

57

58

92

28

57

58

1,781

2,318

81.25

89.88

4,094

85.60

382

197

185

828

54

197

185

8,368

8,801

42.48

47.57

17.169

44.95

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Table I.— Continued. — (Recapitulation).

General Summary of Births and Marriages in the State of Rhode
Island during the year 1896,

BIRTHS.

MARRIAGES.

1

SEX.

parentage.

1
i

1

NATIVITY.

COUNTIES.

,

1

i

1

1

If

II
11

1

1

1^

II

Bristol

888
984
774

8,269
490

189
456

894

4,217

265

144

478

880

4,052

285

90' 14*2

29
98
77
796
45

22

82
80
777
86

87
158
204
2,669
209

46
99

128

1,168

166

1
16 11

14

Kent

28v!

294

2,465

801

477

828

4,242

108

88
48
907
22

16

16

804

18

11

Newport

18

Providence

800

Washington

18

State Instittitions

8,42;S

5,292

Whole State

10,750

5,461

5,289

1,089

997

8,327

1,687

1,021

868

856

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BIRTHS, MARBIAGES AND DEATHS.

Table I. — Continued. — (Recapitulation).

General Summary cf Deaths in the State of Rhode Island^ by
Counties, during the year 1896,

deaths.

BE

X.

NATl

VITY.

Ai

Aggregate Ape
in Years.

Average Age
in Years.

i

\k

^

<

S

jj

<D

<

55

i

1

1

1

i
1

1
1

1

1
1^

1
1

<

<

220

124

96

147

73

124

96

5,418

8,575

43.69

87.24

8,993

40.88

583

292

291

456

127

292

291

8,716

9,309

29.85

81.99

18,025

30.92

582

^

259

417

115

278

258

9,928

9,864

86.87

38.08

19,792

87.27

5,608

2,882

2,726

3,851

1,757

2,878

2,725

81,606

89,720

28.36

32.92

171,826

80.58

88-.i

197

185

828

54

197

185

8,868

8,801

42.48

47.57

17,169

44.95

179

106

78

95

84

106

78

5,409

8,800

51.08

52.a5

9,209

51.45

7,504

8,874

8,630

5,294

2,210

3,870

3,628

119,445

125,069

80.86

34.47

244,514

32.61

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Table II.-BIRTHS, 1896.
Arranged by Months^ Sexes, and Divisions of the State.

MONTHS.

January.

February.,

March ,

April.

May.

June.

July.

Males . .
Females
Total...

Males . .
Females
Total...

SEX.

Males . .
Females
Total...

Males . .
Females
Total...

Males . .
Females
Total...

Males . .
Females
Total...

Males . .
Females
Total...

I

413

427
840

436
407
843

465
456
921

410
413
823

416
411
827

414
397
811

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

17 28

10, 37
27 65

456 9
4491 12
905 21

9 38
12 28
21 66

l&

o

IS

84

65

149

55

72

127

59

89

148

66

65

131

70

73

143

72

71

143

60

68

128

S

156
171

327

176
150
326

184
161
345

161
163
324

158
151
309

155
145
300

203
177
380

35

28 40
19 32

47 72

^

^

35, 18
30 16
65 29

42 19

35' 23
77 42

41 27
36 17
77 44

36

22
16

38

27
18
45

21
20
41

16
21
37

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BIRTHS.

Table II.— BIRTHS, 1896.— Continued.

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

MONTHS.

SEX.

6
o

1

o
o

i4

1

1
1

1
Is

r

o

1

1

to

1

1

1

1

1

August

Males

464

13

33

6

31

80

168

23

45

37

28

Females. .

457

13

38

11

26

81

171

19

42

31

25

Total

921

26

71

17

57

161

339

42

87

68

53

September

Males

510

7

52

4

26

95

202

18

43

44

19

Females . .

454

9

39

3

29

75

173

24

43

36

23

Total

964

16

91

7

55

170

375

42

86

80

42

October

Males

510

18

40

6

34

90

205

25

43

32

17

Females. .

488

13

49

15

27

72

179

28

51

30

24

Total

998

31

89

21

61

162

384

53

94

62

41

November

Males

445

9

42

8

27

70

162

25

39

40

23

Females. .

481

14

48

3

27

69

197

33

48

27

15

Total

926' 23

90

11

54

139

359

58

87

67

38

December

Males

1
522 18

60

13

38

85

192

26

29

38

23

Females . .

449; 15| 45

6

24

77

168

20

43! 34

17

Total

971

33

105

19

62

162

360

46

72 72

40

Whole Year...

Males

5,461

139

456

83

311

886

2,122

287

1

1

459,463

255

Females..

5,289

144478

84

296

877

2,006 289

479 401

235

Total

10,750 283 934

167

607

1,763

4,128576

938

864

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1896.] MAHRIAGES.

Table IV.— MARRIAGES, 1896.
Arranged by Months and Divisions of the State.

MONTHS.

January

February

March

First Quarter. . .

April

May.

June

Second Quarter. .

July

August

September

Third Quarter...

October

November

December

Fourth Quarter..

Whole Year

8

^

286
276
128
690

368

213

423

1,004

220
246
307
773

313
355
192
860

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

3,327

16

15

6

37

8; 19

4" 10

6' 20

I

18; 49

!

8 7

9: 16

8 12

35

11
14
12
37

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87|l58

4
2
2

8

3
1
5
9

2

5

4

11

6
12

1
19

47

12

18

2

32

12

5

16

33

11
10
23
44

19
23

6
48

157

C3
O

ll

i

t

33

28
16

77

39

25

52

116

25
32
36
93

36

43

24

103

389

8

6

6

20

15
16
24
55

20
30
16
66

42

29

61

132

6 20

13: 18

6 31

251 69

36
28
22
86

125 353

144
138

58
340

188

88

197

473

116
110
150
376

142

167

90

399

1,588

28

21

3

52

21
23
18
62

15
15
22
52

20

19

9

48

14
13
16
43

21I

12
2i
57

10

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431

I
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251

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253
284
124
661

310
213
404
927

229
234
356
819

435

442

213

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Table V.— DEATHS, 1896.
Arranged by Months^ Sexes, and Divisions of the State,

MONTHS.

January.

February.

March .

April.

May.

June.

July.

SEX.

Males. ,

Females

Total.

Males.

Females

Total.

Males. .

iFemales

Total.

Males.

Females

Total.

Males.

Females
Total. . .

Males.

Females

Total.

Males. .

Females

Total.

1

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DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

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V

332

15

20

9

285

8 19

4

617

23

39

13

321

11

27

11

260

7

20

7

581

18

47

18

325

11

21

5

310

12

26

7

635

23

47

12

309

9

17

8

325

7

18

2

634

16

35

10

323

4

21

5

303

5

18

3

626

9

39

8

306

12

23

5

290

5

19

6

696

17

42

11

425

5

33

11

411

10

27

12

836

15

60

23

11

13
24

11
20
31

16
16
32

12
19
31

15
10
25

20
12
32

49
46
95

56
33

44

56

100

51

60

111

42
46

88

61

70

131

15 46, 17
12 40 19
27 86 36

36

441 69

24

18
42

16
18
34

14
24
38

17
20
37

28
21
49

25
30
55

53

52

105

6

5

11

22
11
33

20 11
20 3
40 14

21
20
41

18
10
28

12

9

21

9

3

12

10

7

17

9

7

16

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DSATHS.

11

Table V.— DEATHS, 1896.— Continued.

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

1

^

>*

a

MONTHS.

SEX.

>k

^

i

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i

1

1

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6

1

1

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1

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11

37

1

\_

1

i

1

1

1

August

Males...

407

18

24

66

17

32

141

27

23

11

Females

403

8

39

13

28

53

5

41

164

19

20

13

Total. . .

810

26

63

24

65

119

22

73

305

46

43

24

September

Males. . .

287

6

25

7

14

42

17

19

118

14

11

14

Females

279

12

26

2

22

58

5

29

87

16

16

6

Total. . .

566

18

51

9

36

100

22

48

205

30

27

20

October

Males. . .

290

14

23

6

12

52

8

19

113

25

10

8

Females

266

7

28

3

14

28

15

25

96

18

19

13

Total. . .

556

21

51

9

26

80

23

44

209

43

29

21

November. . .

Males. . .

247

7

23

4

10

33

7

16

122

10

11

4

Females

239

9

20

2

11

45

13

17

93

11

15

3

Total. . .

486

16

43

6

21

78

20

33

215

21

26

7

December

Males. . .

302

12

35

7

11

57

9

25

120

15

6

5

Females

259

6

31

2

19

45

6

18

103

14

13

2

Total. . .

661

18

66

9

30

102

15

43

223

29

19

7

Whole Year..

Males. . .

3,874

124

292

89

184

599

151

289

1,575

268

197

106

Females

3,630

96

291

63

196

580

176

327

1,382;261

185

73

Total. . .

7,504

220

583152

380

1,179 327

616

2,957 529:382

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[1896.

Table VI.— DEATHS, 1896.

Exhibiting the Whole Number, the Proportion to Popukdion, the

Number of each Sex^ and the Number in each Period of

LifCy in every Town and Division of the State.

03

*

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DEATHS.

{

TOWNS

«

a

o •

AND DIVISIONS OF THE

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11

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STATE.

1

1

Death
of po

SEX.

1

2

e5

2

Barrington

19

1,696

11.2 Males

14

23; 8

2

Females. . .

5

ir 6

Bristol

141

6,831

20.6 Males

80

12 2

I Females. . .

61

9 2

Warren

60

3,786

15.8 Males.

Females. . .

1 30
1 30

7 1
5 4

Bristol County. . .

220

12,313

17.9 Males

1 124

22' 3

Females. . .

96

15, 6

Coventry

116

5.080

22.8 Males

47

121 5

'

1 Females. . .

69

20l 1

3

East Greenwich. . .

60

3,137

19.1 Males

26

7...

Females. . .

34

5

1

West Greenwich. . .

10
397

706
22,125

14.2

Males

Females. . .

5

5

214

183

1

77
57

Warwick

17. 9; Males.....
1 Females. . .

13

2

6

Kent County

583

31,048

18.8. Males

292

96

18

2

Females. . .

291

83

4

9

Jamestown

8

851

9. 4' Males

5

1

Females. . .

3

2

Little Compton

22

1,116

19.7

Males

Females. . .

9
13

1
1

2

Middletown

20

1,439

13.9

Males

Females. . .

12

8

2

2

...

Newport City

380

21,734

17.5

Males

184

42

11

2

Females. . .

196

43

5

2

New Shoreham ....

23

1,302

17.7

Males

Females...

19
4

3

1

2

...

Portsmouth

29
50

1,815
2,990

16.0
16.7

Males

Females. . .

Males

Females . .

20

9

24

26

7

2

10

4

Tiverton.

""5

Newport County . .

532

31,247

17.0

Males

273

66! 13

2

Females. . .

259

55

12

2

Burrillville

99

5,729

17.3

Males

58

14

5

Females. . .

41

6

2

Central Falls

327

16,354

19.9

Males

151

60

9

11

Females . .

176

37

12

11

Cranston

159

9,388

16.9

Males

87

25

4

1

Females. . .

72

19

3

2

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TIEATBS.

13

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to

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2

2

2

2

2

2
8

2

2

i

1

1
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1

2
2
2

1
....

2
2
2
2

3
2
2

1
1
1
3
2

1

4

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1
1
2
4

"3

1

6
3
6

* 4
6
2
3

1
1
2
1
1
3
4
5
2
4

6
9
4
7
2
2
6
9
6
3
2
4

1
6
5
5
1
1
7
6
2
5
2
2

2
2

13
3
2
3

17
8
5
6
3
3

23

11

20

10

3

1

23

11

5

7

3

5

1

1

28

19

32

32

2

3
9
7
6
6
3

16

9

2

3

6

8

2

1

11

14

21

21

1

2
1
6
4
3
4
11
9
3
8
1
5
1
1
9
9

14

23

1

2

"2
1

1
2

1

1

1

3

15

7

16

10

1
3
1
4

2
2
4
5

5
5
6
9

11
14

12

7

14
14

7
17
15
24

12
14
16
21

16

8

24

16

8
2
5
2

3
4

1

1

15

19

2

2
2
3
3
20
13
5
1
2

1
1
2

"5

17

2

1
1

1
2

1
18
21

1

8

2

2

14
16

22
16

16

28

4

3

1

"3

1

17

18

2

4

9

21

6

4

....

1

1

1

' 3

21

26

3

6

9

16
7
6

1
....

24
18
1
4
6
11
6
4

1
1
2
8
25
28
4
2

10

15

8

8

1

5
2
2
6

18
26
7
2
8
5

# 1

4
1
28
25
6
6
9

16
8
3

1

1

84

20

11

6

7

9

10
7

8
3
1

2

2

....

1
2
2

1

5

8
3

1
7
1
7
5

6

1 ^

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7
6

3

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2

2

2

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Table VL— DEATHS, 1896.— Continued.

[1896.

TOWNS

AND DITISIONB OT THX
8TATB.

Camberland

East Providence . . .

Foster

Glocester

Johnston

Lincoln

North Providence. .
North SmithGeid. . .

Pawtuoket

Providence City . .

Sciluate

Smithfield

woonsocket

Providence County

CharlestowD

Exeter

Hopkinton

Narragansett.

North Kingstown . .
South Kingstown. .

Richmond

Westerly

Washington Co...
State Institutions..

5

4SS

I

168

156

17

36

222

123

31

54

616

2,957

69

45

529

5,608

22

15

47

20

51

94

18

115

382

179

8,644

10,572
1,169
1,636

11,683
8,626
2,561
2,800

33,704

148,334

3,519

2,337

25,466

292,522

977

901

2,703

1,264

4,469

5,239

1,645

7,774

24,972
1,789

&I

a

deaths.

sex

If I

o

CO

s

19.
14.
14,
22
19,
14,
12,
19,
18,
19,
19,
19.
20,
19,
22,
16,
17,
15
11
17,
10
14
15.
100.

4! Males i

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males.. .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.
3 1 Males...

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males.. .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males.. .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

Males. . .

Females.

80; 26

61 3

88

60

96

8

9

16

20

112

110

80

43

17

14

37

17

289

327

1,575

1,382

27

42

17

28

268

261

2,882

2,726

14

8

5

10;

23

24

13

7

21

30

57

37

7

11

57

58

197

.185

106

73

20

17

19

1

1

1

35

25

36

10

8

5

12

5

84

80

394

266

1

2

4

5

116

99

829

599

4

1

13

12

79

75

2

1

12

19

150

139

4
1
3
2

7

9

44

34

"3

"i

12
10
87
79

1

1
2
1
2
1
3
7
11
4

*i'

16
12
34

28

I

3

1

1
1
6
2

2
2
4
3

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DEATHS.

15

Table VI.— DEATHS, 1896.— Continued.

!

1

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40

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S

S

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8

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s

3

3

S

2

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s

2

S

2

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s

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S

2

g

S

s

2

2

1

1

1

111 3

4

4

8

7

1

2

4

1

3

7; 7

7

9

9

7

4

2

5

1
3

2
3

2 2

4I 10

1
11

6
8

10
5

9
15

3
2

1

2

.

'

1

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2

3
1
1
2
12

1
2
4

1
4

1
2
3
4
8

1

1
1

1
1
2

1

"i

1
5

1

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4

81 4

2

2

4

4

2

4

9l 12

11

9

7

9

6

1

2

1

2

9 5

3

3

3

4

1

1

2
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1
1

2

7i 1

2
2

1

1

2

21

3
2
1
2
2
27

4
1
1
3
1
34

4
3
2
6

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6

9

10

8

22

20

18

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4

3

2

11

11

18

32

36

27

34

34

11

3

31

27

62

27

49

158

152

119

150

138

103

46

6

41

20

39

17

48

127

122

131

120

149

109

71

13

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1

1

2

1

3

7

7

1

5
2
5

2

1

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2

3

1

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1
3

8
2
1

5
3
7

7
1
3

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2

5

8

5

9

18

21

10

22

13

10

1

5

3

8

2

20

15

8

18

17

19

10

4

62

52

92

41

67

248

229

195

244

267

210

90

15

4

67

37

80

37

90

238

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12,313

17.9' Males...
Females.

124
96

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Females .

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291

96
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31,247

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Females.

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269

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292,522

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Females .

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2,726

829
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150
139

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24,972

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185

34

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4
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179

1,789

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106
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393,891

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54

POBTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table X. — Causes of Deaths Registered in RJiode Island,

I.

TI.
III.
IV.

V.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

CAI^SES OF DEATH.*

1858.

1854. 1855. 1856.

1857.

ALL CAUSES 1,291 1,800 1,970 2,225: 2,510

I
SPECIFIED CAUSES 1,176 1,665 1,782 1,919| 2,222

[CLASSES.]
ZYMOTIC DISEASES....

(CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES..

LOCAL DISEASES

DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
VIOLENT DEATHS

[GROUPS.]

1. COMMFKICABLE DI8RAAE8.

2. DiETIC DI8EA8E8

8. Parasitic Diseases

1. Diathetic Diseases.,

Diseases op—

1. Nervous System

2. Organs op Circulation

8. Respiratory Organs

4. Digestive Organs

5. Urinary Organs

6. Organs op Generation

7. Organs op Locomotion

8. Integumentary System

9. Org. op Spec. Sense. Eye and Ear

Developmental Diseases op—

1. Children

2. Women

8. Old People

4. Diseases op Nutrition

1. Accident or Negligence.

2. Battle

8. Homicide

4. Suicide

Causes Ill-depined..

Causes not stated..

504
67
884
208

489
14

1

67

101
29
46

142

122
10

58
18

604 682 820,

88

440'

510'

61

804
15

1

11
48
93

158
10
6

5H

.

580

476

857

482

56

74

588
11
5

668

8
6

68; 68

90'

40

62

876

4

4'

1,

8,

1261
661
72j

186
13,

^;

255

842

I 9

67 84
47

58

56

15

100

181

19

14

924
106
549
561

106

158
67

188

876
13

119
58

78

1858. 1859.

2,4881 2,164

I

1,124

1121

564|
506 1
87

166
671
1011
198
17|

408
24

114
55

78

290

915
96
552
534
89

1,088 I
26'
10 5

112

164
64
94

196
23

858

14
117
48

79

241

1860.

2,793' 2,447; 2,858

1,078
131
632
657
1&5

1,088

29

6

181

170

73

110

2S3

29

1

5

11

476
18

116
52

119

4
12

87

188

» Stillborn included in this table.

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1896.]

CAUSES OF DEATH.

55

for each of the Forty four years, 1853 to 1896,

1861.

1862.

1863.

1864.

1865.

1866.

1867.

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.

1874.

1875.

8,078

2,714

3,818

3,498

3,582

3,142

3,052

3,124

3,602

8,472

3,567

4.449

4,631

4,506

4,568

2,858

2,505

3,081

8.255

3,335

2.938

2,827

2,78^

3,251

8,276

3,275

8,986

4,814

4,297

4,800

1,198

1,032

1,278

1,477

1,543

1,172

1,068

1,098

1,418

1,268

1,265

1,877

1,689

1,690

1,657

186

122

141

128

189

132

123

130

144

167

151

187

198

155

198

768

660

925

855

885

804

809

666

753

767

844

1,081

1,090

1,108

1,104

653

584

612

684

715

698

710

784

879

985

890

1.195

1,211

1,199

1,175

108

107

125

116

103

182

122

115

122

189

125

146

156

150

171

1,156

1,002

1,235

1,437

1,525

1,160

1,048

1,076

1,390

1,242

1,235

1,858

1,670

1,662

1,682

34

24

86

31

10

7

11

11

20

20

19

28

14

25

18

8

6

7

9

8

5

9

6

8

6

11

1

5

3

7

126

122

141

123

189

182

128

130

144

167

151

187

198

155

198

213

170

2as

217

202

207

245

208

238

249

277

299

351

812

336

108

113

99

124

99

117

115

116

128

120

146

190

193

217

191

119

104

140

140

127

99

92

74

90

106

123

150

156

164

191

261

230

427

826

864

883

285

194

232

217

220

387

267

288

268

27

25

85

28

26

29

43

46

46

48

57

77

85

85

85

9

1

8

1

4

1

1

2

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1

5

8

8

1

15

8

9

7

5

5

6

12

15

5

11

18

15

16

17

9

9

12

8

13

22

14

8

11

16

12

17

24

16

440

371

890

426

498

454

455

515

528

647

566

857

844

868

834

19

23

21

23

18

24

26

22

27

28

34

86

29

44

35

182

148

161

193

152

178

188

206

217

204

232

233

254

223

216

62

47

40

42

47

42

41

41

52

56

58

69

84

79

90

93

91

7

1

104
8
5

106
2
2

90

1

119

1
1

102

97

105

lor

106

126

145

128

142

8

5

2

5

2

3

4

3

12

8

18

6

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15

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27

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18

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18

26

18

21

20

34

40

83

30

48

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59

48

87

70

57

56"

202

188

217

209

207

171

195

288

800

137

249

876

217

152

207

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56

FOBTY-FOURTH REQI8TRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table X. — Causes of Deaths Begisiered in Rhode Island,

CAUSES OP DEATH. »

I.
II.
III.

IV.

V.

ALL CAUSES

SPECIFIED CAUSES..

[CLASSES.]
ZYMOTIC DISEASES....

III.

IV.

CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES..

LOCAL DISEASES

DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES..
VIOLENT DEATHS

[GROUPS.]

1. Communicable Diseabcb .

2. DiBTIC D1BBA8E8

3. Parasitic Diseasbb

1. Diathetic Dibeabbb..

DiBBABES OP—

1. Nbrvoub System

2. Groans op Circulation

8. Rebpiratory Organs

4. DioESTivE Organs

5. Urinary Organs

6. Organs op Generation

7. Organs op Locomotion

8. Integumentary System

9. Org. op Spec. Sense. Eye and Ear

Developmental Diseases op—
1 . Children

1 2. Women

18. Old People

4. Diseases op Nutrition

V.

1. Accident OR Negligence.

2. Battle

8. Homicide

4. Suicide

Causes Ill-depined.

Causes not stated.

1876. 1877.

_L

4,840
4,095

1,618

199

1,110

1«090

158

1,581

27

5

199

346

168
191
284

69
2

27

671
80

78

181

218

4,692
4,444

1,819

281

1,217

1,016

160

1,794
17

8

281

875

187

191

885

98

4

15

12

684
29
218

187
***8

56

192

1878.

4,689
4,480

2,000
186

1,126
960
159

1,978
16
6

185

861
172
206
264
92
1

10
20

648
26

64

185

210

1879.

I

4,688

4,886

I

1,867
221

1,246
926
127

1,849
16
2

221

414
206
208
270
118

1880.

1881.

591
86

220
79

lis

5,021
4,742

1,970
205

1,128

m

1,919
21

415
287

210
278
119

7
15

7

48

^4

706

86

278

107

146

1883.

5,280
4,878

!
I

1,877|

289

1,461,

ItllO,

182!

1,846,

29<

2

481
271

110
8
11

5,827 1
6,011 i

1,T76|

218

1,558

1.254

215

1,742

82

2

218

484
252
214
487

118
6
25
17

46

752
881
247 1

821

I

41
231

55

347

843
22

106

1551 178

45

271

5,585
5,827

1,889

260

1,770

1,273

185

1,795
42
2

260

500

445

178

26
19

44
275
ISO

157

8
25

186

> Stillborn included in this table.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

CAUSES OP DEATH.

67

for each of the Forty-four years^ 186S to 1896. — Contintied.

Total and

1884.

1885.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895

1896.

Peroentage
for 40 years.

;

1853-1892.

5,413

5,660

6,142

6,616

6,889

1

6,588 7,230

6,892

7,789

7,852

7,552

7,902

1
7,928

1

170,929

100.00

5,852

5,544

6,052

6.562

6,815

6.500, 7,142

1

6,823

7,677

7,753

7,495

7,819

7,858

162,140

94.86

1,808

1,924

2,121

2,394

2,335

2,025

2,427

2,201

2,464

2,548

2,425

2,563

2,427

61,816

85.87

253

296

262

264

307

812

299

288

305

825

291

300

^85

7,291

4.27

1,705

1,883

2,018

2,174

2,258

2,274

2,356

2,831

2,596

2,701

2,672

2,814

2,870

47,581

27.81

1,370

1,260

1,448

1,506

1,699

1,646

1,789

1,784

1,980

1,891

1,819

1,812

1,935

89,888

23.88

221

201

213

224

216

248

271

274

832

288

288

330

386

6,119

8.58

1,768

1,877

2,084

2,847

2,294

1,949

2,865

2,130

2,405

2,465

2,366

2,625

2,881

60,019

85.11

38

47

35

46

40

74

61

69

59

8vJ

58

88

46

1,127

.66

2

296

2

262

1
264

1
307

2
312

1
299

2

283

305

1
825

1
291

170
7,291

.10

258

300

285

4.27

506

52T

598

618

642

554

612

607

660

682

748

790

760

18,512

7.90

2d3

858

888

411

442

467

413

485

509

535

476

535

556

8,063

4.72

234

299

805

846

863

402

423

878

465

438

363

383

871

7,462

4.87

421

393

495

527

516

541

553

513

595

628

600

581

595

13,113

7.68

178

215

2-^

220

244

272

300

300

324

377

897

481

472

4,038

2.86

14

14

12

14

10

10

8

15

15

20

32

48

53

223

.12

82

34

26

28

15

18

25

20

17

14

19

28

22

556

.82

27

23

22

20

26

10 22

13

10

5

27

17

36

565

.88

2
1,467

10
1,497

11

1,490

5

1,598

918

843

1,000

1,053

1,217

1,161

1,329

1,809

1,486

27,842

15.99

89

28

81

29

83

27

26

23

47

50

62

40

44'

1,057

.62

298

267

276

278

290

227

198

185

256

188

187

282

293

7,927

4.64

126

122

178

136
194

146
206

159
190

231 240

217
238

241
309

191
264

73

234

8,557
5,858

2.08

197

216

250

298

296

8.18

14
105

.01

2

8

2

2i 5

8

2

i

4

3

9

6

2I

.06

22

20

17

16

21

24

19

40

19 21

45

31

38

647

.88

19

57

39

35

46

49

45

35

84 31

2

31

46

1,550

.90

42

59

51

19

28

89

43

34

28

68

55

52

29

7,239

4.24

Digitized by VjOOQIC

58

FOBTY-POURTH BEGI8TBATI0N REPORT.

Table X.— Continued.

[1896.

1

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1858.

1864.

1865.

1866.

1857.

1858.

1860.

1880.

I.

Group 1.
1. Varicella

2. Fever, Typhus

1

......|......

8. Measles

15
46

8
71
5

2

208
9

6

147

1'!****

75

284

1

6

8

71

6

80

8

4. Scarlet Fever

106
14

64

5. Small Pox*

9

6. Diphtheria

67

7. Quinsy*

1

8

8. Tonsilltis

9. Carbuncle

i

1 ''

1

14
8

1
20

1

15
11

10. Erysipelas

8
2

8
2

15
6

26

11. Fever. Puerperal

g

12. Sceptioaemia

18. Glanders

'

i

14. Hydrophobia

1

i 1

1
6

16. Malijrnant Pustule

1

1

1

1

16. Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal

17. Tetanus

»

8

4

6

1

8

5

18. Cholera

19. Fever, Malarial

1

1

8

63

20. Fever, Remittent*

1
25
2

— ii
1

2

68
4

1 2

76

1 ^^

4
42
6

1
70
2

1

21. Fever, Typhoid*

67

22. Influenza

2

23. Parotitis

24. Pertussis

2

48

14
M

4
79

"19
120

9
141

18
166

46
126

46

25. Pneumonia

162

26. Gonorrhoea

27. Syphilis

1
33
6

5

1

68

8

47

7

62
11
4

8

65
11

8
2

2

28. Hydrocephalus (Tub. Meningitis). .

29. Scrofula:

52
9

30. Tabes Mesenterioa

1

81. Tubercular Menln^ritis

32. Tubercular Peritonitis

1

1 1

38. Tuberculosis, General

1

849

10

1

i 1

34. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

248

14

845

7

i

5

1

805

18

1
1

1

400
25

426
21

486
22

505

Group 2.

1 AinnhnHBTn i De^lrlum Tremens. I

1. Alcoholism, j Intemperance f

2. Inanition

26

8. Purpura and Scurvy

4
8

5

9
1

1

8
2

3

Group 8.
1. Thrush

1

4

1

g

2. Worms

3

II.

Group 1.
1. Gout

2. Dropsy

45

2
13

1
4
2

28

22

12

4

81
6
18

82
4
27

50

4

26

48

6

87

""44
12
44

1
7
4

42
43
21

14

9

86

41

2

48

66
5

8. Anaemia

4. Cancer

44

5. Noma (Canker)

6. Mortification (Gangrene)

2

1

19
25
6
6

3
2

26
38
20
8

4

19

39

9

14

8

25
42

21
16

1

8

45

8

7

20
61
28
16
2
6
41

10
16

41
51
32
11

7. Rheumatism

III.

Group 1.
1. Cephalitis

2. Apoplexy and Paralysis, \

8. Insanity

4. Chorea

5. Epilepsv

sf

" "84

'■■"8
.31

6
80

4
31

6. Brain Diseases^ etc

7. Nerve Diseases.

Group 2.
1. Pericarditis. . . .,

2

1

1

68

1

1
41

2

""es

i

66

1

1

62

8

1
69

2. Aneurism

1

28

8. Heart Diseases^ etc

»Includes 8 cases of Chicken Pox. ^Includes Mumps, ^jncludep yellow Fever. '♦Includes

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH* 59

Causes of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island.

1861.

1862.

1863.

1864.

1865.

1866.

1867.

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1878.

1874.

1875.

......

67

5

140

""ik
47

7
81

1

'**36

91

7

155

" *26

266

12

160

2

""ie

255
22

83

1

**"i5i'* 'ii

28 14

2i 1

64! 31

.... 1

""io

93
2

20

""19

286

3

33

1

"'26
75

6
88

8

6

66
12

57

" "24
54

25

48

""63
287

28
45

1

7

462
8
59

4

88

1

1

1
21
13

2

16

7

•is

8

1
25
12

2
14
10

1

21
16

2

18
18

9

1
39
17

""26
16
8

1

14

7

11
4

14
14

28
14

21

18

1

1

1
8

1

....

1

1
1
8

1

4

3
8

3

3

2
1
2

5

""ii
5

1
23
8

1

62

2

1
16

8

2

4

5
6

13

5

6

8

6

1

i

233

1

2

1
106

1

s

i

80
2

2
157

1

130

1
190

1

1
172

1

M
8

84
8

128
6

116
5

152

1

126

1

121
2

150
6

46

1.5

147

1

8

50

14

3

24
174

81

201

56
175

28
193

12
172

1
5
41
9
2

26
191

48
190

39

182

25

218

27
229

32
284

45
250

81

400

1

5
68
14

8

8
47
18

5
49
14

8

2

63
Vi

7

5
56
5
2

3

57

3

2

* * * *76
11
10

5
51
19

4

6
71
22

5

9
44
9
5

3
52

20

7

7
51
20

3

8
57
21

4

:::::: :::::'.:::;:

:::::: :::)::

6
547

4
526

10
563

9
517

18
555

16
577

24
585

23

600

is'

584

21
685

8

6S8

513

512

498

657

ao

22

82

27

10

7

10

10

■ 18

17

17

23

14

22

17

4

2

4

4

1

1

a

8

2

8

1

4
4

4
2

8
4

8

1

5
3

2
3

8

1

4
2

3

4
2

11

i

5

2

1

5
2

48
8

58
1

46
4
61

52
12
62

45
4
61

1
5
7

61

3

55

"12

8

49
3

64
2
4

10

49
2

58

49
4
60

53

4
66

61
2

80

56
6

66
1
9

13

55
4

95
5
7

21

60

3

106

1

11
17

39
2

87

6

22

56
4

95
2

10
6

7
4

?

7

7

6

11

4
17

7
17

10
26

48
67
40
18

86
4.S
86

7

54

62
81
10

49
54
42
15

89

45
20

46
56
36
18

52
72
52
14

40
57
54
18
1
5
88

54
69
48
14

42
64
66
18

44

77
79
16

57
58
67
26

109
67
67
19

60
70
86
18

66
67
99
32

ii

48

6
42

6
40

8

54

7
36

4
52

12
43

5

48

4
55

10
51

i.3

78

15

74

16
67

20
52

3

1
"**98

1
105

2

111

****99

1
128

1
116

1
114

'"lie

"128

8
117

2

144

1
189

2

191

1
216

4

187

Bilious, Typhus and Continued Fevers.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

60

FORTt-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1^96.

Table X.— Continued.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1879.

1880.

1881.

1888.

1888.

L

Group 1. i
1. Varicella i

2. Fever, Typhus

1

8. Meaales

4. Scarlet Fever

4

80

1

159

11

62

5

492

81
86

1
485

8

-iij

859

9
468

"162
1

87

138

8

816

2

6

45

2

101

14
84

2
95

8

6. Small Pox»

fl. Diphtheria

7. Quinsy*

8. TonsUitls

9. Carbuncle

10. Erysipelas

1 1. Fever, Puerperal,

Vi. Septicemia

18

8
21
17

""17
17
8

1

85

9

2

'"17
16

8

87
22

1

i

80

28

8

28
16
S

18 Glanders

. ....

2
2

8

14. Hydrophobia

15. Malismant Pustule

«

8

'■'***

1

18
8

1
88
8

16. Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal

17. Tetanus

18. Cholera

7
2

11
8

10
6

'"'so

8

86
8

19. Fever, Malarial

1

1

9

117

8

8

81

20. Fever, Remittent*

1
186

2

101
4

4

141

21 Fever, Typhoid*

22 Influenza

128

128

1

214

1

289

m. Parotitis

24 Pertussis

SJ5. Pneumonia

20. Gonorrhoea

'/: Syphilis

28. Hydrocephalus (Tub. Meningitis)..

5i9. Scrofula

80. Tabes Mesenterica

48
889
2
8
68
18
5

82
226
2
10
55
11
10

■"■54
817

■43
811

80
864

68

887

8

4

56
15
8

71
844

9
400

4
70

'I

10
57
18
8

10

46

12

8

16
49
14
4

18
54
82
5

81. Tubercular Laryngitis

82. Tubercular Meningitis

88. Tuberculosis, (Jeneral

18
680

21

1
5

4
1

25
665

12

27
685

15

86
645

15

12
652

15

89
712

24

2
8

1
1

27
744

27

1
4

2

29
766

29
10

34. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Group 2.

1 Ainnhniinm i Dcllrlum TremcDS. I

1. Alcoholism, -j Intemperance f

2. Inanition

8. Purpura and Scurvy

5
8

1

4
2

1

1
1

6

8

Group 8.
1. Thrush

2. Worms

n.

Group 1.
1. Gout

2 Dropsy

8. Anaemia

4. Cancer

5. Noma (Canker)

66

2

106

68

1
185

88

2

119

1

9

16

81
103
86
22

50

8

125

1

18

24

79
137
83
17

87

8

125

2

9

24

88
119
96
19
8
14
76

47

4

146

50

4

182

47

7

169

]

6. Mortification (Gangrene)

11
14

80
95
70
19

8
24

81
109
72

19
81

14
29

107
146
101
82

6
21

95
154
111

28

Q

7. Rheumatism

97

III.

Group 1.
1 Cenhalitls

91
157
118

9Q

2. Apoplexy and Paralysis, -j •'••
8 Insanitv

4. Chorea

\

5 EnlleDsv

12

70

8
62

13

18
82

* * ' '14

87

IS

6 Brain Diseases^ etc

OS

7. Nerve Diseases

Group 2.
1. Pericarditis

T7

2 Aneurism

2
166

4
,83

6
166

1
207

2
285

2
269

2
250

Q

8 Heart Diseases^ etc

ftfIA

> Includes 8 cases of Chicken Pox. ' Includes Mumps. * Includes Yellow Fever. * Inoludes

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAtJSES OF DEAtfl. 61

Causes of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island.

1884.

1886.

1886

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1898.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Total and
Percental
for 40 years,

1863-1892.

1

2

1

18 45 18

97 91 88

1 1

132
266

11
207

29
51

92

16

1

211

10

12
38

1

102

6

28
67

4
89

6

100
193

"'157
6

9
123

2
138

5

54
107

58

53

1

954

5,355

219

4,558
69

.56
3.13

12

119
1

99 228

r 1

287
8

191
4

184

7

340

283

2.66
04

7

3

20

15

8
2
17
10

4' i 2

3
32
25

18

2
22

19
14

2
26
12
12

4
25
30
13

3
81

7
11

3
27

10

7
1
2

""is

6

44

8T8

542

135

1

20

31
428
199

50
437

52

4,S92

776

.02
.52
.81
08

25^ 86 31

12 19 10

13 10 10

31

18
24

28
17

8

1

1
2

2

1
9

7

'

1

01

3 i'.:.:::

1

1

18
6

1

40

8

1

11
12

""22
4

.02
.25
.11
08

21 16 10
5 4' 8

24: 22

7 9

17
4

16
3

29 341 43

88 69

2i 2

38

2

135

41

1

107

168

29

2

149

177

34

2

133

336

6

4

129

85

80

29

42

.26
03

128 105 121
2' 2 7

116

224

7

160
166

125

115

3

45

685

1

15

58

13

5

7

8

46

799

24

11
3

iis

42

669

""i2
17
12

7

4

56

47

846

34

8
4

2.87
.46

43
363

"14
56
20
15

42

465

1

7

47

18

7

49
481
1
12
54
28
19

2\
488

1
13
54
21

6

44

508
2
11
50
12
13

77

483

1

18
58
17
11

70
569

""is

11
11

77

668

3

8

66

21

12

25
655

""14
62
1«
26

23

776
1
16
53
13
8

i29

16
51
12
11

1,430

11,222

18

269

2,205

5.50

237

.84
6.57
.01
.15
1.30
.82
.13

86

739

SO

7

1

2

43

783

22

22
3

41
827

12

20
3

9

29
710

16

28
2

1

32

800

16

19
5

i

" '47

13
1{^3

40
727

37

30
7

2

2

44
21
189
3
23
30

109
210
113
22
1
19
80

86
852

25

81
5

i

52

740

20

37
3

2

50
759

86

22

1

72
722

47

80
5

80
705

89

14
5

1

780
23,718

795

232
100

128
42

5

1,905

270

8,954

33

380

744

2,860
4.176
2,791

832
16

468
2.369

43

13.87

.40

.14
.06

.08

1

1
39
23
205

02

1

'■'44

6

193

1
47
15
159

»

1
89
16
159

2

7
20
214

40

46
19
165
4
20
45

172

242

99

80

' ' ' 28
46

35

20

177

1

15
35

178
219
116
21
1
27
45

39
16
181

1.12

7

156

5

29
284

si

226

.15

2.81

.02

10

io A

15
34

112
206

'^

91

19
85

1.S3
211
156
43
2
IB
81

21
48

167
238
124

27

' "2.5
79

17
40

187
276
181
39
4

13

22

34

78

mi

116
36

34

94
185
104

35

81

104
230
107
49
2

85

145
289
156
49

1

87

2

[430

72
1

28

419
19

.48

1.66

2.43

1.63

.50

.01

11
88

23

86

14
92

12' 19
75 76
8 1H

20' 21

252 259

13 S

.27
1.38

8

290

10

4

844

21

2

310

29

5

377

23

6
413

29

7

481

27

8

378

33

5

447

19
3

487

17

4

514

4

87

435

8

7

520

1'
6

538,

221
95

7,747

.13

.06

4.58

Bilious, Typhus and Continued Fevers.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

62

^BTV-FOtJRTlt BEdtStaATtON BE? OBt.

Table X.— Continued.

[1896.

1

i

CAUSES OP DEATH.

18B&

1

1864.

1865.

1866.

1857.

1858.

1869.

I860.

m.

Gboup 8.
1. Bpistaxis '

1

1

2. LaryogltlB i

8. BronobitiB !

4. Pleurisy

6. Croup

2

2

7

27

1
7

1
8
10
48
2
8

8
11
2
8

1
4
12
48
2
5

8
18
18

6
6
18
62
8
6

8
14
17

2
7
10
70
2
2

9
13
5

6
18
12
09

8

1
28
10

4
9
18
58
2
8

4

21
18

6
18
20
67

6. Asthma

8

7. Lung JHsetues^ etc

4

Group 4. 1
1. Gastritis 1

11

8. Enteritis i

8. Peritonitis '

4 Ascites

11
4

28

14

6 Uloeration of Intestines

6. Hernia

7. Illeiis (Appendicitis)

1

2
8

2

10

6

6

1
6

1

2

10

9

16

8. Intussusception *...

1

9 Stricture of Intestines . i

1

2

1

10 Fistula ' - 1

i

1 1 . Stomach Disecuteft

5

5

4

11

7

8

9

12 Pancreas Diaeages

18 Heoatitis 1

6

8

20

9

14. Jaundice

15. Liver Diseases., etc

8
4

2
6
2
4
21. "i
118

2

6

7

8

18

4

81

7
81

Ifi SnUen Diseases tic

17. Dowel Diseases, etc

4
20
88

1

3

58
71

" " * '40
51

2

55
65

4

44
61

6
65
58

8

12

18. Diarrhoea (Cholera Morbus)

19. Dysentery

48
49

Group 6.

1. Nephritis (Bright'B Disease, etc.)..

2. Ischuria

1

2
8

8

2
3

1

8. Diabetes

4. Calculus (Gravel, etc.)

1

i

1
1
1

8
8

8
1
4

*"*i2

8
1

6. Cystitis

6. Prostate Disease

1

1

2

2

5
13
3

2

8
2

1

7. Kidney Diseases, etc

1
2

5
2

5

15

8 Bladder Diseases etc

Group 6.

1. Dis. of Male Organs of Generation.

2. Ovarian Diseases

..........

2

1

8
2

2

4
8

8 Uterine Diseases, etc

6

4

1

Group 7.
1. Arthritis

2 Joint Diseases, etc

3

2

1

2

1

2

7
2

7

4
1
2

6

3
2
4

6
2

9

1

5

Group 8.
1 Phlemnon

7

2. Ulcer

8

8 Skin Diseases.^ etc

1

1

1

Group 9.
1 . Bve and Ear

IV.

Group 1.
1 Stniborn

41
89
29

78

6H

68

1

18

1....^

124
91

84

28

188

. 77

64

1

17
15

185
70
67

177
98
57

177
61
50

167

2 Cholera Infantum

151
70

R Convulsions

4 Cyanosis

5.* Debility (Infantile),Prem. Blrth,etc
6 Teething • • •

2

8

17
85

88
29

25
81

42

81

7* Hemorrhage, Umbilical

ft Icterus Neonatorum

1

9 Indigestion

1

10 Innutrition

1

1 1 Rnina Bifida

2

1

2
18

12 Othpr Malformations

7

11

5

12

14

15

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 63

Causes of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island,

1881.

1862.

1863.

1864.

1865.

1866.

1867.

1868.

1869. 1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.

1874.

1875.

2

18
21
58
8
12

" "24

7

1

7

17

76

8

4
30
14

1

17

14

97

8

3

8
27
5

1
7
16
105
7
4

11
27
19

1

10

16

94

3

3

6

20
13

1

17
20
63
4
4

2
30
13

1

19
16
50
4
2

9
34
11

2

22
13
30
5
2

7

19

9

4

20

19

41

3

3

9
25

2
28
12
53
8
3

10
29

8

2
24
18
72
4
3

" ■ *36
11

2

26
12
66
4
40

16
15
24

34

10
24

17

3
40
10
65
10
36

8
87
20

4

58
10
96
10
13

28
29
28

1

5
9

4

7

7
5

2
5

1

5

7

1

1
9
1

6
11
2

6
6
1

4 6
8 5
1 1

7
18

2
3
1

4
6
2
1

\

1

1

1

17

8

12

4

2

4

8

7

2, 8

14

13

■ 15] ' 88

18

6
5
32

2

84

I

.61
262

4
8
37

i

102
110

4
3

20
1
4

90
188

7

6

37

i

74
148

8

5

3

30

1

* "47
118

17

4
4
23

2

55
52

16

6 6

* * "a5

2

2

31

1

4
81

8

28
2
3
61
74

18

2
37

2 4

43 86

2 1

4

48

1

4
64
96

2
66
£2

4
46
55

1
60
43

24

27
118
83

87

29
77
36

39

26
73
38

A9.

11
78
86

40

1
6
2

8

2

1
4

4
4
4

6
2

6
2

1
3

11
3

61 8

3I 1

5
4

7
5

8 5
2 4

1

11
2

i

2
13
2

3
8
5

1 2
14| 16
4 6

2
19
3

2

18
8

4

3

25

4

15
3

17
1

22
1

16
4

8
5

15

7

27
5

24

10

2

1

7

1

3

1

4

i

1

2

1

5

8

8

1

15

11
6

8

4
3
2

9

7
2

7

9
1
2

5

8

1

5

8
2
3

6

15
8
4

12

10
2
2

11

4
4

15

9
2

5

11
2
3

11

10

1
1

18

10
5
2

15

18
3
3

16

9
8
4

146
126
70

123
106
55
2
»>
89

111
114
71

188
183
73

177
145
73

172
110

163

•117

68

212

154
63

220

151
79

234
223

85

223
172
83

202
391
116

228
285
97

277
265
98

246
318
100

45

40

47
34

46
28

62
31

54
28

60
30

47
23

84

24

67
34

53
20

100
31

169
50

154
42

185
20

8

10

11

13

8

10

12

17

16

15

14

15

17

15

17

15

Digitized by VjOOQIC

64

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Table X. — Continued.

i

CAUSES OP DEATH.

1

1

1876. .

1877.

1878.

1879.

1880.

1881.

1882.

1888.

1

III.

Group 8.
1. Epistaxis

2. Laryngitis

2-
57
9
102,
7
14i

i

IS
30
24

2
78

5
95

8
8

22

89
17

2

80
8

8
15

14
40
22

2'
67
18!
WJl
13,
121

17
24

8
94
17
66
11
14

18

as

24

6
86

9

101

16

20

27
44
27

7
101
8
77
9
12

80
75
80

5

8. Bronchitis

111

4. Pleurisy

18

5. Croup

71

(J. Asthma

14

7 Tmnn liiMfifiJtfijt p.tr.

34

Group 4.

1 1 Gastritis

1 2. Enteritis

1 8. Peritonitis

4 ARnltRR

85

47

40

1

]
1

5. Ulceration of Intestines

4

6. Hernia

7. llleus (Appendicitis)

7
8

5

8'

12
8

12
9
2

8
9

10
10
5

11
8
5

7
11

8. IntUHSusceplion

9 Stricture of Intestines

3

1

10. Fistula

11 Stwnuch DincdHeA

10

7

13

13

10

12

14

16

12 PancTcati DiaeascK

13. Hepatitis

14. Jaundice

15. Liver Dis&aneft, etc

16. Spleen Dineanes, etc

17. Bmvel Ditieaseifs etc

18. Diarrhoea (Cholera Morbus)

19. Dysentery

Group 5.

1. Nephritis (Brlght's Disease, etc.). .

2. Ischuria

5

1.

39

k

50
38

6

89
2

1
130
52

1
46

5
4
40
1
4

59
40

54

5
4?

6

3

49

8

3

35

8
8
50

7
6
88

2
61
44

61

9
8!
28

66

6

95
42

54

6
124

68

44

20
1.55
54

93
2

3. Diabetes

4. Calculus (Gravel, etc)

6
1

9
9

4

1

15

1

15

16

1

13

15
1

5. Cystitis

8

6. Prostate Disease

4

12
9

2
21
11

4
27

2

4

20
12

9

1
25
13

8

44
14

7

7. Kidrtey Diseases^ etc

36

8. Bladder Dimeases^ etc

11

Group 6.

1. Dis. of Male Organs of Generation.

2. Ovarian Diseases

6

3. Uterine Diseases^ etc

2

4; i

i

7

8

6

20

Group 7.
1. Arthritis

2. Joint Diseases, etc

18
8
2

15

7

i

10

18
2
5

20
14

15
5

11

17
8
8

25

14
2

1

26

Group 8.
1. Phlegmon

18

2 Ulcer '.

1

3. Skin Diseases, etc

3

2

Group 9.
1. Eye and Ear

IV.

Group 1.
1. Stillborn

224

250
89

242

2:39
83

248

16^
112

216
161
104

192

247

133

3

98

25

264
240
102

253
325

110

253

2. Cholera Infantum

242

3 Convulsions

126

4. Cyanosis

17

5. Debility (Infantile),Prem.Birth,etc

6. Teething

7 Hemorrhage, Umbilical

75
22

67
27

72
Ifc

69
22

92

28

101
33

137
30

8 Icterus Neonatorum

1

9 Indierestion

.

10. Innutrition

1 1

11. Spina Bifida

1

12. Other Malformations. . .

26

32

19

IS

26

21

19

Digitized by VjOOQIC

CAUSES OP DEATH.

laST. I 1888.

^cttxses of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island.

«7

192

15

19j

1889.

m>\

15

15

18

176

1890.

1891.

1

295

829

296

467

427

582

154

186

156

16

11

14

280

195

225

85

44

27

""4

4

6

16

15

19

247

82

1892.

1898.

848

47

1894.

8

16

35

16

17

11

4

8

1

1

17

19

1

266

1896.

194

1896.

28

5 20 10

197

16

16

869

Total and
Percentage
for 40 years,

1858-1888.

8,516
2,898

2

412

10
892

11
867

5

1
424

1

8,548

608

496

500

545

9,828

151

147

120

IO2I

8,796

21

27

27

20,

140

224

871

as9

888!

8,761

27

34

28

1,145

5

5

18

5

28

81

8'
7

40
87

5

8

5

11

80

19

15

27

21,

604

Digitized by VjOOQIC

66

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table X. — Continned.

[1896.

1

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1R58.

1854.

18S6.

1856.

1867.

1868.

1859.

1860.

IV.

Group 2.
1 . Param?xil&

2. Childbirth

10
58
18

1
9
18

7
67
28

1
9
15

9
84
47

""u

18

14
76
68

4
12
18

13
119
68

24

114
55

14
117
48

18

Group 8.
1 Old Age

116

Group 4.
1 Atroohv and Debilltv

62

V.

Group 1.
(Accidents or Nboliobnoi.)

1. Fractures and Contusions*

2 Bums and Soalds

7
20

6
24

18
24

24

8 Drowninir

82

4. Falls

6 Poison

1

2

81

8
2
28

6

""ii

4

7
16

8
8
40

5
■*'*88

4

1

87

7

6. Suffocation and Strangulation....
7 Otherwise

1
65

Group 2.
1. Battle

Group 8.
1 Homicide

8

8

15

100

8

20
131

9

8

19

169

1

4

14

292

1

8

80

258

1

18

14

296

1

9

22

241

4

Group 4.
1. Suicide

12

Causes ill-defined

87

Causes not stated

188

* Includes railroad accidents.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OP BEATfl* 67

Causes of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island.

1861.

1862.

1868.

1864.

1866.

1866.

1867.

1868.

1869

1870;

1871.

1872*

1873.

1874.

18?5.

1
22

'"21

2

21

19

18

24

26

22

27

28

84

36

29

44

85

132

143

161

193

152

178

188

206

217

204

232

223

254

223

216

62

47

40

42

47

42

41

41

52

56

58

69

84

79

90

'

12
18
27

'I

8
16
28
14

2

8
16
20
18

6
15
24
21

4

9
12
80
19

4

12
12
24
25
2

15
12
29
18
1

16
14
86
15
5
4
55

16
28
89
12
5
6
27

12

21
29

14
29

10

21

12
26

16
20

17
35

20

9
3

2

3

48

1

1

71

8

1

64

2

1
51

6
5

81

89

89

85

85

38

81

51

47

7
1

3

5

2

2

1

1
1

3

5

2

5

2

3

4

3

1.2

8

18

6

12

11

15

18

15

27

19

18

8

18

26

18

21

20

34

40

88

30

48

51

59

43

87

70

'57

56

202

188

217

209

207

171

195

268

800

187

249

876

217

152

20T

Digitized by VjOOQIC

«8

FORTY-FOUBTfl BBGlSTRATtON BEPOBT.

Tablb X.-~Continaed.

[1896.

IV.

CAUSES OF DEATH.

1. Paramenia..
8. ChUdblrth...

Gboup 8.

1. Old Age.

Group 8.

Group 4.
1. Atrophy and Debility.

Group 1.

(ACCIDSMTS OR NKOLIOIMCB.)

1. Fractures and Contusions*

2. Bums and Scalds

8. Drowning: ,

4 Fall".

r> P(»ij*..n

r. SutT«'c ri-Pi m'h' st iuuiilall-'n...
V. Ot'uTw Lae

1. Uot U

1876.

. Homicule.

Guoup 8.

1. Suicide..

Group 4.

Oaoses ill*deflned

Causes not stated

80

841

78

1877. 1878.

89 86

818 8»

89, 64

1879. ; 1880. I 1881.

I I

1888.

86 86, 88

10 IS

12 18 llj

or* OA AA^

79

10
18

878

107

18

847 i

88 106
I

i

1888.

2
42

275

180

20 16 16
81 16 17 18

87 80 44' 22 38 29 40 27

12 14 U 16 14 19 81 24

4 9 6 7 6 9 7 10

9 6 19 8 12

47 48 U 45 66 48 59 58

4

8

8

1

1

J

18

82

21

18

10

88

82

56

49

48

46

55

218

198

210

854

888

847

81

26

45| 22

271

186

> Includes railroad accidents.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 69

Causes of Deaths Registered in Rhode Island.

Total and

1884.

1885.

1886,

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1898.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Percentage

for 40 years,

1858-1892.

4

a

26

'"si

1

28

1
22

3

46

4
40

16
1.041

.01

85

88

27

26

60

62

40

.61

298

267

276

278

290

227

198

186

256

188

187

197

206

7,937

4.64

126

122

186

146

169

281

240

817

241

181

78

85

87

8,557

2.08

16

ao

41
81
8
11
70

16
19
42
26
9
10
68

20
28
68
19
6
10
68

47
17
89
17
7
14
66

88
27

46
18
13
8
46

48
20
62
81
7
9
49

67
20
71
92
11
12
47

69
18
62
21
16
17
50

89
21
48
83
23
S6
69

26
26
47
25
14
14
178

19
28
62
28
6
31
80

86
28
61
67
8
22
81

" *25
39
48
8
24
152

614
683

1,282
646
241
210

1,887

14
105

.86
.87
.76

.01

2

^ .

2

2

5

8

2

1

4

8

9

6

2

.06

22

20

17

16

21

24

19

40

19

21

46

81

88

647

• -^

19

57

89

85

46

49

46

85

84

81

2

81

46

1,550

.90

42

-

61

19

28

"

48

84

28

68

65

62

29

7,239

4.24

Digitized by VjOOQIC

70 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Table XI. ~ OCCUPATIONS AND AGES OF DECEDENTS.

Showing the number and occupation of decedents for the year 1896,

and for a period of forty-fonr years and seven months, 1852

to 1896 inclusive. Ages under Twenty excluded.

OCCUPATIONS.

I.
Tillers of the Soil.

Farmers

Florists

GardeDers

Total

II.

Professional and Per-
sonal.

Actors

Architects

Artists

Assayers and Analytical

Chemists

Athletes

Authors

Ball Players

Chiropodists

Civil Engineers.

Clergymen

Dancing Masters

Dentists

Designers.

Draughtsmen

Electricians

Inspectors

Inventors

Journalists (Editors and

Reporters)

Judges and Justices. . .
Lawyers

State of Rhode Island.

1896.

I
I

169

6

13

187

3
11
1
1
3
3
2
2

12,228 72.35
288 57.60,
795 61.15

13,311

127
63

71.18

63.50
63.00

156 52.00
757 68.82

65'65

3131

14347

79J26

104;52

148 74.00

165

41.25

226 56.50

44 Years and 7 Months,

Jane 1,

1868, to Dec. 81, 1S96.

>%

i

1

t t

1

1
1

1

H

< ' <

6,523

1

1

436,845 66.97

53

2,906 54.83

270

15,87758.80

6,846

455,62866.55

12

1
41334.42

13

775;59.61

37

1,882 50.86

5

3,020 60.40

1

2525.00

7

47768.14

2

65 32.50

1

58158.00

48

2,405 50.10

235

15,021,63.92

2

103 51.50

38

2,004 52.74

20

1,002150.10

12

380 31.67

8

26131.38

10

503 50.30

14

906 64.71

37

1,675 45.27

15

981,65.40

163

9,llg

;'55.94

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1896.] OCCUPATIONS AND AGES AT DEATH. 71

Table XI. -OCCUPATIONS AND AGES. -Continued.

State of

Bhode Island.

OCCUPATIONS.

1

i

1
3

1896.

44 Ye
June 1, 3

1
1

ars and 7 Moni
852, to Dec. 81

<

,1896.

!

<

Lecturers

62
135

62.00
45.00

2

68
14

24

306

. 138

83

3

122
2
3

78

24
7
6

108

3,181

743

1,098

18,339

6,728

5,017

152

6,757

80

131

1,771

731
310
398

54.00

MusiciaDS

46 78

Nurses

53.07

Photographers and Litho-
sraohers

45 75

Physicians

10
2
1

527

140

57

52.70
70.00
57.00

59 93

Professors and Teachers.
Public Officers

48.75
60 45

Publishers

50 67

Sheriffs, Constables and
Policemen

10

549

54.90

55.39

Sculotors.

40 00

Stenographers

1
2

3
2
1

73

4
6
3

51

47

102
88
53

51.00
23.50

34.00
44.00
53.00

43 67

Students

22 83

Telephone and Telegraph
Operators

30 46

Veterinary Surgeons

Weighers and Gangers . .

44.29
66.33

Total

3,875

209
332
165

53.08

52.25
55.33
55.00

1,560

212

13

8

6

137

63

40

2

3

8

275

2

11

2

19

86,618

10,997

755

490

274

8,082

. 4,047

1,506

118

213

273

14,084

113

609

68

1,153

55 52

III.

Optional Activity.

Agents and Canvassers. .

Insurance.

Real Estate

51.87
58.08
61 25

Auctioneers

45 67

Bankers and Brokers

Bank Officers

5

246

49.20

58.99
64 24

Bar Tenders

8

309

38.63

37 65

Bill Posters

59 00

Booksellers

71 00

Bottlers

Butchers and Marketmen.
Carriage Dealers

Coal and Wood

Dry Goods

1
12

1
2

27

607

58

116

27.00
50.58
58.00
58.00

34.13
51.21
56.50
55.36
34 00

Fish and Oyster

1

66

66.00

60.68

Digitized by VjOOQIC

72 FOKnr-FOUBTH BSGI8TBATIOM BBPOBT. [1896.

Tabu: XL— 0CX3UPATI0NS AND AGEB-— Contimied.

OCCUPATIONS.

Furniture Dealers

Grain

Hardware

Ice

Junk

Leather

Liquor

Lumber

News

Paper

Provision

Rubber

Shoe

Stove

Wool Waste

Clothiers

Collectors.

Commercial Travelers. . .
Contractors and Builders.
Druggists and Apothe-
caries

Fruiterers.

Grocers

Hotel and Innkeepers. ..

Saloon and Restaurant.

Stable

Store ,

Ice-cream Makers

Mail Carriers

Manufacturers

Merchants

Opticians

Organ and Piano Tuners.

Policy Brokers

Pork and Meat Cutters

and Packers

Railroad OflScials

Ship Chandlers

Stock Brokers

Tobacconists

State of Rhode Island.

18M.

I

1

4

12

17
39

45
29

204
147

96

49
139
692

286

531
211
397
93
476

1.148
1,704

223
181

68

45.00
29.00

51.00
78.50

48.00

49.00
34.75
57.66

57.20

59.00
52.75
49.62
46.50
52.89

67.53
46.25

55.75
45.25

68.00

44 Yean and 7 Months,
Jane 1, 180S, to Deo. 81, 1896.

2

4

3

3

13

2

113

12

1

1

17

1

9

2

1

12

20

11

99

99

5

422

162

187

77

20

3

12

594

1,224

6

6

1

15

91

5

1

18

1S2
2S9

161
132
714

81

5,122

665

73

64
940

48
492
152

56

695

1,185

496

5,770

7,528

206

22,790

8,798

8,609

6,966

1,061

151

530

36,053

71,760

338

402

24

684

4,164

318

68

767

86.00
59.75
53.67
44.00
54.92
40.50
45.33
55.42
73.00
64.00
55.29
48.00
54.66
76.00
56.00
57.92
59.25
45.09
58.28

76.04
41.20
54.00
54.31
46.04
88.18
53.05
50.33
44.17
60.69
58.63
56.33
67.00
24.00

45.60
45.76
68.60
68.00
59,00

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] OCCUPATIONS AND AGES AT DEATH. 73

Table XI.— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

OCCUPATIONS.

Traders ....
Undertakers.

Total.

IV.
Outdoor — Local.

Boat Builders

Brickmakers

Brick and Stone Layers. .

Calkers

Carpenters and Joiners..

Masons

Millwrights

Pavers

Riggers

Roofers

Ship Carpenters

Slaters

Stonecutters and Marble
Workers

Superintendents of High-
ways

Tanners and Curriers

Wheelwrights

Total.

Indoor.— -^c^ive.

Axe and Scythe Grinders,

Bakers

Basket Makers

Belt.

Bobbin.

Boiler

Bolt

State of Rhode Island.

3

o

175

71
31

19

1896.

bo
<

S
I
I

68
136

9,048

209
23

4,411
1,959

21

48
134

968

62
71

131 7,906

^

58.00
68.00

51.70

69.67
23.00

62.13
63.19

21.00

48.00
67.00

50.95

62.00
71.00

67.22

8 282

I

:i'

23

54
41

35.25

23.00

54.00
41.00

44 Years and 7 Months,
June 1, 1855J, to Deo. 31, 1896.

o

3

o

26

8

^ 13

12

1,993

830

35

3

22

6

77

9

263

1

48

103

4'
139

7|
101

li
70

li

S

<

282, 14,188
44 2,557

50.31
58.11

4,396 247,961

56.41

1.558

352

611

873

110,392

47,839

2,347
129

1,254
332

5,336
398

13,239

79
2,975
6,237

3,449 193,951

59.92
44.00
47.00
72.75
55.39
57.63
67.06
43.00
57.00
55.33
69.29
44.22

50.34

79.00
61.98
60.55

222

9,535

404

567

62

2,886

41

56.23

55.50
68.60
57.71
56.70
62.00
41.23
41.00

10

Digitized by VjOOQIC

74 PORTY-POUBTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Table XI.— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

OCCUPATIONS.

Statk of Rhods Island.

1806.

o

&

Broom and Brush Makers. ;

Cabinet I

Card I

Carriage, and Trimmers'

Chair

Comb I

Mattress.

Pattern

Pianoforte

Picker

Plane

Pump and Block

Reed

Sash and Blind

Scythe

Spindle

Stopper

Stove, and Mounters . .

Tool

Trunk

Umbrella

Wringer

Beamers

Bell Hangers

Blacksmiths and Farriers.
Bleachers and Fullers. . .

Bonnet Dressers

Brewers

Britannia Workers

Calico Printers

Car Builders

Stair

Carders

Carvers

Colorers

Confectioners

Cooks and Caterers

Coopers

Coppersmiths

Cutters

21

110|55.00
11959.56

44 Years and 7 Months.
June 1, 1868, to Dec. 81, 1896.

I

304 60.80;

45 45.00
254 50.80

32

32.00

1,190
"77

3

11

2

154
541
122

56

56.67

77! 66

51.33
49.18
61.00

56.00

15

127

4

71

1
5
1

74
3
5
1

14
6
9
1
5
1
4

26
3

1

1

2

643

62
2

19
1

57
1
4
5
3
1

41

88
126

12
6

743

7,332

201

3,855

70
187

38

4,326

157

303

79
788
352
440

83
297

22

185

1,377

89

32

37

47

34,693

3,113

73

948

65

3,106

57

219

297

147

27

1,874

4,161

8,313

736

267

49.53
57.73
50.25
54.29
70.00
37.40
38.00
58.46
52.33
60.06
79.00
55.71
58.67
48.89
83.00
59.40
22.00
46.25
52.96
29.67

32.00
37.00
23.50
53.95
50.21
36.50
49.89
65.00
54.49
57.00
54.75
59.40
49.00
27.00
45.71
47.28
65.98
61.33
44.50

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1896.] OCCUPATIONS AND AGES AT DEATH. 75

Table XL— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

Statb op

Rhode Island.

.1896.

44 Tears and 7 Months,
June 1, 1852, to Deo. 81, 1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

1

i

<

i

!

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. 1
1

i

i
<

1

<

Cutters, Nail

12

11

1

125

10

8

11

4

56

11

24

25

3

11

1

6

1,500

474

5

15

315

847

22

51
2
1
3

97
6
3
3
1
7
2
5
7
7

295

490

422

77

6,330

381

472

630

195

2,401

449

1,314

1,364

111

508

47

240

72,572

25,199

291

836

14,537

40,552

1,169

2,420

134

60

124

3,864

261

84

153

76

311

115

353

292

416

16,325

40.83

Decorators

38 35

Distillers

77.00

Dyers

5

198

39.60

50.64

Founders

38.10

Brass and Iron

59.00

Foundrymen

3

141

47.00

57.27

Furnaeemen

48.75

Gasfitters.

1
2

44
98

44.00
49.00

42 87

Gilders

40.82

Gun and Locksmiths

54.75

Hatters

2

139

69.50

54 56

Heaters

37.00

Iron Rollers and Workers.

46.18

Japanners

47.00

Lathers

2

78
8

106

3,665

447

53.00
46.99
55.88

40.00

Machinists

48.38

Mechanics

53.16

Melters

58.20

Miners

1
24
40

1

4

65
1,090
2,106

41

201

65.00
45.42
52.65
41.00

50.25

55.80

Moulders

46.15

Painters and Glaziers

Paperhangers

47.88
53.14

Plasterers and Stucco
Workers.

47.45

Platers

67.00

Electro

60.00

Gold

41.33

Plumbers

5
2

219
79

43.80
39.50

39.83

Pressmen ,

43.50

Refiners

28.00

Gold.

51.00

Oil

76.00

Sugar

44.43

Scissors Grinders .......

57.50

Soap Boilers

70.60

Steam Pipers

41.71

Stove Manufacturers. . . .

59.43

Superintendents & Over-
seers

22

1,296

58.91

55.34

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76 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Table XI.— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

OCCUPATIONS.

State of Rhode Island.

I
3

o

1896^

<

s

^

Tallow Chandlers.

Tinsmiths

Upholsterers

Wire Workers

Wood Carvers . . . .

Finishers

Turners

339
60
33

121

Total.

VI.
Indoor. — Activity Re-
stricted,

Barbers

Bookbinders

Bookkeepers & Account-
ants..

Box Makers

Braid

Chain

Cigar

Clock and Watch

Harness, and Saddlers.

Paper

Rope

Sail

Shoe

Chasers

Clerks and Salesmen

Die Sinkers

Enamelers

Engravers

File Cutters

Forgers

Finishers

Brass

Jewelers

Shell.

Lapidaries

275

10

1

12

2
19

2
57

1

2

45

13,882

428
59

542

258

64

233

97
1,147

51
2,395

109
136
244

47

113

1,985

5

67.80
50.00
33.00

60.50

50.48

42.80
59.00

45.17

64.50
64.00
46.60

48.50
60.37
25.50
42.02

54.50
45.33
40.67

47.00
56.50
44,11

44 Years and 7 Months,
June 1, 1852, to Deo. 81, 1896.

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119

111
4,

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5,909

232

26

387

17

1

5

104

34

120

7

25

37

587

13

1,139

21

7

132

85

1

11

5

996

3

11

322 80.50

5,47446.00

2,059|40.37

51346.64

I49I37.25

383'54.7I

1,651,39.31

299,024 50.60

7,837
1,203

17,191

741

66

261

4,704

1,903

5,914

389

1,672

2,143

33,908

493

42,794

1,016

414

6,312

3,462

40

542

230

41,198

182

362

33.78
46.27

44.42
43.69
66 . 00
52.60
45 . 23
|55.97
49.28
55.57
66.88
57.92
57.76
37.92
37.57
48.38
59.14
47.82
40.73
40.00
49.27
46.00
41.36
60.67
32.91

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1896.] OCCUPATIONS AND AGES AT DEATH. 77

Table XI.— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

State of

Rhode Islai«d.

ths,
1, 1896.

• 1896.

44 Years and 7 Mon
June 1, 1852, to Dec. 3

OCCUPATIONS.

1

i

<

i

1

i

1

<
1

Laundrjmen

4

175

43.75

16

3

45

2,343

2

25

1

1

189

32

151

113

409

53

671
224

41 31

Leather Dressers

74 67

Millers

Operatives

1
109

81
4,849

81.00
44.49

2,664 59.20
102,478 43 74

Pearl Cutters

85

1,174

23

42

1 1 ,003

1,852

6,346

5,071

22,483

2,492

42.50

Polishers

46.96

Silver

23.00

Steel

42.00

Printers

5
1
6
5
19
5

237

22

338

268

1,186

170

47.40
22.00
56.33
53.60
62.42
34.00

58 22

Roll Coverers

57 87

Rubber Workers.

Silversmiths.

42.03
44 87

Tailors

54 96

Wool Sorters

47 02

Total

327

15, 2344.fi .^9

7,389

6

4

27

1

106

2

46

32

179

34

2

389

96

6

235

1

123

6

1 5

331,585

3,220

124

1,538

35
3,068

57
1,985

1,192

7,740

1,294

83

18,659

4,815

217

11,985

61

5,306

423

324

44 88

VIL

Occupations at Large.

Army Officers

53.67

Baggage Masters

Boatmen

1

36

36.00

31.00
56 96

Bootblacks

35.00

Brakemen

4
2
5

3
4

I

119

57

259

129

145

35

29.75
28.50
51.80

43.00
36.25
35.00

28.94

Butlers

28.50

Cab Drivers'and Hack men
Car Drivers, Conductors

and Motorraen

Coachmen

4:M5

37.25
43.24

Drivers

38.06

Drovers

41.50

Engineers and Firemen . .
£xpressmen.

31
2

1,559
107

50.29
53.50

47.97
50 16

Fire Company Members..

36.17

Fishermen & Oystermen.
Highway Surveyors .....

10

668

66.80

51.00
61.00

Hostlers

7 328

46.86

43.14

House Movers

70.50

Icemen 1 . .... 1

1

64.80

Digitized by VjOOQIC

78 POBTY-FOURTH BEGI8TBATI0N REPORT. [1896.

Table XI.— OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

State of Rhode Island.

1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

I

JaDitors 5: 219 43.80

Laborers 413 20,856 50.40

Lamplighters ! !

Linemen 3' 126 42.00

Lumbermen I I

Mariners \ 7\ 482,68.86

Messengers ,

44 Years and 7 Months,
June 1, 1862, to Dec. 81, 1896.

Milkmen
Naval Officers

Peddlers

Pilots '

Porters |

Sailors

Sea Captains or Ship'

Masters |

Servants ,

Sextons

Sinkers of Artesian Well«. I

Soldiers

Stage Drivers |

Stevedores i

Stewards

Switchmen, gatemen, etc. I

Teamsters I

Theatre Managers

Waiters v |

Watchmen !

Well Diggers

White washers i

Wood Sawyers |

2

1
7
1
3
11

10

1

96,48.00

33 33.00

224|32.00

26:26.00

105'35.00

448 40.73

666
40

61
61

1
37

11
3

68
1,710

66.60
40.00

61.00
61.00

68.00
46.22

443
168

40.27
56.00

Total.

588

VIIL
Employments of Women.

Actresses

Agents ,

Artists

Basket Makers.

29,274

49.79

\ 1,

43 43.00

o

76

9,643

17|

9I

2

529

2

14

19

167

21

46

262

175

25

9

2

142

8

16

19

17

579

I

119

159

4

8

5

13,395

.3,913

476,779

916

449!

153

26,373|

105!

365

941

8,276

1,159

2,169

12,541

11,737

1,121

556

95

4,387
398
766
834
921
27,040

51.49
49.44
53.88
49.89
76.50
49.85
52.50
40.35
49.53
49.55
55.19
47.15
47.87

07
84
77
50
89
49.75
47.87
43.89
54.18
46.70
4343.00

4,865
8,942

40.88
56.24

29573,

452
239

75
50
80

658,956 49.19

I
I

!

11237.33

59 59.00

180 60.00

14974.50

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] OCCUPATIONS AND AGES AT DEATH. 79

Table XI.-OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.— Continued.

State of

Rhode Island.

1896.

44 Years and 7 Months,
June 1, 1852, to Dec. 81, 1896.

OCCfUPATIONS.

i
1

i

-5

1
1

1
<

1
1

!

*

Box Makers

5
1
1
1
4
6
351

24
1

13

29

44
1
1

14

16
1

40
2
2

56

4

105

974

11
2

19
526

30

1

1

2

147

229

6

1

10

150

34

66

28

152

170

14,277

1,519

60

379

836

2,361

66

25

376

699

49

1,938

102

30 00

Broom and Brush

34.00

Braid

66 00

Cap

28 00

Chain

38 00

Cigar

28.33

Dress, and Seamstresses
Boardinghouse Keepers. .
Boatwomen

"""ie

1

615
76

38! 44
76.00

40.67
63.29
60 00

Bookkeepers

3
4
4

97
113
221

32.33
28.25
55.25

29.15

Clerks and Saleswomen..
Cooks

28.83
53 66

Farming

66.00

Hairdressers

25 00

Jewelers

26 86

Laboring

43 69

Lace Knitters

49 00

Laundresses

5
2

220
102

44.00
51.00

48 45

Matrons

.^1 00

Midwives

128' 64 00

Milliners

2,005

125

6,325

30,600

647

110

554

25,359

1,139

38

40

126

6,787

11,698

166

34

291

35 80

Musicians ■

31 25

Nurses

8
56

337

48 12

60 24

Operatives

2,02036 07I

31 42

Physicians

58.82

Public Officers.

55 00

Rubber Workers

Servants

3
35

77

1,640

25.67
46.86

29.16
48 21

Sisters of Mercy

37 96

Stewardesses

38 00

Storekeepers

40 00

Superintendents

63.00

Tailoresses

2

8

78
399

39.00
49.88

46 17

Teachers

51 08

Telegraph and Telephone
Operators

27 67

Upholsterers

34 30

Waitresses

1

24

24 00

29 10

1

Total

149

6,062

40.681

i 2,690

109,959

40.88

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80 FORTY-FOUBTH BEGiaTBATIOS BEPOBT. [1896.

Table XI. - OCCUPATIONS AND AGES.-Becapitulation.

State of

Rhode I

44 Ye
June 1,

SLAND.

1896.

ars and 7 Months,
1852, to Dec. 31, 1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

i

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<

■1

i

<

<

>
<

I.

Tillers of the Soil

187 13,311

71.18

6,846

455,628

66.55

II.

Professional and Per-

sonal

73 3,875

53.08

1,560

86,618

55.52

III.

Optional Activity

175

9,048

51.70

4,396

247,961

56.41

IV.

Outdoor. — Local

131

7,906

67.22

3,449

193,951

56.23

V.

Indoor — Active

275

13,882

50.48

5,909

299,024

50.60

VI.

Indoor. — Activity R e -

8tricted

327

15,234

46.59

7,389

331,585 44.88

VII.

Occupations at Large . .

588

29,274

49.79

13,395

658,956

49.19

VIII.

Employments of Women ,

149

6,062

40.68

2,690

109,959

40.88

All Classes

1,905

98,592

51.75

145,634

2.383,682

52 23

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number of marriages, three thousand three hundred and twenty-seven
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four (7,504).

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General results of Registration for ten years, 185Jf.-63, and for
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Whole Number Living

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1854-1868 38,042 1,471 36,571 14,943 24,230

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259,409 were living children.

During the same period there were recorded 103,171 marriages, or
206,342 persons married, and 190,767 deaths.

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Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Rhode Tslandy in 1896, with the

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TOWNS AND DIVISIONS
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Barrlngton 1,090

Bristol I 0,881

Warren 8,780

Bristol County 12,bl3

Coventry 5.080

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West Greenwich 7(Xi

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Little Compton 1,110

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New Shoreham I 1,302

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10.4
23.1
33.9

19.0

27.3

10.5
22.0

23.0

21.2 i'

11.3 I,
31.0 1 1

:io.i

11.8
17.0
20.2
27.9
5.4
17.1
23.7

24.8

8
5
4

157
11
8
10

28.3

17.4
11.1
10.0
30.1
18.1
19.1
11.0
23.2

125
01
()3
50
12
9
42
03
3
10

.353

1,588

30

17

214

2,009

3.827

11

11.8
14.1
15.8

14.0

9.4

12.8

10.8
10.2

7.1
9.0
5.6
14.4
10.9
8.8
10.7

18.1

8.0
15.3
13.0
14.0
10.0
20.5
11.0

7.2
14.0

2.3

7.1
20.9
21.4
17.0
14.5
10.8

18.2

10.2
17.8
24.4
22.2
13.4
10.4
12.2
17.0

10.7

17.0

19
141

00

220

110
CO
10

397

8
22
90
880
23
29
50

532

8i7

l.'i9

108

1.50

17

36

222

123

31

54

010

2,957

69

45

529

5,608

15
47
20
51
94
18
115

382

7,504

Si

11.2

20.6
15.8

17.9

22.8
19.1
14.2
17.9

18.8

9.4
19.7
13.9
17.5
17.7
16.0
16.7

17.0

17.3
19.9
16.9
19.4
14.8
14.5
22.0
19.0
14.3
12.1
19.8
18.3
19.9
19.6
19.3
20.8

19.2

22.5
16.6
17.4
15.8
11.4
17.9
10.9
14.8

15.8
100.1

19.1

K

.6

1.4

11.9

5.1

18.

11.3

2.4
-2.7

6.8

10.4

-12.8

l.l

7.0

7.8

5.2
15.3
11.9
11.8
9.7
6.0
-4.8
5.0
16.1
12.5
5.7
9.5
7.9
-3.2
3.8
18.1

9.1

-5.1

—5.5

.8

14.3

6.7

1.2

.7

8.4

4.3

8.2

♦ Not including State Institutions.

1 Geometrically estimated.

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1896.] GENERAL SUMMARY. 107

BIRTHS. Proportion to Population.

In Table XV, on the preceding page, may be found the varying pro-
portions of the number of births, marriages and deaths to every 1,000
of the population in the various towns and cities in the State, as they
occurred in 1896.

In regard to births, the extreme range of proportion to population
was from 5.4 in every 1,000, in New Shoreham, to 35.2 in Central Falls.
Following Central Falls, in the line of largest proportion, are Woon-
socket, with 33.9 ; and Coventry, with 32.5. Following New Shore-
ham, in the line of the smallest proportion of births to population, are
Exeter, wiih 11.1 in every 1,000; and West Greenwich, with 11.3.

The proportion of births to population in all the counties entire, and
in the cities of Central Falls, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, Woon-
socket, and the whole State, during the last seven years, are as follows :

BIRTHS TO EVERY 1,000 PERSONS.
1896. . 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892.

Bristol County 23.0 25.2. . .

Kent County 30.1 25.2. . .

Newport County 24.8 24.8. . .

Newport City 27.9 26.9. . .

Providence County 28.3 26.8. . .

Central Falls 35.2

Pawtucket 27.5 28.4. . .

Providence City 27.8 27.5. . .

Woonsocket 33.9 32.4. . .

Washington County 19.6 17.9. . .

Whole State 27.8 25.7. . .

....19.7 19.6 17.0....

....23.2. 22.9 23.0....

....25.2 26 3 23.1....

....27.8 30.1 24.4....

....28.2 27.9 26.9....

....24.7 27.0 24.5....

....28.9 27.9 27.8..,.

....32.1 34.1 81.2....

....19.4 19.1 16.8....

....26 6 26.5 25.2....

1891.

1890.

.19.9...

....19.8

.25.3...

....23.8

.29.7....

. . . .28.6

.33.8.,.

....34.2

.27.7...

... 27.2

.25.8...

....25.2

.29.3...

....«5.9

.29.9...

....27.4

.16.2....

....16.1

.26.5....

....24.7

PERSONS MARRIED. Proportion to Population,

The proportion to the population, of persons married, can be more
correctly shown in counties, or in cities and aggregates of towns, than
in single towns.

The following summary will present the proportions in the manner
suggested, for the last seven years :

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PERSONS MARRIED IN EVERY 1,000.

1896. 1895. 1894. 1898. 1898. 1891. 1890.

Bristol County 14.0 14.8 186 19.9 15.8 14.4 19.1

Kent County 10.2 11.8 18.6 16.9 16.8 16.8 17.2

Newport County 18.1 15.2 14.5 14.6 15.9 14.7 16.8

Newport City 14.4 17.1 15.7 15.6 16.0 15.0 18.5

ProTldenoe County 18.2 19.6 18.5 19.8 20.2 19.9 20.8

Central Falls 15.8

Pawtaoket 80.9 21.2 18.8 28.7 22.8 21.9 19.0

Providence City 21.4 82.2 21.1 81.4 28.4 82.0 21.8

Woonsocket 16.8 20.4 15.0 20.2 19.8 20.8 19.8

Washington County 16.7 17.2 14.4 14.4 16.2 16.8 17.1

Whole State 17.0 18.3 17.4 18.7 19.1 18.7 18.5

DEATHS. Proportion to Population,

The number of deaths, Id proportion to the living population, varies
considerably from year to year in the different towns. The smaller the
towns the greater, generally, is the annual variation.

The highest rate occurred in Coventry, that is, 22.8 in every 1,000 of
the population ; followed by Charlestown, 22.5, and Glocester, 22.0.

The lowest death rate was in the town of Jamestown, that is, 9.4 in
every 1,000 of the population ; followed by Barrington, with 11.2, and
North Kingstown, with 11.4.

The following summary will give the ratios of mortality to the pop-
qlation in the cities and counties of the State, during the seven years
ending December 31, 1896 :

DEATHS IN EVERY 1,000 OP POPULATION.

1896. 1895. 1894. 1898. 1898. 1891. 1890.

Bristol County 17.9 ,. .20.9 16.5 19.9 80.0 20.5 82.1

Kent County 18.8 17.4 19.8 19.4 20.7 18.0 17.6

City of Newport 17.5 16.5 17.7 19.1 20.0 21.8 17.9

Newport County 17.0 15.9 16.9 17.9 20.1 20.6 16.5

Central Falls 19.9

Pawtueket 18.3 20.1 18.7 19.6 21.7 18.8 21.9

City of Providence 19.9 21.2. 20.8 20.9 20.9 19.5 81.7

Woonsocket. 20.8 18.8 17.6 18.6 19.5 19.6 20.5

Providence County 19.2 20.1 19.1 19.0 20.2 18.6 22.1

Washington County 15.3 15.0 16.4 12.6 15.2 12.6........ 18.5

Whole State 19.1 19.6 19.1 19.6 20.1 18.6 20.7

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109

The proportion of deaths to the liviDg population, in 1896, was larger
than the annual average of the previous six years in Washington county,
and smaller in Bristol, Newport* and Providence counties, and in each of
the cities, Newport, Fawtucket and Providence.

Table XVI.

Proportion of Births^ Marriages and Deaths to the Population^ in

the Whole State, in each of the last twenty-eight

yearSy geometrically estimated.

BIR1

YEARS.

Popu-
lation.

Number.

1860

211,880

5,245

1870

218,565

5,215

1871

225,968

5,676

1872

233,637

6,143

1878

241,561

6,022

1874....

249,765

6,466

1875,....

258,289

6,508

1876

262,518

6,829

1877

266,850

6,235

1878

271,269

6,714

1879

275,758

6,350

1880

280,319

6,295

1881

284,960

6,761

1882

289,667

6,825

1883

294,460

7,046

1884

299,329

7,805

1885

304,284

7,028

1886

811,507

7,621

1887

318,907

7,668

1888

328,477

7,840

1889

334,823

8,220

1890

842,169

8,550

1891

850,292

9,426

1892

858,608

9,270

1893

867,125

10,048

1894

875,836

9,985

1895

884,758

9,882

1896

898,891

10,750

Of pjdp-
ulation,
one birth
in every

40.8
41.9
89.8
88.0
40.1
38.6
39.7
41.5
42.8*
40.4
43.4
44.5
42.1
42.4
41.8
41.0
43.8
40.9
41.6
41.6
40.7
40.0
37.2
38.7
36.5
87.6
88.9
86.6

MARRIAGES.

Number.

Of popu-
lation, one

person
married in

every

2,289

46.2

2,862

46.2

2,836

48.4

2,587

46.0

2,630

45.9

2,541

49.1

2,485

52.0

2,253

58.3

2,282

58.4

2,324

58.4

2,396

57.5

2,769

50.6

2,750

.51.8

2,634

55.0

2,611

56.4

2,558

58.5

2,488

61.2

2,750

56.6

2,839

56.2

3,022

54.0

3,029

55.2

8,195

53.5

DEATHS.

8,320
3,502
3,544
3,271
3,497
8,827

52.8
51.2
51.9
57.4
55.0
69.2

Number.

Of popu-
lation, ono
death in
every

8,882

62.5

8,238

67.5

8,344

67.6

4,247

55.0

4,403

54.8

4,229

59.0

4,317

59.8

4,116

68.8

4,460

60.0

4,441

61.1

4,472

61.7

4,829

58.0

5,016

56.8

5,074

67.1

5,282

56.7

5,141

58.2

5,389

56.5

5,848

58.3

6,340

60.8

6,594

49.5

6,259

53.4

6,934

49.8

6,620

52.9

7,896

48.5

7,440

49.3

7,160

52.5

7,585

51.1

7,504

52.5

Deaths in
every 1,000
of the pop-
ulation.

16.0
14.8
14.8
18.2
18.2
16.9
16.7
15.7
16.7
16.4
16.2
17.2
17.6
17.5
17.9
17.2
17.7
18.8
19.9
20.2
18.7
20.3
18.9
20.6
20.2
19.1
19.6
19.1

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DuriDg the ten years 1871-1880 the average annual birth rate was
one birth in every 39.7 of the population, or 25.2 births in every 1,000 ;
during the ten years 1881-1890 the ave'rage birth rate was one birth in
every 41.0 of the population, or 24.3 in every 1,000, a falling off of a
proportion of nearly one birth in every 1,000 of the population.

During the period of ten years 1871-1880 the average annual death
rate was one in every 58.4 of the population, or 17.2 in every 1,000,
according tp the returns. During the ten years 1881-1890 the average
annual death rate was one in every 53.3 of the population, or 18.8 in
every 1,000 of the living. From 1891 to 1896 the average annual death
rate was one in every 51.7 of the population, or 19.4 in every 1,000 of
the living.

It must be remembered, however, that the returns during the last ten
years have been more complete than in previous years.

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BIETHS, 1896.

The general statistics of births in Rhode Island, during the year 1896,
derived from the returns sent to the office of the State Registrar, may
be found on pages 2 to 8, inclusive, in Tables I, II and III.

The whole number reported is 10,750, as before stated, and is 868
more than the number in 1895.

SEX OF THE CHILDREN.

Of the 10,750 children whose births were registered in 1896, there
were 5,461 males and 5,289 females. This gives 103.3 males to each
100 females, or 508.0 males and 492.0 females in each 1,000 children.

The following Table shows the number and sex, and the proportions
of each sex of the children born in Rhode Island, during the ten years
1854-1863, and in each of the last thirty-three years :

Table XVII.

Males to each Per 1.000 Births

Years. Males. Females. 100 Females. Males. Females.

1854-1863 19,880 18,686 103.6, or 508.8 and 491 .2

1864 1,949 1,942 100.3, or 500 9 and 499.1

1865 ; . . .2,096 1,857 112.9, or 530 2 and 469.8

1866 2,546 2,356 108.0, or 519.4 and 480.6

1867 2,665 , 2,464 107.0, or 518.7 and 481.3

1868 2,745 2,627 104.5, or 511.0 and 489.0

1869 2,685 2,560 104.9, or 511.9 and 488.1

1870 2,679 2,536 105.6, or 513.7 and 486.3

1871 2,878 2,800 102.8, or 506.9 and 493.1

1872 3,085 3,058 100.8, or 502.2 and 497.8

1873 3,135 2,887 108.6, or 520.6 and 479.4

1874 3,311 3,155 104.9, or 512.1 and 487.9

1875 8,362 3,146 106.9, or 516.6 and 483.4

1876 3,291 3,038 108.3, or 520.0 and 480.0

1877 3,163 3,072 103.0, or 507.3 and 492.7

1878 8,402 3,312 * 102.7, or 506 7 and 493.3

1879 3,259 3,091 102.4, or 513 2 and 486.8

1880 8,241 8,054 106.8, or 514.8 and 485.2

1881 3,498 3,263 107.2, or 517.3 and 482 7

1882 3,509 3,316 105.8, or 514.1 and 485.9

1883 3,548 8,498 101.4, or 503.5 and 496.5

1884 8,718 8,592 108.4, or 508.3 and 491.7

1885 8,591 8,487 104.4, or .510.8 and 489.7

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Table XVII.— Continued.

[1896.

Years.
1886...
1887...
1888...
1889...
1890...
1891...

1893.,
1894.
1895.,
1896.

Males.

..8,897.,
...8,968.
, . .4,028. .
,..4,193.,
...4,851.
...4,986.
...4,765.

.6,105.
.6,129.
.5,186.
.6,461 .

Males to each
Females. 100 Females.

. . . .8,724 104.6, or

. . . .8,700 107.2, or

....8,817 105.4, or

....4,027 104.1, or

....4,199 103.5, or

....4,500 109.5, or

....4,605 105.8, or....,

....4,943 108.8, or....

....4,856 105.6, or....

....4,746 108.2, or....

. . . .6,289 103.8, or. . . .

Per 1,000 Births
Males. Females.
...511.8 and 488.7
...517.5 and 482 5
...513.1 and 486.0
...610.0 and 490.0
...508.8 and 491.2
. . .522.6 and 477.4
...514.1 and 485.»
...506.1 and 491.9
...513.7 and 486.8
...519.7 and 480.8
...508.0 and 492.0

The average proporlion for forty-three years is 104,8 males to every
100 females. At the end of five years from birth the number of each
sex is about equal, the males having a larger mortality during that
period.

PROPORTION OF THE SEXES. Localities,

In Table II, on pages 6 and 7, will be found the number of children
born in the different divisions of the State during the year 1896, together
with the number of each sex.

The following Table will give more concisely the whole number of
children born, arranged according to sex and locality, and the propor-
tion of male children to every 100 female children :

Table XVIII.

BIRTHS, 1896.

Males

Females

Total

Males to each 100 females

Is

It

Is

189

456

63

144

478

84'

283

934

167

965

95.4

98.8

t; o o

Ah

886
877

1,763
101.0

G

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^

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1

0)

1

i

PlH

287

459

Ah

^

255

311

2,122

468

285

296

289

479

2,006

401

490

607

576

988

4,128

864

108.5

105.1

99.8

93.7

105.8

115.5

o

.a

5,461
5,289

10,750
108.8

Compared with the previous year the decrease in the proportion of
male births in the whole State was about 4.9 per cent.

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The following Table exhibits the proportioDS of births of the sexes
for the past thirty-foar yeara in the larger divisions of the State and in
the whole State :

Table XIX. — Number of Males to each 100 Females.

BIRTHS.

1863.
1864.,
1866..
1866..
1867..
1868..
1869..
1870..
1871..
1872..
1878..
1874..
1876..
1876..
1877..
1878..
1879..
1880..
1881..
1882..
1888..
1884..
1885..
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.
1892.
1898.
1894.
1896.
1896.

•eg

120.0

106.8

119.8

109.4

115.5

117.4

115.7

126.4

131.8

109.2

129.2

98.7

95.2

142.1

138.7

120.5

124.3

117.2

91.2

94.7

94.0

105.0

182.2

120.0

115.1

98.1

81.9

96.5

107.1

120.0

90.7

103.4

118.4

96.5

if

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97.0

III

1^.

111.4

98.4

101.8

87.3

90.6

107.4

97.8

118.2

108.8

118.8

118.8

118.1

108.4

104.9

106.4

98.8

117.8

106.8

104.5

88.7

100.2

101.6

102.4

116.7

102.7

98.0

107.5

111.6

100.0

105.1

104.9

97.9

182.5

100.8

96.2

92.8

109.1

108.5

95.7

113.0

117.9

104.5

109.0

111.9

101.3

110.4

102.9

108.1

97.7

104.3

109.1

104.4

108.5

106.0

106.8

102.4

98.5

100.3

104.9

120.6

94.8

101.6

106.8

95.5

108.6

106.4

106.7

110.5

118.6

1024

107.6

111.3

102.0

105.9

109.0

110.2

112.5

103.1

106.6

97.6

97.0

103.5

102.2

111.7

92.9

102.5

105.8

107.8

96.0

104.8

103.6

81.7

102.6

106.7

106.0

121.7

106.6

108.9

107.9

106.1

105.0

103.4

107.4

122.0

107.5

103.6

101.4

113.0

106.8

108.5

98.3

110.4

118.4

107.0

109.1

102.1

102.4

110.7

100.0

101.8

97.7

l(H.l

104.1

102.4

121.1

110.2

996

116.8

100.8

106.0

109.6

95.4

108.7

102.4

106.8

So
^ _

108.7
103.4

88.1
124.0
120.4
136.5
120.6

99.5
113.3
110.6
104.7

94.0
134.3
103.7

95.8

78.8
106.8

95.4
115.7
105.7
102.2

99.0
104.3
121.7
106.7
110.2
110.2

97.4
106.4

98.5
109.0
106.5

115.6
106.5

I
o

105.8
100.3
112.9
108.7
107.7
104.5
104.9
106.6
102.8
100.9
108.6
104.9
106.9
108.8
103.0
102.7
105.4
106.1
107.2
106.8
101.4
103.4
104.4
104.6
107.2
105.4
104.1
103.6
109.5
106.8
105.8
105.6
106.2
103.3

♦Including city of Newport, tlncludjnir cltleLS p/ Central Falls, Pftwtucket and Woonsocket,
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FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

There will be found in the following summary in the aggregate, the
average number of males to each 100 females, born during the thirty-
four years from 1863-1896, in the different divisions of the State :

Bristol Coonty Ill .8 males to each 100 females.

Kent County 106.6 males to each 100 females.

Newport County^ 106.8 males to each 100 females.

Providence County Townst 105.0 males to each 100 females.

ProTidenoe City 104.9 males to each 100 females.

Washington County 107.4 males to each 100 females.

Whole State 108.1 males to each 100 females.

BIRTHS AND SEASON.

Table II, on pages 6 and 7 of this report, gives the number of births
occurring in the different months of the year, in the several divisions
of the State.

According to this Table, the greatest number of births in any one
month, in 1896, occurred in October, and the largest in any quarter
in the fourth.

The following Table shows the total number of children born in the
State of Rhode Island, according to the returns, in each quarter of each
of the last six years ; and also the aggregate number and the percentage
of the aggregate of each quarter in forty- three years, from 1854 to
1896, inclusive :

QUARTERS.

January— Maroh —

April— Jime

July— September. . .
October— December

Whole year ,

Table XX.

1854-1896 inclusive.

1896.

1885.

1894.

1893.

1892.

1891.

Number.

Per cent.

2,604

2,260

2,868 2.874

2,288

2,195

63,409

28.60

2,461

2,345

2,611

2,291

2,179

2,271

63,656

28.68

2,790 2,704

2,624

2,674

2,422

2,454

70,258

26.15

2,895 1 2,578

2,682

2,709

2,436

2,506

71.892

26.67

10,750'

9,882

9,985

10,048

9,270 i 9,426

! 268,715

100.00

Table XX presents results showing that/ according to the registration
of forty-three years, the average proportions of births to the whole
number of births in the different quarters of the year, were as follows :

♦ Including Newport city. + Including Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket.

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January— March 286.0 in every 1,000 births.

April— June 886. Sin every 1,000 births.

July— September 261 .5 in every 1,000 births.

October— December 265.7 in every 1,000 births.

The proportions of births in Rhode Island, in the diflPerent quarters
of the year, to the whole number of births in 1896, were as follows:

1. January— March 24.2 per cent, or 242 in every 1,000

2. April— June 22.9 per cent., or 220 in every 1,000

8. July— September 26.0 per cent, or 260 in every 1,000

4. October -December 26.9 per cent, or 269 in every 1,000

First six months 471 births in every 1,000 of whole number.

Second six months 529 births in every 1,000 of whole number.

BIRTHS. Sex and Seaso7i,

In Table II, on pages 6 and 7, will also be found the number of births
of each sex by months, as they occurred in the different divisions of the
State, during the year 1896. From it we ascertain the number of each
of the sexes born during each quarter of the year, with their relative
proportions, and also the aggregates and proportions of the same for
the whole State.

The following Table will present a summary of the quarterly periods,
number of births, and proportion of the sexes, for the same year :

Per 1,000,
Males to each each quarter.

Males. Females. 100 Females. Males. Females.

1. January— March 1,814 1,290 101.9 505 495

2. April-June 1,240 1,221 101.6 504 496

a July— September 1,480 1,360 105 . 1 518 487

4. October— December. ...1,477 1,418 104.2 510 490

Whole year 6,461 5,289 103.3 508 492

The following Table shows the number of male children born to every
100 female children, in each quarter of the last two years ; and also the
proportion of births of male children to each 100 female children born
during six periods of five years each, from 1866 to 1895, inclusive :

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Table XXI.

[1896.

YEARS.

First Qaarter. . . .
Second Quarter.
Third Qaarter. . .
Fourth Quarter.

Total Average. . .

1896

1895

6 years.

5 years.

6 years,

6 years.

6 years.

1891-1896.
104.6

1886-1890.

186M886.

1876-1880.

1871-1876.

101.9' 96 2

1

104.8

106.8

106.0

101.6

101.6

117.5

107.8

106.4

104.8

102.7

104.7

106.1

109.6

108.6

104.6

105.1

107.1

104.8

104.2

108.8

1

109.9
106.2

106.8
100.5

106.5

102.5
104.6

106.2
106.2

106.5
104.2

106.2

5 years,
1866-1870.

106.6
107.8
106.0
104.8

106.2

The aboye Table shows the variation of the proportions of the sexes
in the different quarters in the different years, and seems to conclusively
determine that season has very little, if any, influence in the causation
of sex.

PAAfiNTAGE.

By reference to Table I, page 4, in the division of births, there will be
found the parentage of the children born in Rhode Island during the
year 1896. It will be seen that of the whole number, 10,750, there were
3,422 of native parentage, 5,292 foreign, and 2,036 of mixed parentage.

By mixed parentage is meant the children born of native fathers and
foreign mothers, and of foreign fathers and native mothers.

Of native fathers and foreign mothers there were 1^039, and of foreign
fathers and native mothers, 997.

The following Table will show the number and parentage of the chil-
dren born in the State, and the variations of the same from year to year,
in each of the last four years ; and also the number and variations
occurring in three periods of five years each, and two of ten years each,
from 1858 to 1892, inclusive :

Table XXII.

PARENTAGE.

1806.

8,422

5,292

1,089

997

1
1895.

8,292

4,760

924

906

1894.

8,292

4,841

902

956

1898.

6

years,

1888 to

1892.

5

years,

1888 to

1887.

5
years,

1878 to
1882.

10
years,

1868 to
1877.

25,646

26,856

8,186

4,077

10

1858 to
1867.

Native father and mother

Foreign father and mother. . . .
Native father, foreign mother.
Foreign father, native mother.
PArentai^e not stated

3,808

4,878

9 56

916

16,511
18,787
4,021
4,087

15,001

15,245

8,044

8,878

14,169
18,562
2,827
2,887

20,821

19,665

1.600

1,606

298

10,750

Total

9,882

9,985

10,048

48,806

36,668

82,945

59,218

48,666

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The following Table of percentages will show, in a different and per-
haps clearer way, the same changes that have occurred in the proportions
of the births in the different classes of percentage during the last three
years; and during thirty-five years, from 1858 to 1892, inclusive, in
three periods of five years each and two of ten years :

Table XXIII.

PARENTAGE.

1896.

1895.

1894.

5 years,

1888 to
1892.

38.25

48.14

9.30

9.31

5 years,'
1888 to
1887.

5 years,
1878 to
1882.

10 years,
1868 to
1877.

10 years,

1858 to
1867.

Native father and mother

Foreijrn father and mother. . .
Native father, foreign mother.
Foreign father, native mother.

31.8.^

49 23

9.67

9.27

33.31

48.17
9.35
9 17

32.97
4S.48
9.08

9 52

40.91

41.58

8.30

9.21

43.a3

41.23

6.95

8.79

48.36

44.53

,5.87

6.74

46.84
45.36
8.89
8.91

Total

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

The registration of births, in 1896, is of interest as showing a larger
proportion of children born of native fathers than of foreign fathers.
A considerable number of those recorded as native fathers were them-
selves children of foreign parentage.

The percentage of children of mixed parentage was about the same,
in 1896, as in the previous year.

The following Table will present the percentages of children of native
and of foreign-born fathers, and of native and foreign-born mothers,
respectively, in each of the last three years, and in each of three periods
of five years each and two of ten years each, from 1858 to 1892, in-
clusive :

Table XXIV.

CHILDREN WITH

1806.

1895.

1894.

5 years,

1888 to

6 years,

18^ to

1887.

5 years,

1878 to
1882.

10 years,
1868 to
1877.

10 years,

1858 to

1867.

Native fathers...
Foreign fathers.,

Native mothers.
Foreign mothers

41.50 ; 42.66
58.60 57.84

41.10
58.90

42.48
57.62

42.01
57.99

42.48
57.52

47.56
52.44

47.67
62.43

49.21
51.79

49.91
50.09

60.08
49.92

51.79
48.21

48.78
51.27

50.10
49.90

50.78
49.26

60.75
49.25

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The percentage of the children born of foreign fathers and of foreign
mothers, during 1896, was a little larger than in 1895.

The number of native fathers of children born in 1896, was 1,828 less
than the number of foreign fathers, and the number of native mothers
was 1,912 less than of foreign.

BIRTHS OF C^OLORED CHILDREN.

The number of births of children of colored parentage reported for
the year 1896 is 226. This number is 5 more than in 1895, and also 5
more than in 1894.

In regard to sex, the numbers and proportions were as follows, viz. :
Males, 104 ; females, 122, or 85.2 males to each 100 females.

As the number of colored persons in the State was, according to the
census of 1895, 7,928, the ratio of births in this class would be 28.51
per thousand, or 1 to each 35.08 colored inhabitants.

The following summary will show the changes that have occurred
from year to year, in the proportions of the sexes of colored children
born in Rhode Island, during the last twenty-one years :

Whole Males to each

Years. Number. Males. Females. 100 females.

1876-1886 1,762 849 918 98.0

1886 212 117 96 128.0

1887 211 Ill 100 111.0

1888 202 109 98 117.2

1889 194 87 107 81.8

1890 188 89 94 94.6

1891 178 86 87 98.9

1892 182 94 88 106.8

1898 208 91 .'....112 81.8

1894 221 118 108 104.6

1896 221 117 104 112.5

1896 226 104 122 85.2

The following Table will show the location, number, sex, etc., of
colored births during 1896 :

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Table XXV.
Showing Number, Sex, etc., of Colored Births, J896.

TOWNS AND CITIES.

Bristol

East Oreenwioh

Warwick

Little Compton

Newport City

Portsmouth

Tiyerton

Central Falls

Cranston

East Proyidence

Pawtucket

Providence Citt

Scituate

Smithfleld '.

Charlestown

Exeter

Hopkinton

Narragansett District

North Kingstown

South Kingstown

Richmond

Westerly

Whole State

Whole
Number.

1

81
1
1

Males.

128
1

1

1

1
1
4
1

16
1
8

11

1

d

2
6
68

104

Females.

6
4

1
SO

1

6

8

65

1

1

122

COUNTIES.

Bristol County.

Kent County 12

Newport County 34

Proyidence County. ... 161

Washington County. . . 28
226

NUMBER OF CHILD OF THE MOTHER.

In the following Table will be found the number of the child of the
mother born during 1896 ; that is, how many of the children born were
reported as the first, second or third child, etc., of their respective
mothers. The statistics on this subject begin with the year 1857, and
the following Table includes the children reported during the last six
years, and also the total for forty years, 1857 to 1896, inclusive :

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POBTT-POUBTH BEGI8TBATI0N BBPOBT.

Table XXVI.

[1896.

Number of thb Child of the Mother, i 1891.

First

Second

Third..

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seyenth

Eighth

Kinth

Tenth

Eleventh

Twelfth .... 4 —

Thirteenth

Fourteenth

Fifteenth

Sixteenth

Seventeenth

Eighteenth

Nineteenth

Twentieth

Twenty-first

Twenty-second.
Unstated

2,345

1,899

1,880

1,055

782

594

392

897

234

169

114

71

40

1892.

; 2,888
I
1,754

1,444

; 1,060

I 754

520

416

311

218

149

113

75

36

18

18

10

4

1

1

Total 9,426 9,270 10,048 9,985 9,882 10,750 257,423

2,500
1,961
1,484
1,138

449

297

224

160

107

81

44

23

12

9

3

1

1

1

100

1894.

1896.

1896.

2,37r

2,829

2,574

2,026

2,008

2,125

1,519

1,512

1,672

1,106

1,129

1,233

818

895

918

578

640

666

445

429

488

806

304

387

203

203

259

148

148

161

112

102

123

78

65

71

71

36

40

28

27

26

12

22

12

12

5

13

3

2

4

4

2

3

2

3

2

142

22

22

9,985

9,882

10,750

40 years.
1857-1896.

63,040

51,123

89,548

29,749

22.243

16,278

11,680

8,318

5,689

3,815

2,862

1,509

871

447

248

131

68

35

19

8

4

There was aD increase of 868 Id the whole number of births in 1896
from the number in 1895.

There are varying differences in the proportions of all classes in the
different years.

The most of those in the class " Unstated " (number of the child of
the mother) were Italians.

There were three returns of births in the eighteenth, and three in
the nineteenth classes.

The proportion of each class to the whole number will be shown by
the following Table, which gives the percentage of the children born in
each of the last four years, who were respectively the first, second, third.

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etc., children of the mothers, and which will also give the average per-
centage of each class of births, during a period of ten years, from 1868
to 1877, inclusive, and of five years, 1878 to 1882, 1883 to 1887, and
from 1888 to 1892, inclusive :

Number op thb Child.

1896.

1895.

1894.

1893.

24.88
19.72
14.77
11.33
8.21

5 years

1888 to

1892.

25.20
19.77
14.94
11.10
8.23

5 years,
1888 to
1887.

5 years,

1878 to
1882.

10 years,

1868 to

1877.

First

23.94
19.77
15.56
11.47

8.54

79.27
20.68

23.57
20.32
15.30
11.42
9.06

28.81
20.29
15.21
11.08
8.19

24.80
19.22
14.82
11.05
8.56

28.1
18.1
16.9
12.2
9.1

25 2

Second

20 7-

Third

15.5

Fourth

11.4

Fifth

8.4

First to Fifth

79.67
20.83

78.58
21.42

78.91
21.09

79.24
20.76

77.80
22.20

80.0
20.0
100.00

81.1

Sixth and over and unstated

18.9

Total

100 00

100 00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

Table XXVII.
Showing the Ages of the Fathers and Mothers of Children horn

in 1896,

!s OP Mothers.

"^ so-
il

is

!Z5

j
Ages op Fathers. \

\

\

i

i

1

it

1

i

18 years 1

4

19 years 6

1

152

1,508

1,023

365

94

30

8

1

1

24

20-25 vears 367

32

252

1,076

709

237

68

24

10

2

1

1

26

147

708

418

164

37

11

4

2

2

1
7

70
238
151

1
1
8
9
26

2

2

1

1
1

1
1
4
1
1

1,252

25-30 vears 124

3,020

80-35 years 336

2,619

85-40 years 117

1,989

40-45 years 30

1,025

45-50 vears 5

447

50-55 vears 4

44 9
14 3

128

39

2
1

10

5

7R on vpfl.rR 1

1

Unstated 40

48 18

6

4

*"

5

2

36

187

Number of Mothers. . . 531

8,223

2,429

1,524

529

52

44

10,750

10

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The oativity of the mothers under 19 years was as follows ; the one
at 13 years was Americao ; the one at 14 years was American ; the two
at 15 years were AiAerican.

Of the twenty-eight at 16 years, 25 were American, I Arabian, 2
Italian.

Of the sixty-three at 17 years, 26 were American, 13 Canadians, I
English, 1 German, 4 Irish, 11 Italian, 2 Polish, 2 Portuguese, 1 Scotch,
1 Turkish, and 1 West Indian.

Of the one hundred and eighteen at 18 years, 82 were American, 16
Canadian, 7 English, 6 Italian, 2 Nova Scotian, 1 Scotch, 2 Swedish,
and 2 Portuguese.

The 10,706 children were divided as follows, to mothers of different
age periods :

Number of Mothers. Per cent-

Under twenty years 411 3.84

Twenty, and under twenty-five 2,581 83.64

Twenty.five, and under thirty 8,223 30.10

Thirty, and under thirty-five 2,429 22.69

Thirty-five, and under forty 1,524 14.24

Forty, and under forty-five 529 4.94

Forty-five, and over 69 55

Total 10,706 100.00

PLURALITY BIRTHS.

The general statistics in relation to plural births, in Rhode Island,
may be found on page 8, Table III.

There were one hundred and nineteen cases during the year, one
hundred and seventeen of which were twins, and two were triplets,
thus making the number of two hundred and forty children.

Of the 240 children of plural birth, 119 were males, and 121 were
females.

The cases occurred in the different divisions of the State as follows :
Bristol county, 1 ; Kent county, 15 ; Newport county towns, 3 ; New-
port city, 10; Providence county towns, 31* ; Providence city, 50;
Washington county, 9.

The following exhibit will show the parentage of children of plural
birth in Rhode Island, in 1896, and number of each :

Parents both native Americans 85

" " British Americans 4

'' " French, Canada 12

* Including Central Falls, Pawtucket, and Woonsooket,

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Both parents born in England 6

*' " Germany 1

** " " Ireland 18

Italy 7

" Poland 1

'' " " Portugal 2

" " " Russia 4

'* *' " Sweden 2

Native father and British American mother 5

Native father and English mother 6

Native father and Irish mother 2

Native father and Scotoh mother 1

Belgian father and native mother 1

British American father and native mother 4

British American father and Irish mother 1

English father and native mother 2

English father and Irish mother 1

Irish father and native mother 6

Scotch father and native mother 1

Scotch father and German mother 1

W. Is. father and native mother 1

Total bhrths 119

Total children ,.240

The months in which the plurality births occurred were as follows :

January 6 April 9 July 12 October 11

February 9 May 8 August 10 November 4

March 11 June 9 September 16 December 14

First Quarter 26 Second Quarter. . .26 Third Quarter. . . .38 Fourth Quarter. . . .29

First half of year 52 Second half of year 67

Total 119

The general statistics of births, and number of cases reported in
Rhode Island during a period of forty-three years, that is, from 1854 to
1896. inclusive, are as follows:

268,292 cases of single births giving 263',292 children.

2,789 cases of twin births giving 5,578 children.

27 cases of triple births giving 81 children.

1 case of qoadruple births giving 4 children.

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128 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Of the whole number of cases of child-birth (266,109) during the
forty-three years, one in 95.4 produced twins, one in 986.6 produced
triplets, and one in 266,109 produced quadruplets.

Of the whole number of children born during the same period (268-
955), ascertained from the reports, one in every 48 was a twin, and one
in every 3,320 was a triplet.

Of the 2,817 cases of plurality birth which have occurred in the State
during the last forty-three years, there were 1,101 cases in which both
parents were natives ; 1,331 cases in which both parents were foreign ;
375 cases in which the parents were mixed, that is, one native and one
foreign parent ; and 8 in which the parentage was not stated.

The whole number of children born in plurality cases, during the
forty-three years, was 5,663, of whom 2,870 were males, and 2,789 were
females ; the sex of the remaining four was not given.

STILL-BORN.

The whole number of still-born children reported in Rhode Island,
for the year 1896, was 424 ; this number is 57 more than for the year
1895.

The following are the numbers reported from the different divisions
of the State:

Bristol County 8

Kent County 21

Newport County Towns 7

Newport City 40

Providence County Towns 39

Central Palls 20

Pawtucket City 85

Providence City 218

Woonsocket , 21

Washington County , 15

Whole State » 424

The following Table will give the number in each town from which
still-births were reported, with the sex, parentage and color:

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Table XXVIII.
StiU'Bom, 1896, Locality, Numher, Sex, Parentage, and Color.

1

SEX

PARENTAGE.

COLOR.

TOWNS AND DIVISIONS
OF THE STATE.

4
2

1

1
1

4

8

1

i

1

Bristol

5
8

5
3

Warren

* 1

•7I" r

Bristol Countt

8

8

18

6

2
12
14

1
18

2

21

2

10
8
8
4
6

18
128

14
108

1
1

2

6

2

1
6

8

8

18

Coventry

1

7

2
11
18

15

1
16

12
8
5
2
5
2

24
114

12
179

8

Warwick

Kent County

21

1
1
40
2
8

7

1

22

2

1
26

10
8
5
2

4
2
17

90
7

8

1
25
2
2-
81

2

8
8
8
4
5

11

104

9

154

2

1
1
2
6

21

1
1
85
2
8

Jamestown

Middletown

Newport

5

Portsmouth

Tiverton , ^

Newport County

47

2
20
11

8

6
10

2
85
218
21

42

2
20
11

8

6
10

2

85

208

21

6

BurrillvlUe

Central Falls

Cranston

Cumberland ,

East Providence

Johnston

Tiiiiooln .^ .. t - 1 .-.....,....,.

Pawtucket

Providence City

15

Woonsocket

Providence County

888

2

1
1
2
9

140

1

1
8

818
2

1
1
9

15

Hopkinton

Narragansett

1

North Kingstown

South Kingstown

1

Westerly

Washington County

15
424

10
844

5
180

12
218

8
818

18
408

2
22

Total

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FOBTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

8UMMART OF 8BX OF STILL-BORN.

[1896.

The following Table shows the number and sex of the still-born
children whose births were reported in Rhode Island daring each of
the last five years, and also of a period of forty-three years, extending
from January 1, 1854, to December 31, 1896 ;

Table XXIX.

1804.

SEX.

1806.

1806.

1808.

1808.

January 1, 1854,

to

Deo. 81, 1896.

Hales

244

180

828

144

811
181

235

177

217
154

5,078
4,253

Total

484

867

802

412

871

10,225

The average proportions of the sexes of the still-born, for the period
of forty-three years, were as follows : In every 100 still-births there were
about 58 males and 42 females.

Season of Still-Births — During 1896 the proportions in relation to
season, by percentage, were as follows :

1896.

First Quarter 21.70

Second Quarter .28.30

1896.

Third Quarter 24.76

Fourth Quarter 25.24

Fer oent. first half of the year 50.00 Last half of the year.

50.00

The births of the still-born in the different months of the year,
although somewhat variable in number, do not, as a rule, show great
discrepancies.

PARENTAGE OF THE STILL-BORN.

Of the 424 still-born children reported in 1896, there were 212 of
native, and 212 of foreign parentage, reckoned by the nativity of the
fathers, that is, the father's name given ; and 189 of native and 235 of
foreign, reckoned by the nativity of the mothers, name of father giveA
or not given.

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131

ILLEGITIMATES.

In the following Table will be found the whole namber of illegitimate
births returned during 1896, with the sex, color, parentage and locality
of birth :

Table XXX.
Illegitimates^ 1896,

TOWNS.

Warren

Coventry

East Greenwich . . .

Warwick

Tiverton

Newport City...
Central Palls..

Cranston

Cumberland

Lincoln

North Smithfield..
Providence City

woonsocket

Hopkinton

Narrangansett —
North Kingstown
South Kingstown

Whole State —

142

73

2

s!

3 I

2 '
I
1

6

2

5

2

2

1

81

9

1

121

21

parentage.

G8

There were returns, during 1896, of 142 children of illegitimate pa-
rentage. The number is 28 more than that of the previous year.

Sex, — Of the 142, there were 73 males and 69 females.

Color.— Of the 142 illegitimates born during 1896, 121, or 85.2 per
cent., were white, and 21, or 14.8 per cent., were colored.

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Parentage. — Of the 142, 88, or 62.0 per cent, of all, were born of
native mothers, and 54, or 38.0 per cent., of foreign-born mothers.
The colored illegitimates were all of native parentage. There were of
the 121 white illegitimates, 67 born of native mothers, and 54 of foreign
mothers.

The ages of the mothers were as follows :

Age.

15

16

No, of
Mothers.

1

6

9

Age.

24

25

No. of
Mothers.

17

6

Age.

88

84

86

86

42

UDknown ....

No. of
Mothers.

17

26

27

4

8

18

9

19

7

28

8

20

13

29

80

2

2

2

21

21

15

Total

22

81

8

142

23

10

82

4

Sixty-nine of the illegitimates were born of indigent, pauper or crim-
inal mothers, in public, charitable or penal institutions.

Sixty-three of these sixty-nine births occurred at the Lying-in-Hos-
pital, in the city of Providence.

The proportion of illegitimates to the whole number of births was
about one in every 76 cases, or about thirteen in every 1,000,

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MARRIAGES. 1896.

The number of marriages registered in Rhode Island, during the year
1896, was 3,327. This number is 56 more than in 1894, and 170 less
than in 1895.

The general statistics of marriage in 1896, in relation to season and
number, in the different divisions of the State, may be found in Table
IV, on the ninth page.

The statistics in relation to the proportion to population of persons
married in 1896, in each of the towns and general divisions of the State,
may be found in Tables XV and XVI, on pages 106 and 109.

The following Table will present the number of marriages, and the
ratio of marriage to population, in each year for a period of thirty-
seven years, 1860 to 1896, inclusive:

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Table XXXI.

[1896.

YEARS.

I860 1 1,748

1861 1,533

1862 1,450

1863 1 1,618

1864 1,844

1865 I 1,896

1866 j 2,318

1867 j 2,344

1868 j 2,285

1869 '2,289

1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.

2,362
2,336
2,537
2,630
2,541
2,485
2,253
2,282
2,324

II

O

50.0
56.8
61.1
54.7
50.1
48.7
39.9
39.8
40.5
47.5
46.0
46.5
42.9
41.3
50.8
52.0
57.3
56.6
55.7

20.0
17.6
15.1
18.3
19.9
20.5
25.1
25.1
24.8
21.1
21.7
21.5
23.2
24.2
19.6
19.2
17.5
17.7
17.9

YEARS.

1879 1 2,396

1880 2,769

1881 2,750

1882 2,634

1883 2,611

1884 1 2,558

1885 2,488

1886 2,750

1887 2,839

1888 3,022

1889 3,029

1890 3,195

1891 3,320

1892 3,502

1893 3,544

1894 3,271

1895 1 3,497

1896 1 3,327

Annual Average. . .

57.8
49.9
50.3
52.5
54.4
58.1
61.3
56.5
55.8
53.5
57.8
54.1
53.5
52.4
53.6
57.4
55.0
59.2

53.2

17.5
20.0
19.9
19.0
18.3
17.2
16.3
17.7
18.0
18.7
17.3
18.4
Id. 5
19.1
18.7
17.4
18.2
17.0

18.6

SEASON.

The following Table will show the number and percentage of mar-
riages in Rhode Island, in each month and each quarter of the year
1896, together with the aggregate number and percentage in each quar-
ter for forty-three years, viz., from 1854 to 1896, inclusive-

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mahriaoes.
Table XXXII.

135

MONTHS.

January ••
February.
March....,

April.
May..
June.

July

August

September.

October —
November.
December..

Is

5?5

2861
276 1-

8G81
213 [
423 J

Number of Mar-
riages each Quar-
ter, 1896.

Ist Quarter.. 690

20.74

2d Quarter. .1,004 80.18

2201

246;- 8d Quarter... 773

307 J

3131

355 y

I
192 J

Total.

4th Quarter.. 860

23.28

25.86

3,387 100.00

^00

Number of Mar-

11

p

riages per Quarter,
48 yrs., 1854-1896.

Ist Quarter. .22,286

21.56

2d Quarter... 26,494

25,69

3d Quarter... 24, 148

23.41

4th Quarter.. 30,272

29.84

*103,170

100.00

The largest Dumber of marriages id aDj ODe moDtb, diiriog 1896,
occurred iD the moDth of Juue. For thirty-eight years previous to
1892, the greatest Dumber of marriages was io the mooth of Novem-
ber. Id 1892, 1893, 1894, aod iD 1896 the greatest Dumber of mar-
riages was iu the mouth of JuDe. The rule has beeu as follows : The
largest proportioD Id the last quarter ; the uext largest Id the seooDd
quarter; followed by the third quarter; aud, fiDally, the first quarter
baviug the smallest proportioD of aDy. Id 1893, 1894, aod 1896 the
largest proportioD was iD the secood quarter.

Duriug 1896 the proportioDS iu the differeot quarters, from the largest
to the smallest, were as follows: Secoud quarter, 30.18 per ceut. ;
fourth quarter, 25.85 per ceut. ; third quarter, 23.23 per ceut. ; first
quarter, 20.74 per ceut.

NATIVITY OF PERSONS MARRIED.

The followiDg Table shows the number of marriages, accordiog to
the Dativities of the parties, for each of the last four years, aud also
♦Including 20, date not given, recorded previous to 1860.

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[1896.

for the aggregate of twenty-five years, from 1858 to 1882, inclusive, of
five years, from 1883 to 1887, inclusive, and of five years, from 1888
to 1892, inclusive :

Table XXXIII.

BIRTH-PLACE.

1896.

1,587

1,021

868

856

1895.

1,649

1,088

390

870

1894.

1898.

5 years,

1888-1892.
Total.

5 years,

1888-1887.

Total.

25 years,

1868-1882.

Total.

United States

1,589
1,048

88?

352

1,577

1,224

851

892

7,818
4,973
1,687
1,645

7.157
8,601
1,828
1,165

s i 1 i g

Foreign Countries

Native groom, foreign bride.

Foreign groom, native bride

Not stated

Total

8,827

8,497

8,271

8,544

16,068

18,246

54,784

It will be understood that in the above enumeration the parent
nativity of the persons married is npt considered, but the country
where born.

Parties born in the United States, although children of foreign born
parents, are reckoned as natives.

In the following Table are given the percentages by birth, of native,
foreign and mixed marriages, in each of the last four years and in the
aggregate of five years, 1888 to 1892, inclusive, of five years, 1883 to
1887, inclusive, and of twenty-five years, 1858 to 1882, inclusive :

Table XXXIV.

BIRTH-PLACE.

•

1896.

1895.

1894.

47.05
81.89
21.06

1893,

44.50
34.54
20.96

5 years,
1888-1892.

48.62
30.95
20.48

5 years,
1883-1887.

25 years,

1858-1882.

United States

47.70
80.69
21.61

47.16
81.11
21.78

54.02
27.19
18.79

61.80

Foreign countries

25.18

Mixed nativity

18.57

Total

1 1
100.00 ino.oo ifio.nn

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

It will be of some interest to notice that by the exhibit of the two
preceding Tables, it is shown that, although the marriages of the native
born (whether the issue of foreign boiu parents or natives) have, as a

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Marriages.

13?

rule, increased in numbers^ they have also steadily decreased in propor-
tion^ with two or three exceptional years, that is, to the whole number
of marriages ; while the marriages of the class of the exclusively for-
eign born have been, for the past thirty years, gradually increasing in
proportion.

There was a falling oflf of the percentage of marriages of the class
of exclusively foreign born, during 1894, 1895, and again in 1896.

Denominational. — The 3,327 marriages in 1896 were performed by
clergymen of various denominations, or by civil authority, as follows :

DENOMINATIONAL.

Roman Catholic 1 ,267

Baptist 521

Protestant Episcopal 893

Congregational S02

Methodist 288

Free Baptist 88

Luther£Ui 83

Universalist 58

Christian 48

Hebrew 89

Presbyterian 83

Justices of Supreme Court 31

Unitarian 28

Advent 25

Seventh Day Baptist 20

United Presbyterian 18

Prhnitive Methodist 18

Advent Christian 9

Second Advent 7

Friends Ceremony 4

Recognized Church of Jesus Christ 8

Faith 8

Evangelical 2

Disciples of Christ 2

New Jerusalem 2

Church of Christ 1

Denomination not stated 44

Total 8,827

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J'ORnf-^OURM RfiGlSTfiATlON REPORT.

[1896.

AGES OF THE MARRIED.

Id the foIlowiDg Table the varying ages of persons married during
1896 are presented :

Table XXXV.

AGES OF BRIDES.

g

AGES OF GROOMS.

a

IS

3

4

s

16

S

3

8

S

2

5

1

1

Under 20

51
344
116

27
6

17

711

536

130

47

21

3

1

2

111

372

162

51

16

15

5

10
61
99
44
20
17
8
2

4

17
25
36
36
15
9
6

2
7

15

22

13

11

8

3

1

1

5

6
12

7
6
3
2

1
1

1

2
4
2
2
3

2
4
3
5

1

2
3
3

1
1

1

70

20 to 25

1,180

25 to 30

1,105
450

30 to 35

35 to 40

204

40 to 45

122

45 to 50

3

80

50 to 55

47

55 to 60

31

60 to 65

1

15

65 to 70

1

...

16

70 to 75

4

75 to 80

1

3

Number of Brides

547

1,467

736

263

148

82

44

14

14

9

2

1

3,327

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139

The extreme discrepancies in the ages of some couples married in
1896 were not so frequent as in some previous years.

The same results, in 1896, in relation to numbers in the different age
periods, may be presented in a different and perhaps clearer way as
follows :

Table XXXVI.

?i

1896.

^

^

s

s

?
P

s

o

2

s

3

^

Males

70

1,180

1,105

4

3

Females

547

1,467

736

1
5

Total Dersons

617

2,647

1,841

8

The whole number of persons in each division of ages, of both sexes,
married in Rhode Island in each of the last thirty-one years^ that is,
from 1866 to 1896 inclusive, is presented in the following Table :

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FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XXXVII.

[1896.

YEARS.

1866..
1867..
1808..
1809..
1870..
1871 . ,
1872.,
1878..
1874.,
1875. .
1870.,
1877.,
1878.
1879.
1880.,
1881.

1883.,
1884.
1885.,
1886.,
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.
1891.

1894.
1895.
1896.

644
642
744
697
786
768
770

081
618
689
68H
599
498
497
484
488
505
501
582
548
596
685
668
676
613
607
617

^ S

1,931 1,025'

I

1,886, 1,104

I i

1,836 1,050'

1,814 1,051'

1,883| 1,084J

1,914' 1,118

2,073; 1,182'

I I

2,177, 1,156

1,998' 1,179

2,058 1,108

1,7411 1,041

1,745| 1,118

l,882i 1,123|

1,879 1,15«5'

2.801 ! 1,2«J2'

2,808! 1,410

I
2,126| 1,877

2,108 1,870,

i I

2,027 1,289,

1,973! I,**'

2,133 1,552

2,808, 1,552,

I

2,427 1,608

1,492

1,632

1,442

2,403
2,693
8,141

3,011 1,729

I

2,777, U

2,760 1,613

2,763 1,887

2,647, 1,841

s

B

B

©

B

B

B

419

213

127

81

59

25

21

416

211

148

91

48

87

18

432

219

188

82

61

80

29

468

227

184

79

46

85

15

415

216

159

86

64

26

24

392

228

115

78

56

85

22

434

287

131

81

61

43

21

507

258

140

87

68

35

24

459

268

159

101

52

36

39

475

258

150

101

• 60

82

29

450

224

154

80

53

27

19

459

244

125

92

52

46

14

441

259

162

74

49

89

20

481

272

,«,

78

56

89

26

556

8',>9

108

91

65

88

87

547

8118

187

107

61

8<

81

608

801

101

102

67

86

27

480

819

188

116

78

81

20

569

807

152

114

04

48

80

540

309

163

102

57

45

27

608

288

174

103

78

24

20

607

294

162

114

49

89

23

640

380

207

105

60

36

17

712

879

182

121

66

45

8

673

820

206

102

69

41

29

635

815

158

115

64

85

21

782

•389

201

122

60

35

80

776

436

237

133

79

47

89

680

375

183

150

74

89

29

767

417

227

142

83

49

22

713

352

204

124

61

45

24

B
1-2

B

8

8
B

1

8

4

1

9

3?

8
9,

2

....

49
6

8

6

1

5

6

1
1

27
9

9

9

2

4

1

9

H

2
8

1
8

2

1

1

1

11
1
2

2

8

8

1

2

9

2

1
8

1

1
1
1

4

6

4
8

In the following Table will be found the number and proportion of
the persons married under 20 years of age, both sexes, in eight periods
of five years each, from 1856 lo 1895, inclusive; for the whole period
of forty years, and in 1895 and 1896 :

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IIABBIAOES.

Table XXXVIII.

141

6-TEAE PERIODS.

^i

"2

Is

B ^

II

a|

o»

H^

Pk

15,888

8,294

16,682

2,406

28,196

3,419

25,058

3,696

24,048

3,267

26,082

2,516

29,670

2,727

34,268

8,249

194,842

24,574

6,994

607

6,654

617

1856-1860

1861-1865

1866-1870 ,

1871-1876

1876-1880

1881-1885

1886-1890

1890-1895

40 years, 1856-1895.

1895

1896

20.79

14.42

14.74

14.75

18.59

9.65

9.19

9.48

12.61

8.68

9.27

Per cent., first fifteen years

Per cent., second fifteen years.
Per cent., last ten years

.16.87
.12.60

18

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PROPORTION OF SEX.

Table exbibiting tbe percentages of grooms in eacb division of ages,
in eacb of tbe last thirty-seven years :

Table XXXIX.

YEARS.

1860.
1861.
1862
1863.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1878.
1874.
1875.
gj , 1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.,
1882.
1883.
1884.,
1885.
1886..
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.,
1891.,
1892.,
1898.,
1894..
1895..
U896..

6.0
4.6
4.2
8.5
4.8
8.5
5.8
4.8
4.1
4.8
4.8
6.8
4.8
8.8
4.1
8.5
6.1
4.8
8.9
8.9
8.6
2.8
2.2
2.9
2.5
2.6
2.5
1.7
2.8
2.8
3.8
8.2
2.3
2.9
8.0
2.2
2.1

o

s

s

s

42.8

26.9

16.8

5.7

8.8

44.6

25.4

15.5

5.8

4.2

87.8

27.9

18.8

5.9

5.9

88.0

29.6

17.2

6.8

6.9

88.8

27.8

17.9

7.4

4.8

87.0

28.4

18.9

7.6

4.7

40.9

27.0

16.4

6.8

4.1

40.1

27.9

10.8

6.8

4.1

89.9

28.2

17.1

6.1

4.6

89.6

27.7

18.6

6.1

8.8

40.4

28.1

16.0

6.4

4.8

40.1

28.9

16.5

4.9

4.8

41.8

28.2

16.6

5.2

4.4

42.4

26.7

17.0

6.0

4.1

40.4

27.2

17.5

6.4

4.4

40.9

27.8

17.6

6.1

4.2

87.5

28.6

17.9

5.6

4.3

86.0

80.2

18.7

5.9

6.9

88.6

29.0

18.0

6.8

4.8

87.8

28.8

19.8

5.4

4.8

88.9

27.5

19.9

5.8

4.3

87.2

29.7

19.5

6.8

4.0

86.0

31.4

20.0

6.1

4.3

86.2

81.7

17.7

7.2

4.3

86.2

29.1

21.0

6.2

5.0

34.7

30.2

20.9

6.8

4.8

85.2

81.9

19.6

6.8

4.0

87.1

31.6

19.6

6.2

8.8

86.1

81.1

19.8

6.5

8.7

87.6

27.8

21.3

6.6

4.4

36.9

30.8

18.9

6.1

4.0

44.7

26.4

17.2

5.2

3.8

40.1

29.3

19.0

6.1

3.2

35.3

30.7

21.0

6.8

3.8

87.4

29.3

19.9

6.8

3.6

36.0

30.6

21.0

6.8

3.9

35.5

83.2

19.6

6.1

8.5

3

g

100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0

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143

Table exhibiting the percentages of brides in each division of ages,
in each of the last thirty-seven years :

Table XL.

YEARS.

1.

S3

S
8

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s

s

o

1

fl860

25.8
29.6
24.9
24.9
24.2
22.6
24.7
25.4
24.4
24.1
26.8
24.6
26.7
25.3
26.3
23.9
25.6
23.4
22.7
22.8
21.1
19.0
16.7
16.2
16.4
14.9
15.8
15.9
16.4
15.1
15.4
17.4
16.8
16.2
15.7
15.2
16.4

44.1
42.0
41.3
42.6
43.4
43.3
42.9
40.5
40.9
40.5
39.4
41.9
40.5
40.8
38.1
42.1
39.8
40.4
40.4
40.7
44.2
43.0
44.8
44.2
43.0
44.6
42.4
44.1
44.3
48.7
47.3
49.9
45.9
43.0
47.0
43.0
44.1

17.0
15.2
16.7
16.9
17.8
19.1
17.4
19.3
18.1
18.7
17.9
19.1
18.4
17.5
19.3
16.8
17.6
18.8
19.3
19.4
18.0
21.5
20.9
20.6
21.8
21.8
24.5
22.8
92.1
21.5
20.4
17.0
20.1
22.0
20.0
23.4
22.1

9.1

7.8
11.8

9.8
10.3
11.0
11.0
10.0
11.6
12.1
10.8
10.1

9.9
12.0
11.1
11.8
12.0
12.1
12.2
12.1
12.0
11.2
12.6
13.2
18.2
13.2
12.5
12.1
12.4
14.7
12.0
11.4
18.0
13.3
12.3
12.8
12.4

2.6
4.1
4.1
4.1
2.9
3.5
2.7
8.4
3.8
3.4
8.9
3.1
2.2
2.7
3.9
4.0
3.7
8.6
3.8
8.0
8.3
8.8
3.9
4.3
4.2
3.8
3.3
8.5
8.7
3.4
3.6
8.1
8.1
4.1
8.4
4.3
3.8

1.4
1.3
1.2
1.7
1.4
1.5
1.3
1.4
1.7
1.2
.1.2
1.2
1.8
1.7
1.3
1.4
1.8
1.7
1.6
2.0
1.4
1.5
1.1
1.5
1.9
1.7
1.5
1.6
1.1
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.2

100.0

1861

100.0

1862

100.0

1863

100.0

1864

100.0

1865

100.0

1866

100.0

1867

100.0

1868

100.0

1869

100.0

1870

100

1871 .

100.0

1872

100.0

1873

100.0

1874

100.0

1875

100.0

1876

100.0

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1877

100.0

1878

100.0

1879

100.0

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1880

100.0

1881

100.0

1882

100.0

1883

100.0

1884

100.0

1885

100.0

1886

100.0

1887

100.0

1888

100.0

1889

100.0

1890

100.0

1891

100.0

1892

100.0

1893

100.0

1894

100.0

1895

100.0

1896

100.0

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FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

It will be DOticed, io the preceding Tables, that the proportions of
persons married of both sexes, under twenty years of age, largely de-
creased daring the last decade.

Of grooms, the proportion, compared with the first decade, has de-
creased about 39 per cent., and of females more than 36 per cent. also.

The proportion of males married, between the ages of twenty and
twenty-five, has decreased nearly 6 per cent., and has correspondingly
increased in the more advanced age periods.

The proportion of females married, between twenty and twenty-five
years of age, has increased a little more than 7 per cent., while of those
between twenty-five and forty there has been an increase of proportion
similar to that of males.

NUMBER OF TIMES MARRIED.

There will be found in the following Table the number of grooms
and of brides who were married for the first, second, third, etc., time
in 1896 :

Table XLI.

First
Marriage.

Second
Marriage.

Third
Marriage.

Fourth
Marriage.

Total.

Qrooms ,

2,867
2,964

429
844

29
19

2

8,8?r

Brides

8,327

7'he proportion of grooms married for the first time, in 1896, was
86.2 per cent, of the whole number, and the proportion of brides mar-
ried for the first time was 89.1 per cent.

The following Table will show not only the number of times each of
the parties were married, but also the number of bachelors and widow-
ers who married spinsters, the number who married widows of first or
second widowhood, etc., and of spinsters and widows who married
bachelors, and widows of the second, third or fourth marriage, etc. :

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marriages.
Table XLII.

145

GROOMS.

First marriage...,
Second marriage.
Third marriage. . .
Fourth marriage. .

Totalbrides 2,964 844 8,827 8,827

BRIDES.

259

166
157
19

2,867

29
2

It will be seen, by Table XLII, that 171 bachelors married widows,
5 of whom married brides that had been twice widowed. Of the 460
widowers who married in 1896, 268 married spinsters, and 192 married
widows. Of the widows who married widowers, 14 had been twice
married previously.

MARRIAGES OF PERSONS OF COLOR.

The number of marriages of persons of color in Rhode Island, in
1896, was 102. This includes seven marriages in which one of the
parties was white. The number and color of the individuals were,
therefore, 197 persons of color and 7 persons white. The white per-
sons were one male and six females. The marriages, however, may be
properly included in the above class, inasmuch as the offspring of such
marriages are persons of color.

The number reported during 1896 from the different towns was as
follows, viz. :

Bristol 1

Warren 2

East Greenwich — 1

Warwick 2

Jamestown 1

Newport 20

Portsmouth 1

Central Falls 1

Providence City 65

Hopkinton 1

Narragansett 2

North Kingstown 1

South Kingstown , 1

Richmond 1

Westerly 2

Total 102

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FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Marriage of Chinese — There were five Chinese men married in Rhode
Island, in 1896. These all married white women, four of whom were
natives ot the United States, and one of Montreal, of English parent-
age.

MARRIAGES OF THE DIVORCED.

The following Table will give the towns from which returns of mar-
riage with the facts of divorce were reported during 1896, the whole
number of marriages of divorced persons, whether of one or both
parties ; also whether the second or third marriage of the divorced
groom or bride :

Table XLIII.

TOWNS.

Providbnce City.

Barrlngton

Bristol

Warren

Coventry

Warwick

Jamestown

Newport

New Slioreham...

Burrillvllle

Central Falls...

Cranston

East Providenoe..

Johnston

Nortli Smltlifleld.,

Pawtucket

Soituate

WOON SOCKET

Exeter

Ilopkinton

Narragansett.....
North Kingstown
South Kingstown.
Westerly

Whole State

184

"1.

199

85

114

So

79

11

1o

So

111

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MARRIAGES.

147

There were 184 marriages, in 1896, in which one or both of the par-
ties had been divorced.

The proportion of the number of marriages of which one or both of
the parties had been divorced, to the whole number of marriages, was
about one in every 18, or a little more than 5^ per cent.

But the proportion of divorced persons married during 1896, to the
whole number of persons married in the same year, was about one in
every 33, or about 3 per cent., or 30 in every 1,000.

The number of divorced persons married, in 1896, was 10 less than
in the previous year.

These 184 marriages of divorced persons were performed by clergy-
men of the different denominations, or by civil authority, as follows :

Baptist 55

Methodist 27

Congregational 19

Unlversallst 16

Protestant Episcopal 11

Christian 9

Free Baptist 8

Unitarian 7

Justices of Supreme Court 6

Advent 3

Presbyterian 8

Second Advent 3

Lutheran 2

Primitive Methodist 2

Roman Catholic '8

Seventh Day Baptist 2

Advent Christian

Evangelical

Hebrew

Latter Day Saints

New Jerusalem

United Presbyterian

Unknown 3

Marriage and Education — Of the number of persons married, in
1896, 361 signed their marriage certificates with a mark. The follow-
ing will show the number of males and females who did so, and their
nativity :

Whole No.

Native.

Males

Females.

Foreign.
.... 127
.... 151

Total 361.

278

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DIVORCES, 1896.

According to the returns made to the Secretary of the State Board
of Health (State Registrar) by the clerks of the Supreme Courts of the
different counties of Rhode Island, the number of applications for di-
vorce, during 1896, was five hundred and twenty-six (526).

The number of divorces granted, during 1896, was three hundred and
sixty-three (363).

There were 10 more applications, during 1896, than during the pre-
ceding year, and the number of divorces granted was 10 less.

Divorces are decreed for the following seven statute causes, viz. :

1. Adultery.

2. Extreme cruelty.

3. Wilful desertion for five years of either of the parties, or for a
shorter period, in the discretion of the court.

4. Continued drunkenness.

5. Neglect or refusal to provide necessaries (having ability) for the
subsistence of a wife.

6. Gross misbehavior and wickedness other than aforesaid.

7. Impotency.

Divorces are also decreed, or marriages set aside, in the discretion of
the court, for ascertained affinity, consanguinity, idiocy, insanity, peni-
tentiary crimes, and bigamous or otherwise illegal marriage.

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149

The following Table shows the number of applications for divorce,
and the number granted, in 1896, in each county of the State ; also the
causes alleged for the applications :

Table XLIV.

03

a
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Causes Alleged.

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COUNTIES.

1

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1

9
30

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1

1

1

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21
18

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28

Kent

17
17

6

68

NewDort

10 f

59

Providence

446

304

60

17^

191

113

291

80

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911

Washington

1?

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1

7

20

Whole State

526

36S

7*1

199

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13S

S^8

98

—

3

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1076

There were, during the year 1896, five hundred and twenty-six (526)
applications for divorce, and the whole number of causes alleged was
ten hundred and seventy-six (1,076). There was, therefore, an average
of more than two causes alleged in each application.

The causes alleged why divorce should be granted, in the applications
during 1896, were 160 more in number than in 1895.

In order to show the actual number of applications, and the number
of divorces granted in each of the last twenty-four years, the following
summary is presented :

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160 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Applications
I Applications Divorces refused or continued

for divorce. granted. or withdrawn.

1873 261 173 88

1874 276 242 34

1875 227 158 69

1876 254 198 58

1877 257 178 79

1878 258 196 62

1879 255 246 9

1880 847 278 74

1881 860 268 82

1882 889 271 68

1883 821 257 64

1884 320 266 54

1885 293 227 66

1886 886 257 79

1887.. 322 24H 74

1888 304 224 80

1889 866 274 92

1890 827 244 88

1891 362 275 87

1892 412 296 116

1893 529 801 228

1894 506 280 .-... 226

1895 516 873 143

1896 526 363 163

24 years, total 8,264 6,086 2,178

The average annual proportion of decrees of divorce granted during
the last twenty-four years, to the applications therefor, was nearly 74
per cent.

During the last ten years the proportions were as follows :

Years 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1898, 1894, 1895, 1896.

Per cent 77.0 73.6 74.8 74.6 76.0 71.8 56.9 55.3 72.3 69.0

The proportion of divorces granted^ in 1896, to the whole number of
marriages during the same year, was one divorce to every nine and two-
tenths marriages.

The proportion of applications for divorce to whole number of mar-
riages, during the year, was one application to every six and three-
tenths marriages.

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151

The following Table shows the number of divorces granted in each
county, and in the whole State, in each of the last twenty-eight years,
and the proportion of marriages to each divorce granted in each year :

Table XLV.

YEARS.

1870
1871
1872.
1878
1874
1875
1876
1877.
1878
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1888
1884
1885
1886.
1887.
1888
1889
1890.
1891
1892,
1898
1894.
1895.
1896.

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County.

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10.6
22.7
16.8
10.2
16.2

8.9
50.0
14.5
12.0
26.0
18.8
12.1
20.1
15.0
15.8
16.7
23.0
16.0
75.0
15.8
12.5
27.5

8.4
49.5
38.0
16.0
10.9
12.4

Kent
County.

Newport
County.

o

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12.5
11.8
17.9
15.7
9.8
8.0
8.8
12.8
16.3
13.3
9.0
9.4
7.3
10.3
11.5
8.0
18.6
11.0
8.0
13.5
8.3
12.1
11.2
12.4
23.8
9.0
9.9
7.5

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27.7
26.3
49.7
22.9
21.9
29.0
23.4
20.5
26.0
12.8
24.1
17.6
16.9
13.0
21.2
15.7
11.2
12.3
13.4
46.0
14.0
232.0
12.6
11.6
9.9
12.3
21.8
11.8

Providence
County.

120
152
123
149
131
190
120
148
134
156
195
208
207
221
214
209
186
194
187
188
211
196
214
236
235
207
318
304

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13.8
11.3
18.3
12.6
14.8
10.0
14.9
11.1
12.4
10.9
9.1
9.7
10.0
8.9
9.2
9.3
10.1
10.9
11.8
12.5
11.2
12.3
11.2
11.6
11.5
12.4
8.8
8.8

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15.5
9.3
11.4
8.9
33.7
11.6
20.5
8.8
9.9
17.8
9.7
17.0
11.0
16.2
13.3
8.2
15.0
7.3
7.9
16.5
10.8
8.8
14.3
10.4
8.0
6.8
11.2
16.1

Whole
state.

162
200
161
200
178
242
158
190
178
196
246
273
268
271
257
266

274
244
275
296
301
280
373
363

S

14.1
11.8
14.5
12.7
15.2
10.5
15.7
11.5
12.8
11.9

9.7
10.1
10.4

9.7
10.2

9.6
11.0
10.7
11.4
13.5
11.1
18.0
12.1
11.8
11.8
11.7

9.4

9.2

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152 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

The ratio of divorces granted in the entire State, during 1896, to the
whole number of marriages during the same year, was one divorce to
about every nine and two-tenths marriages, as previously stated.

During the ten years 1869 to 1878, inclusive, the ratio of divorce to
number of marriages was one divorce to eVery thirteen ; during the ten
years 1880 to 1889, inclusive, the ratio was one divorce to every ten
and seven-tenths marriages.

The average of the last five years was one divorce to about every
ten and eight-tenths marriages.

During the twenty-eight years 1869-1896, the average proportions
of divorce to marriage, in the several counties and the State, have
been as follows :

Bristol County One divorce to every 2.15 marriages.

Kent County One divorce to every 11.9 marriages.

Newport County " One divorce to every 81 .2 marriages.

Providence County One divorce to every 11 .2 marriages.

Washington County One divorce to every 12.3 marriages.

Whole State One divorce to every 11.6 marriages.

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DEATHS, 1896.

The number of deaths registered in Rhode Island, daring 13 S6, ac-
cording to the returns made to the State Registrar, was seven thoiisaDd,
Ove hundred and four (7,504).

This number is larger by 344 than that of the year 1894, and 31
less than that of 1895.

The death rate (19.1 in every 1,000 living persons) was five-teotbs
less than that of the previous year.

The following summary will show the death rates per 1,000 for each
of the last five census years, in comparison with the last five years :

1875. 1880. 1885. 1800. 1805. 1802. 1896. 1894. 1895. 1696.
16.7 17.5 17.7 20.7 19.6 80.1 19.6 19.1 19.ff 19.1

Since 1876 the returns have been more complete than previously, and
during the last ten years few deaths have occurred in the State which
were not reported.

On the following page will be found the death rates, by counties, for
thirty-six years :

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DEATHS.

155

Table XLVII.

Death rates per IfiOO living, by counties, for thirty-six years, from

1861 to 1896, inclusive ; also the average rate of each period

of five years each, from 1861 to 1895, inclusive,

for the whole State.

YEARS.

Five years, 1861-1865..

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1878

1874

1876

1876

1877........

1878

1879

1880

1881

1882

1888

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

1894.

1896.

17.7

19.2
17.0
15.7
17.9
15.6

16.8
21.1
18.4
14.7
14.9

14.7
18.2
17 5
13.2
19.2

17.9
16.5
17.7
17.7
16.3

19.2
18.2
21 3
17.6
22.1

20.5
20.0
19.9
16.5
20.9

17.9

15.9

14.2
15.1
13.7
16.7
13.5

17.5
16.1
13.8
13.2
14.9

11.7
13.1
14.2
15.1
14.9

16.5
15.3
14.6
17.1
16.4

17.5
15.5
18.4
20.1
17.6

18.0
20.7
19.4
19.8
17.4

18.8

1

. «

1

17.7

18 9

17.3

16.6

15.0

16.4

14.7

17.0

13.2

16.0

14.1

15.5

12.2

15.9

14.5

21.2

19.0

22.0

10.8

17.7

18.5

17.5

13.5

16.8

12.4

18.7

13.7

18.3

14.8

17.2

14.5

18.5

15.7

19.8

17.2

19.7

17.7

20.8

14.5

17.8

14.5

18.5

15.0

19.2

15.1

21.1

18.0

21.0

14.7

19.2

16.5

22.1

20.6

18.6

20.1

20.2

17.9

19.9

16.9

19.1

15.9

20.1

17.0

19.2

12.4

11.4
10.9
10.0
12.8
12.0

12.3
14.7
15.1
13.7
15.5

15.9
12.8
13.0
11.1
12.7

11.9
11.0
9.8
12.6
14.0

15.0
15.5
16.0
14.6
13.5

12.6
15.2
12.6
16.4
15.0

15.3

17.1

16.11
15.6

16.7}-

15.6

14.9

15.4
19.1
20.2
16.8
16.7

15.9]

17.2

17.2

16.2

17.5

18.1
18.4
19.1 \

16.9
17.7J

18.8
19.9
20.4
19.0
20.7J

19.6
20.1
19.6
19.1
19.6

19.1

STATE.

ANNUAL AVERAGE OP
PIVE-YBAR PERIODS,

1861-1895.

..17.1 per 1,000 living.

..15.6 per 1,000 Uvlng.

..17.5 per 1,000 living.

..16.8 per 1,000 living.

..18.0 per 1,000 living.

..19.8per 1,000 living.

.19.6 per 1,000 living.

Annual average, thirty-five years, 1861-1895 17.8 per 1,000 living.

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[1896.

SEX OF DECEDENTS.

Of the 7,504 persons whose deaths were returned, during the year
1896, 3,874 were males, and 3,630 were females ; the ratio standing at
106.7 males to each 100 females, or about 516 males and 484 females
in every 1,000 decedents.

The following Table will show the number and proportion of males
and females among the decedents in Rhode Island, during the ten years
1853 to 1862. inclusive ; also in each of the thirty-four years from 1863
to 1896 inclusive, and for the entire period of forty-four years:

Table XLVIII.—DEATHS.

10 years, 1853-1802-

1863

1804

1865

1866

1867

1868

1869

1870

1871

1872

1878

1874

1875

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1881

1888..
1884..
1885..
1886..
1887.
1888.,
1889.,
1890.
1891.

1894.
1895.
1896.

Males. Females.
.10,030 11.269...

Males to
every 100 females.

96.9

102.2

92.4

98.1

101.5

99.7

94.3

ICO. 6

1,050 96.2

1,621 1,586.

1,633 1,727.

1,686 1,719.

1,497 1,473.

1,442 1,447.

1,418 1,499.

1,696 1.686.

1,588

1,021 1,723 94.1

2,118 2,129 99.4

2,166 2,237 95.5

2,111 2,118 99.7

2,108 2,209 95.4

1,909 2,147 91 .7

2,182 2,818 92.0

2.101 2,280 94.8

2,183 2,289 9-5.4

2,360 2,463 96.0

2,307 2,.')49 96.8

2,487 2,587 96.5

2,627 2,055 99.0

2.486 2,655 93.6

2,607 2,782 93.7

2,883 3,016 93.9

3,177 8,168 100.4

8,199 8,895 95.4

8,093 8, 1 66 97 . 7

8,501 8.483 102.0

3,341 8,279 101 . 9

3,725 3,671 101 .5

8,789 8,651 103.8

3,559 3,601 98.8

8,799 3,736 101 .6

8,874 3,680 106.7

44 years 95,015.

98.0

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The following Table of births, during the same period of time as the
preceding, will show by comparison the different proportions of the
sexes in the two classes of events :

Table XLIX.-BIRTHS.

Males to
Males Females. every 100 females.

10 years, 1853-1862 18,377 17,260. . «,. 106.4

1863 1,892 1,788 v 105.8

1864 1,949 1,942 100.3

1865 2,096 1,857 112.9

1866 2,546 2,356 108.0

1867 2,655 2,464 107.0

1868 2,745 2,627 '. 104.5

1869 2,685 2,560 104.9

1870 2,679 2,536 104.9

1871 2,878 2,800 105.8

1872 3,085 3,058 '. 100.9

1873 3,135 2,887 108.6

1874 3,311 3,155 104.9

1875 3,362 8,146 106.9

1876 3,291 8,038 108.3

1877 3,163 3.072 103.0

1878 3,402 3,312 102.7

1879 3,259 3,091 105.4

1880 3,841 3,054 106.1

1881 3,498 8,263 107.2

1882 3,509 3,316 105.8

1883 y . 3,.548 3,498 101.4

1884 3,713 3,592 103.4

1885 3,591 8,437 104.4

1886 3,897 8,724 104.6

1887 3,968 3,700 107.4

1888 4,023 3,817 105.4

1889 4,193 4,027 104.1

1890 4,351 4,199 103.2

1891 4,926 4,500 109 .5

1892 4,765 4,505 109.3

1893 5,105 4,943 103.3

1894 5,129 4,856 105.6

1895 5,136 4,746 108.2

1896 5,461 5,289 103.8

44 years 138..564 181,415 ia5.4

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* SEASON AND MORTALITV.

The whole number of decedents, and the sex of the same, in each
month of the year 1896, and in each division of the State, may be
found in Table V, on the tenth and eleventh pages.

The influence of season upon mortality may be further illustrated by
the following Table, which shows the number and percentage of deaths,
compared with the whole number of deaths, in each quarter of each of
the last five years, and in the aggregate for forty years, 1853 to 1892,
inclusive :

Table L.

SEASON.

January-March,

April-June

July- September
Oct. -December.

Total.

1896.

1

B

1,833

24.48

I,85C

24.73

2,212

29.48

1,603

21.86

7,504

lUO.OO

s

3

1,962
1,678!
2,091
1,809,

7,535

95.

J894.

1893.

1892.

40 years,
1853-1892.

I

s

9

c
Si

1

§

o

9i

1

1

B

3

a.

1.919

26.80

1,870

25.13

2,108

28.44

^

Pu

26.04

37,488

24.02

22.20

1,696

23.69

1,827

24.56

1,624

21.96

88,437

21.43

27.75

2,056

28.71

2,074

27.88

2,160

29.20

45,069

28.^8

24.01

1,489

20.80

1,669

22.43

1,509

20.40

40,056

25.07

100.00

7,160

100.00

7,440

100.00

7,396

100.00

156,045

100.00

Comparing the percentages of 1896 with those of the forty years, we
find that of the first quarter is .41 per cent, larger; the second quarter
is 3 30 per cent, larger ; the third quarter .60 per cent, larger ; and the
last quarter 4.31 per cent, less than for the average of the forty years.
The greatest mortality for any one season of any year is usually found
in the third quarter, but in 1890, owing in large measure to the epi-
demic of infiuenza, the first quarter had the largest mortality.

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NATIVITY OF DECEDENTS.

There may be found in Table I, on pages 2-5, the number of dece-
dents in 1896, by division of the two classes of native and foreign born.

Of the whole number of decedents, 7,504, 5,294 were native born,
that is, were born in the United States, and 2,210 were born outside of
the United States.

PARENTAGE OF DECEDENTS.

Of the whole number of decedents, 7,504 reported in 1896, 3,088
were of native, and 4,416 were of foreign and unknown parentage.

By the term ** foreign parentage " is meant the decedents whose
fathers were born in some other country and not in the United States.
The grandchildren of the foreign born are reckoned as of native pa-
rentage, if their fathers were born in the United States.

The following eleven towns reported a larger number of decedents of
foreign /)a?'en^ti^e than of native, namely: Warren, Warwick, Biirrill-
ville. Central Falls, Cumberland, Johnston, Lincoln, North Smithfield,
Smithfield, Pawtucket, Providence and Woonsocket ; also the State In-
stitutions at Cranston.

These numbers varied from a moderate ex^cess to three or four times
as many of foreign as of native parentage.

The following Table gives the number and proportion in every one
thousand deaths of decedents of native and of foreign parentage, in
each of the last five years ; and in the aggregate for thirty-five years,
or from 1858 to 1892, inclusive:

Table LII.

I

1896.

1895.

PARENTAGE.

S

Native 3,088

Foreign 4,416

Total ' 7,504

S

5^

411.5 3,244
588 5 4,291

1000.0 7,535

480.5
569.5

1000.0

1894.

3,054
4,106

7,160

426.5 3,101
573.5 I 4,389

_L

416.8
583.2

1892.

3,216
4,180

lOOO.Ol 7,440 1000.0, 7,396

I I I

434.8
565.2

1000.0

85 years,
1858-1892.

a

3

81,419

169,757

521.0
479.0

1000.0

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AGE OF DECEDENTS.

In Table I, on pages 2-5, may be found the aggregate and average
age of all tbe decedents whose deatbs occurred in 1896, and witb the
age of each sex, in each town and county in the State.

By that Table it will be seen that the average age of all the male
decedents in the State, in 1896, was 30.86 years, and that the average
age of all the female decedents, in the same year, was 34.47 years ;
the average age of all decedents, of both sexes, was 32 61 years.

The average age of the total decedents in the State, in 1896, was
very nearly one and one-half years less than the average for 1895.

The average age of the male decedents, in 1896, was more than
three-quarters of a year less, and the average age of the female dece-
dents was two years less than in the previous year.

The following Table v;ill present, separately, the average age of the
male and female decedents, and the average age of all decedents in
each year for thirty-six years ; also the average age in seven periods of
five years each, from 1861 to 1895, inclusive:

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Table LIII.

[1869.

YEARS.

V I ■''3

^^J\ti

'^^ I Average Age,

5-year periods,
1861-1895.

1861 26.95.30 58 28.82

1868 29M 82.65' 81.15

1868.
1864.
1865.

1866.
1867.

28.29 90.86
28.13 30.43

26.38

81.18
32.16

28.97

85.07

29.56
29.40
27.69J

83.091

I

35.86 , 34.01

1868 80.47 I 35.08' 32.85

1869 28.62 81.29

1870 .S1.02 82.75

1871 32.57 84.43

1872 28.41 31.15

1878 26.18 28.62

.82.42

1874.
1875.

1876.
1877.
1878.,
1879.
1880.

28.03
29.72

I 81.47
29.25

'29.02
81.29

I

31.66
32.75

33.21
81.56
31.11
33.24
32.06

1881 30.99 i 34.07

1888.
1884.,
1885.

I
.131.33

.33.04

. 32.29

. 33.5S

.33.02

35.57
37.44
35.12

80.25
81 .90 J I

33.52
29.77

27.42>- 80.16

28.86
81.27

32.371 1
30.45 I
SO.OOH 81.21

80.86

32.551
38.50
35.55
38.76

.33.90

1886

1887 1 30.97 I 82,91

1888 33.17 i 35.74

1889 I 82.20 .35.74

1890 31.04 34 26

I I

1891 82.70 : 36.28

1892 82.96 i 37.75

35.60 . 34.59 J
34.91 ' 34.011

' 30.97 33.99

I

1894 1 32.47

1895 ; 81.70

1896 1 30.86

34.40
36.49

31.95
^.53
34.00
32.62

34.471
35.34 1
32.46
33.44
34.08

.83.42

.83.96

34.47 1 32.61

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163

The above Table shows that the average longevity of the decedents
in Rhode Island increased nearly five years, during a period of thirty-
five years, ending with 1895.

The following Table will present some of the facts of the preceding
as occurring in the different divisions of the State, as well as of the
State at large. It will show the average age of the decedents in each
of the larger divisions of the State, in each of the last four years, and
also the average of each of seven periods of five years each, compris-
ing the thirty-five years from 1858 to 1892, inclusive:

Table LIV.

Divisions
OF THE State.

Bristol County

Kent County

Newport County

♦Providence County...

Providence City

Washington County....

18%.

40.88
30.92
87.27
29.74
31.38
44.95

1895.

43.94
33.15
39.22
31.90
31.70
48.a')

45.71
30.55
42.91
29.09

1893.

45.55
28.95
39.11
29.24

82 44 31.16
45.00 48.80

Whole State 32.61 34.08 33.44 32.46 34.19 33.97 31.86 30.28 I 81.66 80.73 29.42

is

39.76
32.22
40.63

88.45
37.66
42.41

I
31.67 ; 81.83

88.44 I 32.19

46.77 ' 43.89

00 >»

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GCtA

86.68
37.11
3921
80 60
29.50

83.61
86.20
40.68

SB >»

85.12
84.77

40.04

28.46 25.26
27.19 25.45

41.01 41.14 39.67

I

84.78
85.81
88.54
29.16
28.50
30.87

U

35.56
32.15
85.01
28.44
25.78
84.21

By reference to Table LIV, it will be seen that the average age of
all decedents during the last five years is four and one-quarter years
greater than the first period of five years, 1858-1862, notwithstanding
the low average of 1893 and 1896.

PERCENTAGE OF DECEDENTS BY DIFFERENT AGES.

In Table VI, on pages 12 to 17, inclusive, will be found the number
of deaths in 1896, in each town and each county, of each sex, and in
each period of life, with the percentage of the whole number of deaths
in each division to the population of the same according to the census
of 1895.

The following Table shows the percentage of decedents in each di-
vision of ages, to whole number of deaths, in each of the last six
years, and in the aggregate for three periods ; one of twenty years and
seven months, from June Ist, 1852, to December 31, 1872, inclusive;
one of ten years, from 1873 to 1882, inclusive ; and one of ten years,
from 1883 to 1892, inclusive:

* Bxcliisive of Providence City.

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Table LV.

[1896.

PERIODS OF LIFE.

1896.

24.4

4.7
5.9

35.0

8.1
4.4

8.0
8.0
7.0
8.9
10.0
9.(»
5.0
1.0

1(H).0

1895.

21.7
5.3
6.2

33.2

3.6
4.2
8.6
7.5
8.0
8.6
10.3
9.8
5.3
.9

100.0

1894.

28.1
4.8
5.1

83.0

2.7
5.1
8.6
7.4
8.5
8.9
10.2
9.8
5.0
1.8

100

1803.

23.2
5.2
5.3

1892.

1891.

10 years,
1883 to 1892.

=1

S o
>*^
oS

18.9
7.C
8.4

*1.9

5.0
5.8
9.2

1 7.8
i 6.9

8.2
8.8
5.1
1.1

Under 1 year

1 and under 2

22.0
4.9
4.0

22.6
5.4
4.6

1 20.4
* 5.6 i
5.8

' 31.8

i ...

i"

■ 8.7

1 7.9

7.5

8.5

1

9.7
' 9.9
1 5.9

1.5

1 100.0 :

1 1

17.8
' 8.8

2 and under 5

' 8.7

Total

.33.7

3.9
4.5
7.9

8.0
8.4
8.9
10.0
8.9
4.8
1.0

100.0

30.9

2.4

4.8
8.3
8.2
8.0
9.0
11.0
9.9
6.3
1.2

lOO.O

32.6

2.5
4.0
8.5
8.4
7.7
9.2
10.8
9.9
5.6
1.8

100.0

1 85.3

5 and under lo

4.8

10 and under 20

6.0

20 and under 30

9.6

90 and under 40

1

1 8.4

40 and under 50

1

1 7.8

50 and under CO

I 7.0

60 and under 70

1 76

70 and under 80

1

7.2

80 and under 90

5.1

Over 90 and not stated

1

1 1.1

Total

100.0

100.0

Compared with the average of tliirty years, ending with 1882, the
average proportion of the mortality of children under one year of age,
(iuring the last six years, was 4.6 per cent., or about 46 in every one
thousand deaths more than the average in the longer period.

Compared with the previous year the proportion of decedents in
1896, under one year of age, was 2.7 in every one hundred more.

The following Table will present the varying proportions of deaths
to whole number of deaths, in four different periods of life, from 50
years of age to 90 years, grouped in three periods of averages of ten
years each, and one period comprising the ten years, 1883-1892; in
1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

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deaths;
Table LVI.

166

Aqb of
Decedents.

6.7pr.ct.

^

1*

1^

1893.

1694.

1895.

50 to 60

7.8pr.et.

7.2pr.ct.

8.5pr.ot.

8.9 pr.ct.

8.9 pr.ct.

8.6pr.ct.

60 to 70

6.9 "

8.8 "

8.2 "

9.7 "

10.0 "

10.8 **

10.8 ''

70 to 80

7.3 "

8.4 "

8.8 '*

9.9 ''

8.9 "

9.8 *'

9.8 '•

80 to 90

4.6 ''

5.4 "

5.1 *'

5.9 ''

4.8 "

5.0 "

5.3 '*

1896.

COLORED DECEDENTS.

There were 209 deaths of persons of color during 1896.
The towns from which they were returned, and number in each, were
as follows:

Providence City 122

Newport City 81

Cranston (State Institutions) 11

East Providence 10

Bristol 7

South Kingstown 7

Central Falls 5

Westerly 4

East Greenwich 8

Warwick 2

Tiverton 2

Johnston 2

Pawtucket 1

Exeter 1

Narragansett ; 1

Total 209

/Season.— The deaths in the different months were as follows:

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Months. Deaths.

January 16

February 13

March 28

Months.
April....
May

Deaths.

28

17

June 20

Months. Deaths.

July 20

August 20

September 13

Months. Deaths.

October 10

November 17

December 14

First Quarter 52 Second Quarter . . 68 , Third Quarter .... 53 Fourth Quarter. . 41

I

First six months, 115, Second six month, 01. Total, 200.

The foHowing sammary will show the proportion, to the whole colored
popolatioD, of each of the events of birth, marriage and death of colored
persons, during the nineteen* years from 1878 to 1896, inclusive :

1878.
1879.
1880
1881

1884
1886
1886
1887
1888

1890
1801
1892
1898.
1894
1895

One Birth
in every

....86.4

....39.6

One Person
man'ied in every

.51.4.

One Death
in every

40.2

87.3

47.1

48.3 *

34.3

89.2

86.8

44.5 '

88.4

68.8

34.8

46.0

> 86.7

51.7

5 34.6

48.2

85.8

88.9 '

\ 87.6

55.0

38.7

52.0

45.3

57.6 '

42.8

41.2

» 40.6

88.5

\ 88.6

44.2

{ >.34.3

56.6

) 35.9

42.6

) 85.1

38.9

44.0
35.4
45.4
89. 7
84.5
40.1
37.8
87.2
88.0
40.0

86.4
31.8
81.8
84.2

1
87.9

In every one thousand of the colored population there were, in 1896 :

Of Births.
28.51....

Of Persons Married.
25.7 ,

Of Deaths.
28.4

The following exhibit will show the number of living births, mar-
riages and deaths among the colored population of Rhode Island, dur-
ing ten years, from 1861 to 1870, inclusive; 10 years, from 1871 to
1880, inclusive; 10 years, from 1881 to 1890, inclusive; and for 1891,
1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896, and the aggregate of the same :

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10 years, 1861-1870 1,181 births 557 marriages 1,153 deaths.

10 years, 1871-1880 1,615 births 705 marriages 1,578 deaths.

10 years, 1881-1890 1,964 births 752marrlage8 1,860 deaths.

1891 ITBblrths 95marriage8 ;.. 204 deaths.

1892 182 births 98 marriages 236 deaths.

1893 208births 90 marriages 250 deaths.

1894 221 births 67 marriages 222 deaths.

1895 221 births 98 marriages 247 deaths-

1896 226 births 102 marriages 209 deaths.

Total 36 years 5,926 births 2,559 marriages 5,954 deaths.

During ibe fiibt ten years (1861-1870) there were 22 more deaths
than births ; during tlie second ten (1871-1880) 42 more births than
deaths; during the last ten years (1881-1890) 94 more births than
deaths. During 1891 the number of births was 31 less than the num-
ber of deaths. During 1892 the number of births was 54 less than the
number of deaths. In 1893 the number of births was 47 less than the
number of deaths. In 1894 the number of births was 1 less than the
number of deaths. In 1895 the number of births was 26 less than
the number of deaths, and in 1896 the number of births was 17 more
than the number of deaths.

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CAUSES OF DEATH, 1896.

The statistics of the causes of death in Rhode Island, in 1896, may
be found in Tables VII, VIII, IX and X. The whole number of
deaths, as previously stated, was 7,504, which was 31 less than the
number returned in 1895, and 844 more than the number reported in
1894. The number of which the cause of death was reported was
7,475, and the number of which the cause was not stated was 29.

The following Table shows the number of deaths in 1896, in each
large division of the State, and the number and proportion in each
division from which causes were reported unknown :

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Table LVIII.

Proportion of Deaths reported with " Causes Unknown " in eaxih

Division of the State, for a period of forty-one years,

from 1856 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

1856-1860, One in every.
1861-1865, One in every.
1866-1870, One in every. .
1871-1875, One in every.

1876, One in every

1877, One in every. .....

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The number of deaths from coDSumptioD, in 1896, was 7 more than
in 1895, an increase of only .83 per cent.

From pneumonia there was a decrease of 17 deaths from that of the
previous year, or about 2^ per cent. The fatality from pneumonia has
been slowly increasing in proportion to whole number of deaths, for the
last twenty years.

From diseases of the heart there was an increase of 21 deaths over
1895. For 16 years and more, diseases of the heart have been steadily
increasing as causes of death, the mortality in 1896 being the largest
ever recorded in this State.

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C( )MP ARATI \ E STATISTICS

COMMENTS.

There have been presented in the preceding pages, numerically and
in tabular form, the different causes of death in Rhode Island, in 1896,
with various summaries and illustrations. In Tables VII and VIII
they were presented at considerable length, in various specific terms ;
in Table IX more or less grouped in a general nosological arrangement ;
and in Table X the same for a period of forty-four years.

In Table VII the number of deaths from each cause and of each sex
is shown, for each month in the year, and the nativity and parentage of
the decedents from each cause during the year.

In Table VIII the number of decedents of each sex from ea^h cause ^
in the different periods of life, is given.

In Table IX, with the classification and percentage of causes of
death, the number of each general cause, in each division of larger
population, is given.

In Table X a nosological summary of causes of death for the whole
State, in each of forty-four years, is given.

Table LX is a compend in part of Tables VII, VIII and IX, pre-
viously alluded to, and contains the particulars of the most important
causes of death in 1896, and comprises the principal causes which will
be commented upon in the following pages :

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DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS.

The number of deaths from accidental causes of all kinds, reported
in Rhode Island in 1896, was 296. This number is but 3 more than
in 1895.

Among the 296 deaths from accidents there were 24 from asphyxia ;
2 were the results of bicycle collisions (in one case a collision of two
bicycles, in the other, bicycle ran into team) ; 1 from blasting rock ; 7
from two boiler explosions ; 25 from burns and scalds ; 39 by drown-
ing ; 6 by electric car (5 were struck by cars while walking on or cross-
ing tracks, and one was a conductor who was struck by a passing car ;
of the 5, 2 were children) ; 4 from exposure to cold and storm (1 male
10 years, 1 female 22 years, 1 female 32 years, 1 female 64 years) ;
48 from falls; 2 from firearms (a sportsman, gunning, and a lad 13
years, shot by companion with a revolver); 47 from insolation; 7 by
machinery, including two elevator accidents ; 4 from overdoses of med-
icine ; 8 by poison ; 36 by railroad ; 3 from surgical operation ; 33 by
various other accidents.

Among these groups of causes there were, in detail^ causes as fol-
lows:

Asphyxia. — At birth, 7 ; by bedclothing, 4 ; by overlaying, 2 ; in
burning building, 4 ; by caving of sewer, 1 ; by cesspool gas, 1 ; by
illuminating gas, 2 ; by nitrous oxide gas (84 years, taken during ex-
traction of teeth), 1 ; smothered between chest and wall (supposed to
have fallen there while intoxicated), 1 ; by swallowing a bone, 1. Total
24, or 8.1 per cent, of whole number of accidents.

Burns and Scalds — By bonfire (child), 1 ; in burning house, 2; by
clothes taking fire from lamp or stove (ages 2, 4, 73, 77, and 83
years), 5 ; by falling on stove in epileptic fit, i ; by falling into hot
water (children), 3 ; by upset kettle of hot water (1 year and 90 years),
2 ; from playing with matches, 3 ; while fighting brush fire (72 years),
1 ; by steam from boiler out of which tube had been blown, 1 ; manner
unspecified, 6. Total 25, or 8.4 per cent, of whole number of acci-
dents.

Drowning, — Bathing, 6 ; fell from boat or ship, 6 ; from bridge, 1 ;
from wharf, 3 ; fell into pond while playing, 1 ; fell into well (2 years
and 45 years), 2; in baby carriage which rolled over bank into pond,
1 ; playing on ice which broke through, 7 ; wading, went beyond depth,
1 ; manner unknown, 11. Total 39, or 13.2 per cent, of whole num-
ber of accidents.

Falls — From aloft on vessel, 1 ; from bed (infant), 1 ; from bridge,
1 ; from building or staging, 4 ; from high chair, 1 ; downstairs (ages

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1, 20-30; 1, 30-40; 2, 40-50; 3, 60-70; 2, 70-80; 3, 80-90; 2 over
90), 14; from electric car, 2; down park bank, 1 ; on floor (old peo-
ple), 4; on ice, 3; from piazza, 1 ; from plank while at play, 1 ; on
sidewalk, 2 ; over stair railing, 1 ; from tree, 1 ; from window (ages
3, 4, 17, 20, 30, 51), 6; unspecified, 4. Total 48, or 16.2 per cent,
of whole number of accidents.

Insolation — There were 47 deaths due, to the unusually long period
of extreme heat during July and August (minimum temperature in
July was 70, maximum, 94 ; minimum temperature in August, 67, max-
imum, 98). These included 2 blacksmiths, 1 carpenter, 1 farmer, 1
gilder, 1 grocer, 17 laborers, 2 mill operatives, 1 painter, I paver, 1
shoemaker, 2 teamsters, 7 females (60 years and over), and 10 under
20 years with no occupation. The deaths from insolation were 15.9
per cent, of the whole number of accidents.

Overdose of Medicine Recovering from a spree, chloral taken by

patient, 1 ; severe cold, medicine containing morphine taken in excess,
1 ; morphine administered to child ill with scarlet fever, by mistake, 1 ;
oil of tansy taken to procure abortion, 1.

Poison, —From illuminating gas, 2 ; by chewing matches, 1 ; from
excessive use of cigarettes or tobacco, 2 ; by laudanum taken by mis-
take while intoxicated, 1 ; by lead (painter), 1 ; " Paris Green (by
mistake, poor eyesight), 1.

Railroad — 18 were walking upon or lying beside tracks, and 5 steal-
ing ride on train ; 10 were employees ; 2 were passengers who jumped
or fell from train while in motion ; 1 person was killed at grade cross-
ing. Of the 10 employees that were killed, 4 were struck by engine,
2 fell from cars, 1 was struck by overhead bridge, 1 was coupling cars,

1 was killed while trying to save a child which was playing on the
track, and 1 getting on to a moving train. Total 36, or 12.2 per cent,
of whole number of accidents.

Surgical Operation. — Repair of cervix, septicaemia, 1 ; operation for
tendon grafting, septicaemia, 1 ; tongue tied, clipping, hemorrhage, 1.

Accidents Various. — Hit by a base-ball, 1 ; by blows and cuts (man-
ner unknown, body found on beach), 1 ; crushed between cart and shed,
1 ; jammed between cart and freight car, 1 ; cut foot (while chopping),
1 ; electrical shock and burns, (from telephone wire which had been
crossed with electric light wire, 2, father and son ; 1 lineman, 1 moulder
who was handling a crane worked by electricity at engine works, and

2 others, 1 a laborer, and 1 a boy, by contact with wires), 6 ; from
heavy lifting, 1 ; gored by a bull, 1 ; hooked by a cow, 1 ; hit by a
blacksmith's cutter, 1 ; struck by board in planing mill, 1 ; lightning.

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1 ; crushed by rock (quarry accident, not by blasting), 1 ; motorman
(killed in fight with drunken passenger), 1 ; run over by heavy teams
(ages 1, 27, 28, 40, 47, 56 years), 6 ; slight injury to hand, septicaemia,
1; thrown from carriage (runaway horses), 3 ; by starvation, 1 ; un-
specified, 3. Total 33.

Of the whole number of deaths by accidents, 226 were males and
70 were females; 101 were of native and 195 of foreign parentage, or
34.12 per cent, of native to 65.88 of foreign.

Of the sexes the proportion was 76.35 per cent, of male decedents
to 23.65 per cent, of female decedents.

In regard to periods of life, the decedents from accidental causes
were divided as follows : Under five years, 47 ; 5 and under 10, 17;
between 10 and 20, 20; between 20 and 40, 94; between 40 and 60,
61 ; over 60, 57.

In regard to sectional divisions of the State, 6 of the deaths from
accidental causes were in Bristol county ; 25 in Kent county ; 24 in
Newport county; 224 in Providence county; and 17 in Washington
county.

The whole number of deaths from accidental causes, in 1896, in pro-
portion to the whole number of deaths in the State, was about 39 in
every one thousand. The number in proportion to the whole popula-
tion was .75 in every one thousand.

The number of deaths in each division of the year was as follows:

First Quarter 67 Third Quarter ^^

Second Quarter 57 Fourth Quarter ®

First half 124 Second half ^ '^

Whole year 296

In the following Table may be found the number, sex, parentage
and locality of mortality from accidents, for thirty-one years, ending
December 31, 1896:

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Table LXI.

Mortality in the State from Accidents, with the Percentage of the

Whole Number of Deaths; Sex, Parentage, and Locality,

for thirty-one years, from 1866 to 1896, inclusive, in

three periods of five years each, and for

each of the last sixteen years.

YEARS.

5 years, 186G-
1870

5 years, 1871-
1875

5 years, 1876-
1880

1881.
1882..
1883.
1884..
1886..

5 years, 1881-
1885

1886 .
1887.

5 years, 1886-
1890

1891..

1894..
1895..

5 years,1891-
1895

190
206
190
216
250

1052

233
809
264
234

ias3

296
Total, 31 yrs, 5244

VARIETIES.

107! !!i66

"I

18 52
21,

28: 47

28j 52

28 61

121 260

573,1198

19
17
18
31
32 26

117; 82

14' 43
21 71

28 58

37 as

11 31
43 123

21 29 16

33 60; 20

25 25 14

I

20 8

57

2, 8, 36

165 136

48 ..,

86

66 iro

I
8; 86, 24

r05 218,217'.584 285

1 I I I

2.18

2.97

2.72

3.09
3.50
2.83
3.82
3.20

3.26

I
3.25

3.24

2.87

4.10 : 146
3.60 I

3.29 789

3.54
4.18
3.55
3.27
3.89

329 3.(

ii
116 ;3.94

ll
1514 3.14

1016

,3985

PARENT-
AGE.

70
1259

443

101
2097

890

195
3147

STATE DIVISIONS.

pq W

22 34

26 46

I7I 53

I

5^ 17

5' 9

24

11
11
6
2 14

7 17

84 j 59

5 18

8 13
9| 21
e! 24
6| 23

34 99

I

6 25
163 375

58

404

306

C2
81
70
73
75

361

95
100
75

88
85

443

85
1760

89

48

31

5
9
3
18
83 13

861 48

595

139 17
2221821

♦ Exclusive of Providence city.

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FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXII.

Mortality in the State front AlcoJiolism, ivith the Percentage of the

Whole Number of Deaths, Sex, Parentage and Locality for

thirty-one years, from 1866 to 1806, inclusive.

YEARS.

g

' S.X. !

PARENTAGE.

^ 1

1

1

5a'

1

1

!

0.a !

v-O

o ^

i 1

1^

■ -3

1

1

es

1 '

55

L

»

fo

{z;

^

5 years, 1866-lH7o! 62 .40 :

5 years, 1871-18751 93 .45

5 years, 1H70-1880. 79

1881.
1882.
1888.
1884.
1885.

24 I
28

29 I

.85

.51
.58
.54

27 I .63
22 ! .41

1881-1885 ' 130 ;

.50

1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1890.

12 .20

16 I .25

10 I .82

81 ..50

25 .37

53

78

52

10

i 19
16

1886-1890

1891.
1892

18M.
1895.

1891-1895 172

1896

Total, 31 years. .

.48

84 ] .45
670 I .43

20

82

87

25

85

45

9

3

14

2

10

6

23

8

20

5

10

100

.81

70

24 1

29

.47

7

36 1

.48

' 27

9

44'

.59

1 34

10

39 '

.54

33

6

24i

.82

19

5

135 .

37

28 ,

6

502

168 1

216

80

56

GO

27

454

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

I

19
20
22
17
16

94

10 I]

1- I'

11 .

19 I'

17 I

5

4 6

2

25

18

c

>>

>,

g

5

6

«

p

W

S

*&

•0

a

1

1

25

2

48

8

45

4

u

1

..., 1

I

2 2

3 6

1

1

4

1

4

3

7

1

4

2

32

56

55

10
209

07

5

7

4

1

9

14

11

1

45

2

13

14 j 1
.^6 I 24

* Exclusive of Providence City.

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 185

APOPLEXY AND PARALYSIS.

There were 419 deaths from apoplexy and paralysis in Rhode Island,
in 1896, according to the returns. The number reported is 2 more
than in the year 1895.

The whole number of deaths from these two causes represents 5.58
per cent, of all causes, and a proportion of 1.05 to every one thousand
of the population.

Of the sexes, there were 199 males and 220 females.

Of parentage, 235 were of native parentage, and 184 of foreign.

As observed in previous reports, the older native population has
steadily been, in a very large proportion, more prone to apoplexy than
the foreign, or the children of the foreign population.

It will be observed that the proportion of deaths from apoplexy and
paralysis, to the whole mortality from all causes, has steadily increased
from about three and three-quarters per cent., during the first quinquen-
nial (1866-1870), to nearly five and three-quarters per cent, during the
quinquennial 1891-1895.

The following Table will present the sex, parental and local relations
of apoplexy and paralysis, as causes of death, during the last thirty-
one years : (Providence city not included in the Providence county
statement.)

23

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[1896.

Table LXIII.

Mortality in the State from Apoplexy and Paralysis, 1866 to 1896,

tnciusive.

YEARS.

1866-1870.

1871

1872

1878

1874

1876

1871-1875.

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881

1882

1888

1884

1885

1881-1885.

is

SSoD

15,891

8,814
4,24'
4.408

4,1
4,817

574

156
125
134
166
166

20,540

4,116
4,450
4,441
4,472
4,829

1887.

1890

1886-1890,

1891.

1894.

1891-1895.

20,808

5,016
5,074
5,282

5,141
5,889
25,902 1,871

5.849

787

165
181
188
220
215

6,840
6,594
6,259
6,984

867

841

81,976, 1,(

7,896
7,440
7,160
7,535

407
445
417

36, 151 1 1.966
7,504 419

8.78!

4.66 I

2.97

8.04

8.69

8.61

8.59

4.01
4.07
4.28

4.92
4.67

4.77

4.86
5.22
5.22
5.80
5.88

5.29

5.70
5.17
5.41
5.17
4.91
5.29

5.08
4.29
5.47
6.22
5.58
5.71

5.58

:i

., PA RENTAGE.

284 ' 290

78
62
59
84
79

I 464
118

I

i

! 96

75 ! 109

72 , 180

87 il 188

857 880

79

87
104
114
109
498

116
189 !

188 \
185 I
144 '

86
94
84
106
106
476

128
126
187
168
145

571

180
128
145
146

157
701

170
168
192
176

188

672

699

178

160

161

167

164

203

140

183

168

178

806

886

160

175

176

186

806

201

231

214

199

218

889

280
218

284
204
206

972

199

994
220

1,087

207
195
227

1,110
235

I
I

110
48

166

85

58
48
74

58
268

74
97
88
122
106

108
115
188
119
185

605

128
167
180
202
179

856
184

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

* Not includiug Providence city.

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CAUSES OP DEATH.

187

Table LXIV.

Ages of Decedents from Apoplexy and Paralysis, in each of the
last thirty -one years.

apoplexy and paralysis.

1866..
1867..
1868..
1869..
1870..
1871..
1872. .
1873..
1874..
1875,.
1876..
1877..
1878..
1879..
1880..
1881..
1882..
1888..
1884..
1885..
1886..
1887..
1888..
1889..
1890..
1891..
1892..
1898..
1894..
1895..
1896..

Total

_^

'"

Pbric

DS OF

LIFE.

1

s

2

s

2

O

1

1

7

16

9

24

2

6

6

15

38

2

3

8

11

16

27

1

1

5

12

20

28

4

1

10

9

12

33

8

4

7

14

21

46

1

4

6

17

20

26

2

8

4

14

22

35

1

2

9

9

80

39

6

2

8

19

23

40

4

4

4

18

25

48

1

2

9

12

24

50

4

2

7

14

41

40

4

6

11

18

27

57

1

2

8

18

21

59

1

7

11

20

36

55

4

5

14

28

41

57

8

4

11

19

45

56

10

7

16

21

32

68

8

5

7

25

29

76

7

8

10

25

52

65

12

6

18

26

50

90

10

4

18

29

61

85

6

6

11

86

45

87

7

5

18

29

52

84

4

6

15

24

61

88

8

6

17

40

60

91

18

6

19

45

62

110

12

5

16

39

88

108

6

2

24

39

76

101

1

7

17

84

76

118

149

126

335

681

1,192

1,924

o

45

15

41

11

87

16

40

25

45

22

49

23

61

22

58

26

59

38

70

34

70

42

77

88

83

49

05

45

94

44

112

51

96

85

100

60

92

89

100

50

90

47

95

49

108

43

111

65

106

63

110

55

2,212

1,082

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188 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

APPENDICITIS.

From a greater perfection in diagnosis of disease of the abdominal
viscera, the disease known as appendicitis has received greater atten-
tion. This was probably reported in previous years under the head of
diseases of the bowels, intussusception, or peritonitis-

During 1896 there were 29 cases of appendicitis reported, and of this
number operations were performed in 14 cases.

As there were 23 deaths from peritonitis in 1896, this would repre-
sent over 55 per cent, of the combined numbers.

Of the 29 cases of appendicitis 16 were males, and 13 were females.

Nine were of native and 20 of foreign parentage.

BRAIN DISEASES.

The number of decedents from diseases of the brain proper, in 1896,
was 299.

This number represents 3 98 per cent, of all causes, and a proportion
of .76 to every one thousand of the whole population.

Of the 299 decedents 152 were males, and 147 were females.

In regard to parentage, 136 were of native, and 163 of foreign pa-
rentage.

The deaths in the different seasons of the year were as follows :

First Quarter 68 Third Quarter 88

Second Quarter 87 Fourth Quarter 56

First half 166 Second half 144

Whole year 299

Brain diseases occur largely in children. Of the 299 decedents from
those causes, is 1896, 141 were under 5 years of age, and 14 were from
5 to 10 years of age.

The following Table will present the statistics of mortality from dis-
eases of the brain, for thirty-one years :

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

189

Table LXV.

Mortality in the State from Brain Diseases, with the Percentage,

Sex, Parentage, and Locality, for thirty-one years,

from 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

1 1

sje:

i

5.

J

i 1
rt ;

216

276

58
72
67
81

77

FA REN

i
1

274

858

89
91
76

88
89

TAGE.

1

191

249

61
69
66
75
75

DITI8IUNS OF THE

STATE

years.

o ^

24

32

11
7
18
18
6

M

89

7
11
12
15
12

P

8

f

1866-1870

1871-1875

Ig76

465

007

150
160
142
163
164

3.02

2.95

8.64
8.59
8.19
3.65
3.89

249
831

92

88
75

82
87

21

12

8
8
1
8
8

139

167

89
49
45
51
56

222

887

86
85
68
75
81

25

20

6

18n

5

1878

8

1879

6

1880

6

1876-1880

1881

779

186
181
187
148
189

3.49

8.69
8.50
8.54
2.88
8.51

424

108
98
96
90
98

855

88
88
91
58
91

433

85
92

100
77
94

346

101
89
87
71
95

18

7
4
8
4
2

50

11
10
14
9
11

57

14
10
15
8
20

240

58
71
52
41
58

894

91
80
94
88
100

25
6

1882

6

1888

4

1884

8

1885

8

1881-1885

1886

891

182
208
212

189
217

8.44

8.09
8.21

8;21

8.58
3.18

480

108
120
114
91
113

411

74
88
98
98
104

448

84
103
109

96
119

443

98
100
108
98
98

25

4
8
4
5

7

55

14
9
19
12
18

67

18
14
12
17
17

275

69
76
76
72
90

448

78
96
90

78
85

21
4

1887

2

1888

11

1889

5

1890

5

1886-1890

1891...

1,003

222
246
257
221
268

8.14

8.86
8.38
3.46
8.09
8.42

546

185
130
139
122
128

457

87
116
118

99
185

511

108
122
116
93
186

492

114
124
141
128
182

28

8
8

12
4

14

67

19
22
17
24
25

73

19
27
28
18
22

882

98
96
100
82
81

426

78
88
98
84
105

27
6

1892

10

1898

7

1894

14

1895

11

1891-1895

1896

1,204

299
5,248

8.88

8.98
8.27

649

152
2,881

555

147
2,417

1 565

186
2,725

689

168
2,528

46

10
165

107

24
359

104

88
412

452

189
1,794

448

79
2,864

47
9

Total, 31 years.

174

^Excloslye

of Pre

>yidenc

e city.

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190 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

BRONCHITIS.

The namber of decedents in 1896, whose deaths were reported as
having been caused by bronchitis, was 276. This is 2 more than in
1895.

This number represents 3.68 percent, of all causes^ and a proportion
of .70 to every one thousand of the population.

Of the 276 decedents 143 were males, and 133 were females ; or at
the rate of 108 males to each 100 females.

In relation to parentage, 101 were of native, and 175 of foreign pa-
rentage.

In regard to age, 181 of the decedents were under 5 years of age, 8
were between 5 and 20 years, 6 between 20 and 40 years, 18 between
40 and 60 years, and of the remaining 63 decedents above 60 years of
age, there were 28 deaths from chronic bronchitis.

During the first four months of the year the decedents from bronchi-
tis numbered 137 ; during the last four months the number was 68.

The very large increase in the proportionate mortality from bron-
chitis, during the last twenty years, will scarcely fail to be noticed in
Table LXVI.

The following Table will show various facts in relation to the mor-
tality from bronchitis, for thirty-one years :

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

191

Table LXVI.

Mortality in the State from Bronchitis,

1896, inclusive.

thirty-one years, 1866 to

1

o

1

u

SEX.

PABENTAOE.

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

years.

1

i

•3

i
1

o

St

•Si

i

1^

ll

1'

1^

II

1866-1870

1871

99

24
25
27
89
57

.64

.78
.65
.64
.96
1.89

48

10
10
12
22
82

56

14
15
15
17
25

47

11
11
11
12
29

52

IS
14
16
27
28

1
1

4

1

1

7

1
1
1

29

5
6
7
6
21

56

17
16
16
82
88

2

1872

1873

1

1874

1

1875 V

1

2

1871-1875

1876

172

57
69
80
62
91

.84

1.46
1.62
1.89
1.47
1.86

66

28
82
80
81
49

86

84
87
50
81
42

74

26
85
87
81
44

96

81
34
43
81

47

1

1
1
1
1

2

2

1
2
1
6

4

1
6
5
6

45

7
22
22

21
21

116

46
44
46
84
56

4
2

1877

1878

1

1879

1880

1

1876-1880

1881

859

84
100
111
118
168

1.61

.67
1.27
2.10
2.29
8.06

166

48
89
56
68
82

194

86
61
55
60
66

178

89

47
51
40
91

186

45
58
60
76

77

4

1
8
5
6
5

12

1
2
2

8

18

2

6
8
6
18

98

25
25
42
42
71

226

63
60
67
62
76

4
2

1888

4

1883

2

1884

1885

1881-1885

1886

581

174
176
228
260
275

2.24

2.96
2.77
8.45
4.20
4.01

283

75
90
105
128
140

296

99
66
128
182
135

266

81
60
79
90
116

318

93
116
149
170
159

20

8
8
3
4
5

6

4
6
4
8
4

82

9
19
17
16
15

205

74
68
110
109
107

806

88
84
66
110
136

6
1

1887

1

1888

6

1889

11

1890

6

1886-1890

1891

1,118

247
808
815
254

274

8.48

3.74

4.16
4.24
8.55
8.64

636

108
147
164
112
138

189
161
151
142
141

426

95
117
105
82
92

667

152
191
210
172
182

16

18
5
4
4

8

26

15
15
9
15
15

76

21
21
21
11
19

468

65
180
150

98
108

608

111
180
126
120
122

25
2

1892

7

1898

5

1894

8

1895

7

1891-1895

1896

1,896
276

8.87
8.68

664
148

784
188

491
101

907
175

84

! s

69
19

98
9

566
112

609
116

27
12

♦ Exclusive of Providence city.

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192 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

CANCER.

There were 226 decedents, in 1896, whose deaths were caused by
cancer, according to the returns. The term cancer includes all the
various kinds, and in whatever place located.

This number represents 3.01 per cent, of all causes^ and a proportion
of .57 to every one thousand of the population.

The varieties of cancer, as reported, may be found in Tables VII and
VIII, on pages 20, 21, 33 and 34. They are classed in Table IX as
follows : Cancer in various localities, or cancer various, 32 ; cancer
of abdomen. 18; of the breast, 47; of face, 15; of the liver, 20; of
rectum, 9 ; of the stomach, 40 ; of the uterus, 45.

In 1896 the deaths from cancer, in the several divisions of the year,
were as follows:

First Quarter 61 Third Quarter 55

Second Quarter 53 Fourth Quarter 57

First half 114 Second half 112

Whole year 2-46

Sex — Of the 226 decedents from cancer 61 were males, and 165
were females ; or 27 males and 73 females in every 100.

Parentage There were 117 of native parentage, and 109 of foreign.

The following Table will show the facts of mortality from cancer, in
relation to sex, parentage and locality, for thirty-one years :

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

193

Table LXVII.
Mortality in the State from Cancer, 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

5 years, 1866-1870

1871

1872.

1878

1874

1875 ,

1871-1875.

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881 ,

1882

1883

1884

1885

1881-1885.

1886.
1887.
1888.

1890

1886-1890.

1891.
1892.

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896.

66
95
106
87
95

449

106
185
119
125
125
610

145
132
169
156
193

795

162
159
193
189
165

2.13

2.13
2.46
2.53
2.13
2.31

2.18

2.72
3.17
2.82
2.96
2.72
2.73

2.90
2.75
3.20
3.05
3.59

3.07

2.77
2.50
2.93
3.03
2.41

868 2.71

177
181
205
214
234
1,011

2.67
2.45
2.75
2.99
3.11
2.79

226 3.01

143

27

29

45

178

40
40
51
39

279

48
53
54
67
74
296

61

280

41
69
61
64
71
806

79
106
81
86
80

432

105
92
118
117
141
573

120
110
126
124
109
589

129
128
151
147
160
715

165

PAIIE^

fTAGE.

1

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269

59

47

19

66

29

76

80

67

20

62

88

318

131

72

84

87

4S

79

40

70

55

78

52

381

229

90

55

82

50

105

64

88

1
68 .

114

79

479

316

75

87

96

63

128

65

104

85

92

73

495

373

104

73

103

78 ,

124

81

121

93

106

128

558

453 !

117

109

DIVISIONS OP THE STATE.

19

26

6

8
9
4
14

41 l"

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6 '

13

18

47

11 11

55

Ah

127

27
37
87

155

42
43
49
41

67

242

37
49

57
57
46

246

46
57
56
75
79

12

313

81

?3

181

25
50
44
88
49

206

58
66

48

301

361

87
80

74

411

75

419

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20

4
4
8
3
5

24

7
13
10
7
4
41

8
8
2
4
13
35

12

7
17
28

8
67

14
10
19
19
17
79

17

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194 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [189^.

CHILD-BIRTH.

Under the head of ^^Child-birth" are indaded, in this coDnectlon,
puerperal fever, puerperal convalsions, and whatever causes of deat\i
that may have occurred as the direct result of child-birth, or parturi-
tion.

The number reported in 1896 was 50, 20 of which were from the
immediate effects of child-birth, including metritis, hemorrhage, rapture
of uterus, &c. ; 5 from peritonitis ; Id from puerperal convulsiatxs ; 10
from puerperal fever or septicemia ; and 2 from unstated causes.

Of the whole number 16 were of native, and 34 of foreign parent^age.

This number represents .67 per cent, of all causes^ and a proportion
of .13 to every one thousand of the population.

There were 5 less deaths from ^^ child-birth " in 1896 than in X895.

The following Table will present the various relations in regard to
the mortality from child-birth, for thirty-one years, 1866-1896:

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causes of death.
Table LXVIII.

195

Mortality in the State from Child-Birth, with the Percentage of the

Whole Number of Deaths, Parentage, and Locality, for

thirty-one years, from 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

1866-1870.
1871-1875.

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881.

1884

1885 ,

1881-1885.

1886
1887.

1890

1886-1890.

1891

1894

1895

1891-1895.

Total, 31 years.

CO

1

"53

155

i

1.01

345

1.19

48

1.24

46

1.09

43

l.Ol

43

1.02

51

1.11

231

1.04

60

1.28

50

1.03

58

1.10

47

.91

47

.87

262

1.04

41

.70

53

.71

51

.77

41

.65

41

.58

274

.86

32

.35

75

1.01

57

.76

72

1.01

55

.73

291

.77

50

.67

1,508

.95

PARENTAGE.

62
111

21

18
23
21
29

106

18

108

17
15
13
14
12

16
586

134

27
28
20
22
28
125

84

30

154

24
38
88
27

182

24
46
34
57

200

34

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

35

Wo

2

116

t^

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18

90

24
494

r

56
110

27

111

29
27

27
18
24

125

17
26
20
13
17

117

19
29

30

139

17
675

a
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11

19
3

14

4

1
2

4

1

12

1

12

2
9
4
4
4

6
97

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CHOLERA INFANTUM.

The number of deaths from cholera infaDtum, according to the re-
turns for 1896, was 545.

This number represents 7.26 per cent, of deaths from all causes^ and
a proportion of 1.38 to every one thousand of the population.

Of the 545 decedents 313 were males, and 232 were females.

Of parentage, 165 were of native, and 380 of foreign parentage; or
about 230 of foreign to every 100 of native parentage.

The mortality from cholera infantum, during 1896, was .62 per cent,
greater than during the year 1895.

As may be seen on the following page, the number of decedents
from cholera infantum, during the thirty-one years from 1866 to 1896,
inclusive, was 10,172.

The proportion to total mortality, for the period of thirty-one years,
was 6.3 per cent. For 1891 the proportion was 8.2 per cent. ; for
1892, 8.6 per cent. ; for 1893, 8.1 per cent. ; for 1894, 6.9 per cent.;
for 1895, 6.6 per cent. ; and for 1896, 7.3 per cent.

There were 111 males to every 100 females among the decedents
during the thirty-one years ; and 157 decedents of foreign parentage
to every 100 of native, during the same period.

The following Table shows the whole number of reported deaths
from cholera infantum ; the sex and parentage of the decedents ; and
the number in each of the larger divisions of the State, in each of the
last thirty-one years :

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Table LXIX.
Mortality in the State from Cholera Infantum, 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

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5 years, 1866-1870
1871

745

172
391
285
265
818

4.84

4.82

8.71
6.19
5.86
0.97

403

85
195
148
140
156

342

87
196
137

162

852

82
167
165
! 115
. 155
684

105
96

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109

454

102

133

1 104
1
139

128

393

90
224
120
150
163

39

14
16
17
4
20

44

12
16
14
12
16

46

12
21
16
5
20

245

59

157
120
84
108

324

62
151

99
134
136

47
13

1872

30

1873

19

1874

1875

26

18

1871-1875

1876

1,431

250
259
168
161
247

6.97

5.75
5.52
3.58
3.43
5.12

724

131
139
96
88
123

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73 ,
124 '

747

145
163
95
90
138

71

5
12
7
8
13

70

12
13
14
16
11

74

29
9
7
21
10

528

68
96
64
51
98

582

124
12^
71
59
100

106
12

1877

7

1878

5

1879

6

1880

20

1876-1880

1881

1,085

240
325
242
325
279

4.86

4.54
6.10
4.37
6.00
4.92

577

130
173
124
177
150

508

110
152
118
148
129

631

138
192
138
180
151

45

10
20
12
10
5

66

22
11
7
12
23

76

14
19
22
26
16

372

75
132

88
114
133

476

102
130
108
144
86

50
17

1882

18

1888

5

1884

19

1885

16

1881-1885

1886

1,411

877
855
467
396

582

5.45

6.14
5.36
6.78
6.01
8.01

754

179
•200
239
209
282

657

198
155
228
187
300

606

143
145
, 184
132
202

805

234
210
283
264
380

57

4
16
18
18
19

75

29
16
35
82
57

97

15
35
28
20
38

542

194
160
219
199
245

570

120
119
149
116
209

70
15

1887

9

1888

18

1889

11

1890

19

1886-1890

1891

2,177

546
638
603
496
500

6.81

8.25
8.56
8.10
6.93
6.64

1,109

298
336
324
243
268

1,068

248 \

297,

279

253

282

806

170
210
1 186
162
155

1,371

376
423
417
334
345

75

21
18
11
18
14

169

68
77
82
76
57

131

50
43
44
25
19

1,017

255

281
267
225
241

713

137
201
183
130
150

72
15

1892

13

1898

16

1894

27

1895

19

1891-1895

1896

2,778

545
10,172

7.55

7.26
6.35

1,469

313
5,849

1,309 1

282

4,823

883

165
8,950

1.895

880
6,222

77

5

1 869

360

62
846

181

38
643

1,269

277
4,250

801

148
3,614

90
15

Total, 81 years. .

450

* Exclusive of Proyidence city.

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CONSUMPTION.

The decedents from consumption, during 1896, numbered 846. The
number is 7 more than in the preceding year.

This number represents 11.27 per cent, of aU caiLses, and a propor-
tion of 2.1 to every one thousand of the population.

Sex. — ^Of these 846 decedents 409 were males, and 437 were females ;
being about 107 female decedents to every 100 male decedents.

For the period of twenty years (1866-1885) there were nearly 124
females to every 100 male decedents from consumption, and a very
considerable excess every year since, excepting 1890, 1891 and 1893.

Parentage, — There were 273 decedents of native parentage, and 573
of foreign ; a proportion of 210 of foreign parentage to every 100 of
native.

Season, — Thie largest number of deaths in any one month, 89, oc-
curred in December ; the next largest, 77, in April ; and the same in
May ; the smallest number, 57, in Juiie.

The number in each quarter of the year was as follows :

First Quarter 201 Third Quarter 197

Second Quarter 818 Fourth Quarter 227

First half 482 Second half 434

Whole number 846.

Ages. — During 1896, of the 846 decedents from consumption, 269
were between the ages of 20 and 30 ; and 204, or nearly one quarter,
were between the ages of 30 and 40.

In order to show more concisely the relation of age to mortality
from consumption, during 1896, the following age periods and num-
bers are presented :

Under 10 years of age ; 41

Between 10 and 20 years 110

Between 20 and 80 years 269

Between 80 and 40 years 204

Between 40 and 60 years 87

Between 50 and 70 years 105

O ver 70 years 80

Total : 846

The following Table shows the total deaths from all reported known
causes^ with the number and percentage of deaths from consumption of
the same, in each of the large divisions of the State, and in the whole
State, in each of the last seventeen years, and also the aggregate for a
period of thirty years, from 1861 to 1890, inclusive :

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STA.TI8TIC8 BY COUNTIES.

NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE,

THIRTY-SIX YEARS.

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forty-fourth registration report.
Table LXXI.

[1896.

Mortality in the State from Consumption^ with the Percentage of

the Whole Number of Deaths^ from all Causes, and the

Sex, Parentage and Locality in the Aggregate

of Different Periods, 1806-1896,

YEARS.

Is
3

o

1860-1870

1871-1875

1876-1880

1881-1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1886-1890

1891

1892

1898

1894

1895

1891-1895

1896

Total, 81 years.

2,718

2,8

3,271

3,729

826
710
800
727

852

8,915

740
759
722
705

3,765

846
21,127

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1,474

17.66

1,244

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1,267

1,616

1

14.66

1,485

1,836

14.40

1,692

2,037

14.12

882

444

11.19

812

398

12.18

391

409

11.61

356

371

12.29

422

430

12.24

1,863

2,052

11.18

380

360

10.26

360

899

9.72

864

358

9.85

387

868

11.18

392

447

10.41

1,833

1,982

11.27

409

437

18.25

9,743

11,384

PAREMTAUE.I

DIVISIONS or THE STATE.

Yi

1,567
1,504

1,151
1,879

1,478

1,798

1,427

2,302

808

518

266

444

284

516

239

488

280

572

1,877

2,538

248

492

249

510

230

492

214

491

284

555

1,225

2,540

273

573

8,846

12,281

122
94
104
113

122

17
29
18
10

103

27
685

231
213

194

208

43
34
55
45
88

215

47
51
55
46
54

219

163

188

242

57
41
82
37
51

218

51
45
35
46
59

253

59
1,873

236

891

953

1,(M8

1,222

276
246
273
207

1.357

236
265
259
242

271

1,273

1.051
1,234
1,498
1,761

815
894

1,762

347
842
328
825
394

1,T36

86T

204

226

108

50
46
50
53
88

241

42
27
27
86
82

174

85
1,802

CONSUMPTION. Proportion of Deaths to Population,

The proportion of deaths from consumption to the population in *^^
different localities in the State, during the last eleven years, ao«y ^®
seen in the following summaries :

* Exoluaiye of Proyidence city.

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CAUSES Ol* DEAffl.

203

For five years^ 1886 to 1890, inclusive.

Persons,
One Death to every

Bristol County 4 W or .

Kent County 669 or.

Newport County 708 or,

Providence County* 598 or.

Providence City 856 or

Washington County 497 or

Whole State 420 or

In every 1,000
of Population.

2.09

1.8»

1.48

1.91

t.88

2.10

2.40

For five years^ 1891 to 1895, inclusive.

Persons,
One Death to every

Bristol County 671 or.

Kent County 577 or,

Newport County 647 or.

Providence County* 587 or

Providence City 418 or,

Washington County 766 or,

Whole State 497 or

In every 1,000
of Population.

1.74

1.78

1.58

1.91

2.57

1.84

2.02

1894.

Persons,
One Death to every

Bristol County 1,218

Kent County 632

Newport County 667

.or.
.or.
.or.

In every 1,000
of Population.

82

1.58

1.50

Providence County Towns 612 or 1 .68

Pawtucket 499 or 2.00

Providence City 438 or 2.98

Woonsocket 522 or 1 .92

Washington County 680 or 1.47

Whole State 533 or 1 .88

* Exclusive of Providence city.

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[1896.

1895.

PersoDS,
One Death to every

Bristol County 421 or.

Kent County 556 or.

Newport County 525 or.

Providence County Towns 472 or.

Central Palls 688 or.

Pawtuckel 626 or,

Providence City 869 or.

Woonsocket 479 or

Washington County 173 or,

Whole State 459 or.

In every 1,000
of Population.

2.87

1.80

1.90

2.12

1.45

1.60

2.71

2.08

1.29

2.18

1896.

Persons,
One Death to every

Bristol County 466 or,

Kent County 526 or,

Newport County 474 or.

Providence County Towns 457 or

Central Falls 606 or.

Pawtucket 613 or.

Providence City 404 or,

Woonsocket 455 or

Washington County 718 or

Whole State 466 or.

In every 1,000
of Population.

2.19

1.90

2.11

2.19

1.65

1.68

2.47

2.12

1.40

2.15

There was only a very slight difference in the mortality from con-
sumption, in 1896, as compared with the preceding year, not only in
numbers, but also in proportion to the population.

CROUP.

There were 24 decedents from croup, in 1896, as against 30 in 1895.

Sex Of the 24 decedents from croup, in 1896, there were 16 males

and 8 females, a proportion of 200 males to each 100 females, which
is in accordance with the rule of previous years, in which there has
been a preponderance of males.

Digitized by V^iOOQIC

1896.] CAtrSES Ol* DEAM. ^^^

Parentage ^There were 5 decedents of native parentage, and 19 of

foreign parentage. The proportions were in the ratio of 380 of for-
eign to each 100 of native parentage.

^^e. —There were 12 of the decedents under 1 year of age, 4 of I
year and under 2, 7 of 2 years and under 5, and 1 between 5 and 10.

Season. —

First Quarter U Third Quarter

g
Second Quarter 8 Fourth Quarter — •

First half 14 Second half ....-•

Whole year 24

The following Table will exhibit various facts in relation to mortal-
ity from croup for thirty-one years :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

206 forty-fourth registration report. [1896.

Table LXXII.

Mortality in the State from Croup^from 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

TEARS.

186ft-1870,

1871-1875.

1876

1877

1878

1879 ,

1880

1876-1880.,

1881.
188S.

1884

1886

1881-1885.

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1886-1890.

1891.

1898

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896

Total, 31 years.

227
867

102
96
98
96
66

452

101
77
71
60
94

428

90
113
79
80

268

24

2,206

1.47

1.79

2.61
2.23
2.20
2.28

1.45
2.08

2.16
1.60
1.40
1.55
1.74
1.68

1.53
1.79
1.19
1.28
1.19
1.39

1.46

1.20

.67

.45

.40
.84

I 112

i

, 196

I

! so

i 48

I ""

' 58
I
82

151

16
1,149

115
169

52

47
48
88
34
219

50
86
89

40

49 >

220 I

I
45 I

55 I
86|
48j
30
209

I
27 I

37 I
21
16
16

117 I

8 I
1,057 I

PARSK

TAOB.

>-

1

1

96

181

164

203

42

60

84

61

43

50

40

56

27

39

186

266

38

63

82

45

83

38

82

48

42

52

177

246

89

51

48

70

34

45

24

56

28

55

168

277

17

50

44

45

18

37

10

22

9

21

93

175

5

19

889

1,317

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

81

"Soc r c«
«S

6

13

1
4

14
3
3

11
10
11
7
6
45

4

207

« O S ft

p

41

150

131

20

• 143 217

171 178

160

27
21
25
15
11

12
798

IS

99

169

66
40
89
43
30

49

72

8
905

a
o .

l§
sg

8
11

2

6
5
1
2
16

1
3

66

* Exclusive of Providence city.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 207

DIARKHCKA AND DYSENTERY.

There were 89 decedents from diarrhoea and dysentery, in 1896.
This number represents 1.18 per cent, of all causes, and a propor-
tion of .23 to every 1,000 of the population.

Sex. — Of the 89, 49 were males, and 40 were females, or a propor-
tion of 122 males to every 100 females.

Parentage — There were, of the 89 decedents, 40 of native parent-
age, and 49 of foreign parentage, or a proportion of about 122 of
foreign parentage to every 100 of native.

Age There were 29 of the decedents from diarrhoea and dysentery

under 5 years of age, and there were 42 over 50 years of age, leaving
18 for all the 45 years between 5 and 50.

Locality. — Of the 89 decedents 67 were in Providence county, and
8 in Newport county. 2 were reported from Bristol county, 5 from
Kent county, and 7 from Washington county.

Reason.— Fifty-four of the deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery oc-
curred during the months of July, August and September.

The decrease in mortality from diarrhoea and dysentery, in 1896,
compared with the previous year, was about 12 per cent.

The following Table will show the deaths from diarrhoea and dysen-
tery, with the percentage, sex, parentage, etc., for each of thirty-one
years, beginning with 1866 :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

208

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXXIII.

Mortality in the State from Diarrhoea and Dysentery, 1866 to 1896^

inclv^ive.

TEARS.

6year8.1866-1870.
1871-18T6

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881.
1882.

1884

1886

1881-1885.

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1886-1890.

1891.

1898

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896

Total, 81 years..

677

680

122
142
93
97

98

B, I

4.40

2.60

2.96
8.19
2.09
2.17

2. as

652 2.47

119
168
182
168
120

2.87
8.11
8.46
2.98
2.28

732 2.89 I

159
199
167
159

182

856

2.72
8.11
2.81
2.54
2.62
2.68

148 2.16
199 2.69
159 ! 2.14

124
101

726

89
4,212

1.78
1.84

2.01 I

1.18

1

1

863

324

817

268

66

56

64

78

42

61

48

49

49

49

269

288

66

68

75

88

86

96

74

79

61

59

362

880

64

95

107

92

69

88

78

86

84

98

897

«»

69

74

100

99

79

80

61

63

38

63

347

379

49

40

2,084

2,128

PARENTAGE.

DIVISIONS OF

THE STATE.

1

1
1

I'-

2|

i

p

Is

r

P

823

864

26

46

89

215

254

47

305

275

27

46

23

183

289

12

62

70

8

6

2

41

65

5

73

69

8

6

9

54

65

10

51

42

5

8

2

34

39

5

47

50

9

6

10

27

42

3

50

48

4

6

10

32

42

4

273

279 '

29

32

33

188

248

27

64

66

2

4

8

47

57

6

69

89

2

4

28

57

64

8

88

94

7

7

16

74

75

3

69

84

10

6

11

66

56

5

61

69

7

6

6

62

85

4

331

401

28

26

64

306

287

21

70

89

7

11

1

73

5d

8

70

129

6

16

4

92

72

9

97

60

6

8

3

54

71

15

67

92

1

12

17

71

50

8

74

108

5

9

22

77

63

6

378

478

26

56

47

367

815

46

61

92

4

15

13

48

58

5

82

117

6

14

8

76

89

6

56

103

6

14

7

60

66

7

36

88

8

4

59

43

10

40

61

461

6

9

3

41

87

5

265

21

60

35

284

293

S3

40

49

2

5

8

39

28

7

1,915

2,297

158

271

299

1,582

1,709

198

♦Exclusive of Providence city.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 209

DIPHTHERIA.

The number of deaths from diphtheria, in 1896, was 283, which was
57 less than in 1895, or a decrease of nearly 17 per cent.

This number represents 3.77 per cent, of all causes, or a proportion
of .72 to every one thousand of the population.

Sex — Of the 283 decedents 149 were males, and 134 were females.
As a rule there has been a considerable preponderance of females.

Parentage. — There were 120 of native, and 163 of foreign parent-
age, or a proportion of about 136 of foreign parentage to every 100
of native.

Season. — There were 93 deaths from diphtheria in the first quarter,
74 in the second quarter, 38 in the third quarter, and 78 in the fourth
quarter.

Age, — There were 188 deaths under 5 years of age, 69 between 5 and
10, 15 between 10 and 15, 3 between 15 and 20, and 8 above 20 years
of age.

Locality Of the 283 decedents 249 were in Providence county ; 5

in Bristol county ; 19 in Kent county ; 6 in Newport county ; and 4 in
Washington county.

The following Table shows the mortality in the State from diphtheria
for thirty-one years, beginning with 1866, also the percentage of deaths,
the sex, parentage, etc. :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

210

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXXIV.
Mortality in the State from Diphtheria — 1866-1896,

OS

1

1
8BX. ;

PARBXTAOE.'

DIVISIONS OP THE STATE.

11
If

55

1
1

1

i

1

i
. 1

i
1

1

^ i

li

Years.

II

It

1.
F

It

1866- '70

15,891

181

1.18

88

98'

108

78

5

28

80

40

44

84

1871-75

20,540

242

1.18'

118

124

154

83

4

85

20

54

105

24

1876....

4,116

159

8.86

77

82

1

69

90

1

2

9

29

111

7

1877....

4,460

492

11.56

239

258

283

269

12

44

2

122

295

17

1878....

4,441

486

9.80

224

211 ,

201

284

21

29

28

106

245

11

1879. . . .

4,472

259

6.79 1

121

188 :

148

116

7

19

20

96

106

12

1880....

4,829

162

8.40

78

79

763

1

76

77 1

8

6

2

68

61

17

1876- '80

20,306

1,497

6.71

734

TUX

776

44

100

56

415

818

64

1881....

5,016

216

4.68'

1

106

110 1

118

98

10

16

8

58

116

18

1882....

5,074

101

1.99'

48

58

56

46

8

4

29

48

17

1883....

6,282

95

1.88'

89

56 ;

46

60

1

7

3

26

54

4

1884..,.

5,141

119

2.81

65

54 :

47

72

8

1

9

39

58

4

1885....

5,889

99

1.83

47

62

48

51

5

5

6

39

87

7

1881- '85

25,902

680

2.48'

805

825

813

817

24

82

30

,86

813

45

1886....

5,849

228

8.90

98

180 ;

101

127

20

21

23

64

98

2

1887....

6,840

287

4.58

135

152

101

186

15

11

4

114

108

35

1888....

6,594

191

2.86

■ 87

m!

79

112

18

3

9

58

98

10

1889....

6.269

184

2.98

; 80

104

89

95

3

10

11

56

97

7

1890....

6,984

211

3.04;

112

99 1

93

118

1

9

16

86

94

5

1886- '90

81,976

1,101

3.44

|5>.

589

463

638

52

64

63

378

495

59

1891 ....

6,620

102

1.50

\ 52

50

48

54

2

7

6

40

47

1892....

7,896

89

1.20

^18

41

44

45

1

1

8

23

89

17

1893....

7,440

157

2.11

75

82

57

100

1

11

13

67

65

1894....

7,160

133

1.86

74

59 1

61

72

8

8

72

47

3

1895....

7,535

840

4.51

166
415

174

145

195

3

7

6

221

94

9

1891- '95

36,151

821

2.24

406

355

466

7

29

41

428

292

29

1896....

7,504

283

3.77

149

134

120

163

5

19

6

109

140

4

Total
31 yrs.

157,772

4,755

3.01

2,316

2,439

2,229

2,526

141

297

246

1,605

2,207

259

* Exclusive of Providence city.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OP DEATH. 211

FEVER, MALARIAL.

The number of deaths, during 1896, from diseases classed as fever
malarial, was 42. The number in 1895 was 29; in 1894 was 26; in
1893 was 20 ; in 1892 was 36 ; in 1891, 31 ; in 1890, 42 ; in 1889, 40 ;
in 1888, 71 ; in 1887, 85; in 1886, 44; in 1885, 30; in 1884, 25.

Sex — Of the 42 decedents from malarial fevers, in 1896, 21 were
males and 21 were females, or 100 males to every 100 females.

Parentage, — There were, of the 42 decedents from malarial diseases,
12 of native parentage, and 30 of foreign, or 250 of foreign parentage
to every 100 of native.

Season — The deaths from malarial diseases occurred in the different
seasons of the year as follows :

First Quarter 6 Third Quarter 16

Second Quarter 10 Fourth Quarter 10

Firsthalf 16 Second half 26

Whole year 42

Age, — The number of decedents in the different periods of life was
as follows :

Under 5 years of age 10

Prom 5 to 20 years of age 7

From 20 to 40 years of age .^ 10

From 40 to 60 years of age 11

60 and over : 8

Not stated 1

42

Localities, — Bristol county, 1 ; Kent county, 2; Newport county, 2 ;
Providence county, 33 ; Washington county, 4.

FEVERS, TYPHOID, ETC.

The number of decedents whose deaths were returned as having been
caused by "fever*' of some form, not malarial nor cerebro-spinal,
was 113. Deaths from puerperal fever are not included.

The following Table exhibits, for each of the last thirty-one years,
the number and the percentage, and the sex and parentage of the de-
cedents from fevers returned as from typhoid, and the number in each
division of the State :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

212

FORTY-FOUBTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXXV.

Mortality in the State from Fevers, Typhoid, etc.^1866 to 1896,

inclusive.

YEARS.

5 yre., 1866-1870
1871-1875....

1876

18'i7

1878

1879

1880 ,

1876-1880.

1881.

1888

1884

1885

1881-1886.

1886.
1887.

1890

1886-1890.

1891.

1893

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896

Total, 81 years.

641

740

136
184
150
114
158

68S

148
229
258
165
168

958

169
127
285
148
107

781

149
183
115
159
125

681

118
4,591

4.2

8.5

8.0
8.0
8.4
2.7
8.4

8.1

2.8
4.7
4.8
8.2
2.9

.8.7

2.9
2.0
8.6
2.8
1.5

2.5

2.2
1.8
1.6
2.2

1.7

1.9

1.5
2.9

FA RENTAGE.

814
350

65
68
68
47
74

317

74
111
146

83
71

486

78
67
125
85
58

413

86
75
65
93
78

5,837

827

890

61
71
82
67
84

866

118
112

87

91
60
110
58
49

368

68

68
60

47

398

419

71
66
77
68
94

370

74
100
117
78
70

489

76
58
88
56

817

56
55
41
46
55

253

44
2,240

821

55
69
78
51
64

812

69
129
141

87
88

514

93

147
87

464

98

78
74
118
70

428

2,851

DIVISIONS OF THE STATE.

22

II

th

47

77

84

13
8
6
6
5

55

9
810

'EC

Is i<

243

263

44
52
59
44
66

265

58
56

881

264

46
49
40
56
52

243

89
1,648

184
299

33

44
47
40
52

216

41
145
134
64
53

437

70
38
102
60
43

813

63
51
52

70
48

284

48
1,776

22
12
12
7
16

IS
6

7
9
8

43

8
15
9
9

7

48

10
7
7
2
4

30

8
849

^Sxcliuive of Proyidence city.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 213

During 1896, of the 113 decedents from typhoid fever, there were 66
males and 47 females, a proportion of about 140 males to every 100
females. The difference in the sexes of the mortality from fevers is
not usually very great.

During the period of thirty-one years, 1866 to 1896, inclusive, the
proportions of the sexes of the decedents from '' fever," in the State,
were 96 females to every 100 males.

Parentage — There were 44 decedents from enteric fever, of native
parentage, in 1896, and 69 of foreign parentage, a proportion of about
61 of foreign and 39 of native in every 100 decedents.

Season

FirstQuarter 20 Third Quarter 47

Second Quarter 14 Fourth Quarter 32

Firsthalf 34 Second half 79

Whole number 118

The following Table shows the number of decedents from fevers, in
each division of ages, in each of the last thirty-one years, in the State
of Rhode Island :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

214 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table LXXVI.
Mortality from Typhoid Fever in Age Periods,

[1896.

TYPHOID FEVER.

YEARS.

1866.

1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1878.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.,
1887.

1890.
1891.

1894.
1895.
1896.

Periods of Lipb.

28

10

Total, 81 years.

10

8

26

13

18

10

17

18

27

12

10

14

23

14

21

10

22

18

17

16

19

7

25

12

25

9

24

22

86

26

24

18

85

12

29

9

24

8

27

27

18

12

13

11

12

10

10

11

6

7

18

8

10

9

10

8

601

866

I *^

21
23
I 10
14
81
20
34
34
26
19
15
18
27
14
24
19
44
46
19
16
26
16
42
29
13
25
18
16
81
10
18

ri7

1,269

; S ' 8

I 2 I 5

% ' S

I 16 I 9

11 8

I 8 10

I

I ''' ®

I 25 i 8

i 16 9

I 9 ' 12

18 18

: 5 I 10

10 . 10
'96

8 ! 5

11 \ 12
6 8

12 I 10

11 , 9
14 9

12 11

16 I 12

671 1 346 , 288

42

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

CAUSES OF DEATH.

215

Table LXXVII.

Comparative Exhibit of the Percentage of Deaths from Typhoid

Fever to Total Deaths from Specified Causes, in six New

England States, for twenty-one years, 1876 to 1896,

Bhode Island

Maine

New Hampshire. .

Vermont

Massachusetts

Connecticut

3.0

8.0

2.7

3.4

2.8

4.7

4.8

2.92.9

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.22.23.02.1

2.2

8.4 2.7

3.5 5.5
2.5

2.5

3.4 3.1
2.92.3

3.02.22.52.52.2

5,3.12.1

2.42.0
2.51.1

2.12.8,2.2

2.2,1.22.2

2.2

1.9,2.4
1.61
1.91.8
2.32.3

1.81.4
1.42.5

I

1.71.5
1.9 ...

1.71.4'...

2.01.7 ...

1.41.5
1.8,1.5

DISEASES ON THE HEART.

The number of decedents from the various forms of diseases of the
heart, as reported in 1896, was 556. The number is 21 more than that
of 1895.

This number represents 7.41 per cent, of all causes, and a propor-
tion of 1.41 to every one thousand of the population.

Sex. — There were 294 male decedents, and 262 female decedents ; a
proportion of about 112 males to every 100 females, but these propor-
tions, although varying from year to year, are not greatly dififerent.

Parentage. — Of the 556 decedents from diseases of the heart, in
1896, there were 266 of native parentage, and 290 of foreign, a pro-
portion of about 92 of native parentage to every 100 of foreign. Ex-
cept in 1892, 1893 and 1896, it has been the invariable rule of the
whole period of registration that the native population is more subject
to heart disease than the foreign.

The following Table exhibits, for each of the last thirty-one years
1866 to 1896, inclusive, the number and percentage, and the sex and
parentage of the decedents from diseases of the heart, and the num-
ber of the same in each division of the State :

Digitized by VjOOQIC

216 forty-fourth registration report. [1896.

Table LXXVIII.
Mortality from Diseases of the Hearty 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

.S

s

6 years, 1866-1870 690
1871-1876

1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.

166
182
166
202
231

1876-1880 947

1881.
1882.
1888.
1884.
1886.

264
266
326

285
349

1881-1885 1,478

1886.
1887.

1890.

406
436
460
405

1886-1890 2,037

1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.

480
506

476
585

1891-1895 2,532

1896.

556

Total, 81 years. . 9,062 5.65 4,569 4,-

-3

3.83

4.49

4.03

4.09

3.

4.

6.

73 !

78

4.25

7.25
6.84
7.19
6.65
7.10

7.01

7.41

458

86
94
88
114
125
507

131
116
167
135
162
711

205
196

1,008

248
260
264
251
260

1,283

294

806 ' 282

464

80
88
78
88
106
440

133
139
158
150
187
767

178
201
240
227

188

246
271
225
275

1,249

PARKNTAOB.

DIVISIONS OF THE

STATE

1

Si

5^

11

It

If

1^

f

395

195

22

48

48

184

262

26

595

827

21

46

82

248

466

60

109

67

9

11

10'

88

86

12

110

ra

8

7

9

57

98

13

109

67

6

11

16

88

83

14

127

75

8

20

16

38

111

9

146

85

9

21

29

69

104

9

001

846

84

70

79

230

477

57

164

110

9

21

24

73

121

16

162

93

8

16

23

65

142

11

179

146

8

27

30

70

172

18

163

122

6

16

25

87

139

12

198

151

18

27

26

94

159

31

856

622

44

107

127

379

783

88

184

146

12

20

18

82

168

ao

240

166

7

21

86

123

198

26

240

196

11

22

40

122

210

81

258

202

19

31

89

143

199

29

219

186

16

49

27

114

172

28

1,141

896

64

143

160

584

942

144

244

236

21

87

38

137

210

87

2.52

254

22

47

48

163

200

26

264

271

20

43

80

174

238

80

246

230

16

82

41

161

192

84

275

260

14

41

54

180

210

86

1,281

1,251

93

200

211

815

1,050

168

266

290

19

40

88

189

231

39

5,135

3,927

297

654

745

2,629

4,160

577

♦ Exclusive of Provideace city.

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 217

Sex, — Of the 9,062 persons deceased from diseases of the heart, in
the last thirty-one years, 4,569 were males, and 4,493 were females ;
or 102 males to each 100 females.

Parentage, — Of the 9,062 decedents, during thirty-one years, 5,135
were of native parentage, and 3,927 of foreign. The proportions
would, therefore, stand as follows: To every 100 of foreign parent-
age there were about 131 of native ; or about 57 native and 43 of for-
eign parentage in every 100 deaths. This diflPerence has been gradu-
ally diminishing. In 1892 there were 2 more deaths of foreign than
of native parentage, in 1893 there were 7 more deaths of foreign than
of native parentage, and in 1896 there were 24 more deaths of foreign
than of native parentage.

Diseases of the heart rank third in the order of causes in 1896.

The following Table shows the number of decedents from diseases
of the heart, in each divisional period of life, in each of the last thirty-
one years :

27

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Table LXXIX.
Mortality from Diseases of the Hearty in Age Periods.

YEARS,

1866..
1867..
1868..
I860..
1870..
1871..
1878..
1878..
1874..
1875..
1876..
1877..
1878..
1879..
1880..
1881..
1882..
1888..
1884..
1885..
1886..
1887..
1888..
1889..
1890..
1891..
1893..
1898..
1894..
1895..
1896..

Total

Periods of lifb.

8
11
5
4
6
12
12
11
16
16
10
11
8
9
10
13
17
18
25
18
18
80
25
25
15
18
21
27
28
20

869 490

98

1,014 1,442

16

79
97
85
78
109
111
116
102
187
106

21
27
25
21
28
28
29
42
40
41
89
88
85
86
49
58
61
76
50
78
69
87
74
118
96
101
104
97
102
111
117

4

4
5
7
8
6
18
9
12
9
10
18
11
16
28
21
17
26
82
24
18
39
88
85

81
42

51
50

678

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 219

The results of thirty-one years of registration, with record of ages
of decedents from diseases of the heart, show in periods of twenty
years each of life, the following percentages :

Under 20 years of age 9.6 per cent

Between 30 and 40 : 18.9 per cent.

Between 40 and 60 27.1 per cent.

Between 60 and 80 41.7 per cent.

Over 80 7.5 per cent.

Not stated : 2 per cent.

100.0 per cent.

It will be seen that more than 41 per cent, of all the deaths from dis-
eases of the heart were of persons over 60 years of age, and under 80.

Diseases of the heart have acquired large importance as a cause of
death. From 88.7 in every 1,000 deaths from all causes, in 1866, heart
diseases gradually increased to about 73 in every 1,000, in 1889, and
falling back to slightly less than 60 per 1,000, in 1890, and rising to
72.5 per 1,000, in 1891, and falling to 68.4 in 1892. In 1893 there
were 71.9 deaths from heart diseases in every 1,000, in 1894 there
were 66.5 deaths in every 1,000, in 1895 there were 71.0 deaths in
every 1,000, and in 1896 there were 74.1 deaths in every 1,000.

INFLUENZA.

The event, during the first four months of the year 1890, of a very
extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented prevalence of a form of in-
fluenza, which was unlike that of ordinary occurrence in that it affected
indiscriminately all the functions and nearly all the organs of the body,
varying with the individuals attacked, and the reappearance of the
same, although in greatly lessened numbers, in 1891, warrants a con-
tinued notice not given previous to 1890 in the Registration Reports,
to the affection so named.

The disease was, in 1890, most largely confined to the respiratory
passages, and resulted in a largely increased mortality from bronchitis
and consumption. During 1891 the disease was equally as severe,
affecting in a larger measure the brain and other nerve centres, and the
direct mortality was even larger than that of 1890. The prevalence
was largest during the second quarter of the year, and again in De-
cember.

The increase in December of 1891 was followed by a sudden aug-
mentation in the first four months of the following year, 1892, the
greatest number of* deaths, 198, occurring in January of 1892. The

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total for 1892 was 336, or about twice as much as for either of the
previous years. In 1893 there were 84 deaths reported as resulting
from influenza. This was 251 less than in 1892. In 1894 there were
166 deaths from influenza reported, an increase of 95 per cent, from
1893, and a decrease of over 50 per cent, from 1892. In 1895 there
were 115 deaths from influenza. In 1896 there were but 42 deaths
from influenza.

Sex. — Of the 42 deaths from influenza, in 1896, 15 were males and
27 were females, a proportion of 56 males to every 100 females.

Parentage — The parent nativity of the decedents was 16 of native
and 26 of foreign.

Season. — Of the 42 deaths from influenza, during 1896, 18 occurred
in the first quarter of the year, 16 in the second, 5 in the third, and 3
in the fourth quarter.

Age. — There were 4 under 5 years of age, 3 from 5 to 20 years, 3
from 20 to 40, 6 from 40 to 60, 19 from 60 to 80, 6 from 80 years of
age and over, and 1, age unstated.

The following Tables will show the proportionate nativity, sex and
location of the disease.

The greatest mortality appears to be among females, there being 147
females to every 100 males. The nativity appears equally divided be-
tween native and foreign, there being 101 foreign to 100 native.

The largest number of deaths occurred in Providence city, but this
is not out of proportion to the proportionate number and density of
population.

Referring to the age periods, it will be seen that the greatest age is
70 to 80, there being 216, or 19.84 per cent, of the whole number of
deaths from this disease. Taking the three decennials including 60 to
90 we have 531 deaths, or 48.77 per cent, of all by ages.

By season, the greatest number of deaths occurred during the winter
months, the most severe being during January, December and Febru-
ary. The number in January and February make a total of 572, or
52.53 percent, of all.

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 221

Mortality in the State from Influenza^ 1890 to 1896 ^ inclusive.

YEARS.

1890

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1890-1896

168
177
866

85
166
115

42

2.42
2.67
4.54
1.14
2.32
1.53
.56

2.17

72
67
142
34
62
48
15

96
110
194

51
104

67

27

649

PARENTAGE.

91
170
47

543

100

166

78

26

DIYISIONS OP THE STATE.

II

« o

70

61
60
115
33
48
42
30

1^

70
69
144
82
75
41
6

437

5
13
26

5
13
10

1

78

Influenza by Age Periods 1890-1896.

i

^

YEARS.

&!

o

a

g

^

s

g

^

s

8

o

s

1

B

o

o

3

s

2

S

s

3

3

S

1

^

o

§

s

^

g

8

g

S

g

1890

14
11
26
7
6
14
1

18
12
20

5
14
10

3

4

2
4
2
1
2

8
8
6
8
5
5
1

14

14

18

6

11

8

1

22
6

19
1
6
6
2

18
14
25
7
20
9
2

17
21
33

4
12
10

4

19
29
74
18
82
16
18

17
42
74
16
87
24
6

11

19
41
16
17
9
6

5
1
8
2
4
8
1

1

1891

1892

1898

1

1894

1895

1896

1890-1896

79

82

15

86

67

62

95

101

196

216

119

19

2

Per cent, of all ages,

7 years

7.25

7.58

1.88

8.81

6.15

5.69

8.72

9.28

18.00

19.84

10.98

1.74

.18

* Bxclusiye of Providence city.

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[1896.

Influenza by Months, 1890-1896.

YEARS.

Jan.
Feb.

1

<

^

s

a
<

1
2

8

1
1

8

4
2

1

1

2

P

1

98
5
36
8
4
2

1

1890

108
4

198
6

102
12
9

438

1

27
8
62

1

27
20

4

134

11
1

81
2

10

48
5

108

8
22

27
19
9
16

7

108

4
19

9
12

7
7
5

68

2

19

2
2

1
2
5
1

2
2
2

1

168

1891

177

1892

836

1893

85

1894

166

1895 ... .

115

1896

2
9

2

10

1
11

42

1890-1896

44 18

7

149

1,069

1

I

INSAKITY.

There were 53 deaths from iDsanity, in 1896, a decrease of 19 from
1895. The percentage to the whole number of deaths was .70. These
deaths occurred chiefly at the Cranston institutions, and in the Butler
hospital.

.Sex* — There were 28 male and 25 female decedents.

Parentage The number of native decedents from insanity was 22,

and of foreign parentage 31.

Of the 53 deaths in 1896, there were 18 from dementia, 16 from
senile dementia, 5 from acute mania, 3 from melancholia, and 11 from
insanity.

Of the 18 deaths from dementia, the secondary cause given in 2
cases was pneumonia; 1, pulmonary tuberculosis; 1, asthma; 1,
diarrhoea; 1, cancer of uterus. In 12 cases no secondary cause was
given.

Of the 16 deaths from senile dementia, the secondary cause given in
2 cases was paralysis ; 2, diarrhoea ; 1, atheroma of arteries ; 1, pneu-
monia; 1, angina pectoris; 1, valvular disease of heart ; 8 cases no
secondary cause given.

Of the three cases of melancholia, a secondary cause of death was
given in 2 cases, paralysis; 1, chronic diarrhoea ; 1, meningitis ; 1,
softening of the brain ; 6 cases no secondary cause given.

Secondary causes, with insanity in some form as a primary cause,
were as follows : Pn eumonia, 3 — dementia 2, and senile dementia 1 ;

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 223

pulmonary tuberculosis, 1 — dementia; asthma (cardiac), 1 — dementia;
cancer of uterus, 1 — dementia ; diarrhoea, 4 — dementia 1, senile demen-
tia 2, insanity 1 ; paralysis, 4 — senile dementia 2, insanity 2 ; atheroma
of arteries, 1 — senile dementia ; angina pectoris, 1 — senile dementia ;
valvular disease of heart, 1 — senile dementia ; malnutrition, 1 — melan-
cholia ; meningitis, 1 — insanity ; brain softening, 1 — insanity.

The following Table shows the mortality in the State from insanity,

for thirty-one years, with percentage to deaths from all causes, sex,

parentage, etc., from 1866 to 1896, inclusive:

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YEARS.

1816-1870.

1871-1875.,

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881

1882

1868

1884

1886

1881-1885.

1886

1887

1888

1880

1890

1886-1890.

1891.

1898

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896

Total, 31 years. .

Table LXXX.
Mortality in the State from Insanity.

72

106

12
19
22
17
19

155

49
64
48

208

21
27

72

208

53

891

.47

.52

.50
.40
.89

.45
.55

.67

.59

.83
1.01
.64
.85
.44

.87
.53

.68 '

.57
.70
.55

II

1

sxz.

PARENTAGE. I

1

DIVISIONS OF THE

STATE

j

1

1

i

11

si

11

It

^ p

s

1*

P

88

1
39

52

20

5

4

7

55

1

55

61

76

90

8

2

8

88

68

2

5

7

9

8

1

2

1

1

6

1

9

10

9

10

1

5

12

1

5
11

17
6
10

16
10
13

6
7
6

1

8

5
6

17
11
9

1

1

1

2

1

89

50

57

82

1

4

4

20

55

5

15

17

22

10

1

1

8

10

16

1

9

14

18

5

1

8

12

2

12

17

17

12

1

2

7

18

1

17

19

24

12

2

8

21

9

1

16

19

is

17

2

23

10

69

86

99

56

4

7

5

69

65

5

21

28

28

21

3

1

1

87

7

85

29

88

31

1

1

56

6

21

22

24

19

1

2

83

7

14
19

8
11

12
16

10
14

14
13

8
14

1

1

1

110

96 1

113

95 !

1

6

4

8

158

36

6

10

11

16

5

1

5

13

2

17

10

15

12

3

1

8

14

1

14

25

13

26

30

9

20

29

22

27

1

1

27

18

2

36

36

44

28

3

1

41

27

97

111

! 110

1

98

7

8

1

lU

81

5

28

25

1 22

81

2

40

11

481

460

1 529

863

21

27

25

488

361

24

♦ Exclusive of Providence city.

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DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS.

There were 395 deaths returned, during 1896, with diseases of the
kidneys assigned as the cause.

This number represents 5.26 per cent, of all causes, and a propor-
tion of 1.00 to every 1,000 of the population.

Sex. — Of the 395 there were 209 males, and 186 females.

Parentage There were 188 of native parentage and 207 of foreign,

or about 91 of native to every 100 of foreign parentage.

In 1890 it occurred for the first time in twenty-five years that the
decedents from diseases of the kidneys, of foreign parentage, outnum-
bered those of native parentage.

Age, — Of the 395 decedents from kidney diseases 12 were under 5
years of age, 28 from 5 to 20, 75 from 20 to 40, 133 from 40 to 60,
133 from 60 to 80, 13, 80 and over, and 1, age unstated.

Diseases of the kidneys have largely increased in number, and much
larger still in proportion, during the last thirty-one years.

During the ten years from 1866 to 1875, inclusive, the proportion of
deaths from kidney diseases, to whole number of deaths from all causes,
was but little more than one per cent., while during the ten years from
1886 to 1895, inclusive, the proportion was nearly three and one-half
per cent.

The following Table will present various facts in .relation to the mor-
tality from diseases of the kidneys, in Rhode Island, for thirty-one
years, 1866-1896:

28

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Table LXXXI.

Mortality in the State from Kidney Diseases, with the Percentage

of the Whole Number of Deaths, Sex, Parentage, and Locality,

for thirty-one years, from 1806 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

1

•m

O

1

185

295

50
67
80
79
91

i

1 1

5 yean, 1866-1870

1871-1875

1876

.88 ;

1.44

1.28
1 57

1877

1878

1 89 '

1879

1 88 1

1880

2 02

1876-1880

1881

867

79
86
129
118
159

1.05

1.69
1.79
2.43
2.29
2.97

1882

1888

1884

1885

1881-1886

1886

571

155
169
218
210
229

2.20
2 49

1887

2 66

1888

3 23

1889

3.88 1

1890

3.20

1886-1890

1891

976

245
258
802
818
841

3.05

3.06
3.49
4.06
4.37 '
4.54

1892

1898

1894

1895

1891-1895

1896

1,459

395

4,198

3.90
5. 26

Total, 81 years..

2.58

1

>3

1

94

41

167

128

22

28

40

27

50

30

51

28

52

89

215

152

40

39

50

36

72

67

63

65

92

67

307

2W

85

70

92

77

102

111

119

91

116

113

514

462

123

122

135

123

154

148

152

161

176

165

740

720

209

186

2,246

1,952

' PARENTAOE.

DIVISIONS OP THE STATE.

1H7

82
85
49
44
51
211

47
46
74
66

86

90
122
122

109

536

122
127
141
164

171

725

188

2,256

44

108

18
82
31
35
40

156

82
41
55
52
73
253

62
79
91
88
120
440

123
131
161
149
170
734

207

1,942

■eg

Newport
County.

o c

9

f

§ .

11

6

7

25

28

66

8

11

11

17

67

172

17

, 1

1

7

10

26

3

2

1

14

49

1

4

8

3

21

47

2

1

8

1

28

43

8

1

6

10

27

46

2

9

18

21

96

218

16

7

5

4

14

48

1

2

5

10

15

52

2

6

2

17

37

60

8

6

11

12

28

54

8

1 8

10

17

81

68

5

27

33

60

125

302

24

3

10

22

87

71

12

5

6

16

48

92

7

10

10

24

46

115

8

14

13

15

62

96

10

15

8

21

59

116

10

47

47

98

247

490

47

9

12

25

72

114

18

9

11

24

70

128

16

19

15

25

81

147

15

22

20

83

84

136

18

23

19

29

96

163

11

82

77

136

403

688

78

19

89

34

125

160

18

201

227

391

1,065

2,091

20S

* Exclusive of Providence city.

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DISEASES OF THE LIVER.

There were 110 deaths reported in 1896 as having been caused by
stractural diseases of the liver.

This number represents 1.47 per cent, of all causes, and a propor-
tion of .28 to every 1,000 of the population.

Of the 110 decedents there were 56 males and 54 females, or 96 fe-
males to every 100 males.

There were 37 of native parentage and 73 of foreign, or about 51
of native to every 100 of foreign.

Eighty-eight of the whole number were of persons of forty years of
age and over.

In the age period of from five to forty, there were but twenty-two
decedents from diseases of the liver.

The mortality from such diseases does not depend to any marked
extent upon the influence of season.

Table LXXXII will present various facts relating to diseases of the
liver during Ihirty-one years :

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forty-fourth registration report.
Table LXXXII.

[1896.

Percentage to Whole Number of Deaths, Sex, Parentage and La-
cality of Decedents from Diseases of the Liver, 1866-1896.

1
"S

1

s i

^ 1

1

be:

C. PA KEN

Foreign. o

1

Kent 2
County. , g

Newport g
County. Q

THE 8

" 1

TATE.

YEARS.

t
1

i
1

1.
■Si

F

§.

1866-1870

1871-1875

1876

201

202

45
52
49
52

58
250

46
02
51
48
01
268

54

80
68
70
65

1.81

.98 '

1.09

1.17 !

1.10

1.24

1.27

1.15

1
.92 i

l.SK '

M ;

1.13

113

91

26
28
25
27
20

K8

111 ;

1

10

118
110
27

88

88

18
21
17
21

18

"~95"

26

26
31 '
25
20 '

12

18

1
1
8
4
4
18

2
8
5
5
2
17

4
8

1
1
3

14
14
5

1
4
8
13

2
5
6
8

6

86

12

6
7
6
2
8

47

56

11 !

10

14

14

15

70

88

18
24
18
22
25

22

14
5

1877

1 '

29 1 31

24 82

25 81

4

1878

2

1879

6

1880

29

1 40
161

8

1876-1880

1881

130

ao

34
27
22
24

126 1

i
16

»4H

6
10
4
5
6

70

8
17
16

21

107

24
24
18
31
24

20
4

1882

28 'l 86

8

1888

1
24 1

26

20
23

2

1884

2

1885

37 ' 82

2

182

1881-1885

1886

1.08 '

.92
1.85
1.08
1.12

.94

187

29
40
88
80
42
179

41
89
48
43
43

131
25

136 1

28
48
82
39
86

22

4
5
5
2
4

81

4
8
6
10
6

64

14
81
28
26
21

121

28
89
26
29
26

13

1887

46 1 88
80 '■ 86
40 ;'' 81
23 1 29

5

1888

2

1889

2

1890

164
40

1836-1890

1891

348

81
89
72

1 93

1

1 81

1.07

1.23
1.20
.97
1.80
1.07

. ICO

1

, 2ft

183

58
65
42
51
63

12

3
8
4
2

20

4
5
8
9
8

29

9
4
6
9
10

120

26
27
15
42
27

148

88
45
86

81

14

1892

1
50 84

29 ', 80

i 50 ; 42

1 !l

1 88 ' 28

1998

1894

1895

1891-1895

1896

Total. 31 years .

416

110

1,796

1.15 1 209
1.47 56

1.12 ; 915

1

207
54
881

162
87
889

254
73
907

12
3

92

32

7

122

38

6

180

187
40
534

174
48
756

Hi

6

112

♦ Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.] CAUSES OF deaM. 22d

DROPSY.

During 1896 there were 2 deaths returned as having been caused by
dropsy.

This number represents .03 per cent, of deaths from all causes, and
a proportion of .005 to every one thousand of tlie population.

It has been repeatedly observed in previous reports that although this
term is a misnomer in a large measure, and conveys no definite idea of
the pathological condition preceding the dropsical accumulation, it is,
nevertheless, the only cause returned, and as it is in some instances the
apparently immediate cause of death, it is given a place in the Regis-
tration Reports ; and as a frequent result and concomitant of diseases
of the kidneys and liver, it has been placed in comparison with them
in the following Table.

Of the 2 decedents from dropsy 1 was male and 1 was female..

The female decedents from dropsy have been, in nearly every year,
in a considerable number, in excess of the male decedents.

Of the parentage 1 was of native, and 1 of foreign parentage.

It will be noticed that the number of deaths from dropsy, for 1896,
was but two. This is explained by the fact that the diagnosis of
dropsy was not accepted as a cause but as a symptom. In these cases
strenuous effort was made by the Registrar to ascertain the cause of
the dropsy from the physician, in every case so reported. The large
number returned from that cause was distributed under the headings of
heart disease, liver disease or disease of the kidneys, as finally ascer-
tained from the physician in charge. These groups of diseases are
therefore correspondingly increased over the numbers of previous years.

In these two cases the causation of the ascites was so obscure that
no decision could be arrived at, either as a result of the physician hav-
ing been called after death, or in the absence of any previous historj'.

An examination of Table LXXXIII will serve as evidence of the
greater carefulness and better judgment of the medical practitioners
of the present time, inasmuch as the causes of dropsy are now better
understood and reported, and for that reason the number of deaths
attributed to dropsy have diminished nearly ninety-nine per cent.

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230

POBTTf-foURTH REGIStBAttON REt>ORT.

tisse.

Table LXXXIII.

Mortality from Kidney and Liver Diseases compared with Dropsy
{so returned) for thirty-one years — 1866-1896.

YEARS.

1866-1870...

1871-1876...

1876

187T

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880...

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1881-1885...

1886

1887

1888

1869

1890

1886-1890...

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1891-1895. . .

1896

Total,31 yrs

DEATHS FROM
KIDNBT DI8BA8E8.

«

i

£

185

94

41

295

167

128

50

22

28

67

40

27

80

50

80

79

51

28

91

52

39
152

867

215

79

40

89

86

60

86

129

72

57

118

53

65

159

92

67

571

807

264

155

85

70

169

92

77

218

102

111

210

119

91

229

116

113

976

514

462

245

128

122

258

185

123

802

154

148

813

152

161

841

176

165

1,459

740

719

895

209

186

4,198

2,246

1,952

DEATHS

FROM LIVER

]

DISEASES.

3

1

1

201

113

88

202

91

111

45

26

19

62

23

29

40

25

24

52

27

25

58

29

29

256

130

126

46

80

16

62

84

28

61

27

24

48

22

26

61

24

87

268

187

131

54

29

25

86

40

46

68

38

30

70

80

40

65

42

23

343

179

164

81

41

40

89

39

50

72

43

29

93

43

50

81

43

38

416

209

207

110

56

54

1,796

915

881

TOTAL DEATHS

FROM KIDNEY AND

LIVER DISEASES.

886

497

95 I
119 ;
129 I
181 '
149 '
623

125 I

I
148

180

166

220

839

209
255
281
280
294

1,319

826
347
874
406
422

1,875
505

5,994

207

258

48
63
75
78
81
345

70
84
99
75
116

444

114
132
140
149
158

164
174
197
195
219
949

265
3,161

129

239

47
56
54
58

27-H

55
64
81
91
104

95
123
141
131
136

173
177
211

926
240

2,833

DEATHS
FROM DROPSY.

302

294

70
64
44
54

278

48
52
47
40
44

231

45
35
47
42
44

213
35

7

4

124

1,444

646

798

6 2-0
53 §

—84

—203

—25
—55

—85

-77

-103

-845

-77
-96
-133
-126
-176

-608

-164
-220
—234
-238
-250

-1106

-291
—808
-335
—899

—418

-1751
—503

—4550

1.96

1.43

1.70
1.44

.99
1.21

.95

1.25
.96

1.02
.89
.78

.77
.55
.71

.67

.67

.62
.58
.52
.10
.05
~M

.08
.92

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 231

MEASLES.

There were 58 decedents from measles as a cause of death in 1896.
The number is 5 more than in the preceding year.

This number represents .77 per cent, of all causes, and a proportion
of .15 to every 1,000 of the population.

Of the 58 there were 28 males and 30 females. The sexes seem to
be nearly equally susceptible to measles and to mortality therefrom.

Of parentage there were 22 of native, and 36 of foreign.

During the last ten years the proportion of mortality from measles
has been about 59 of native to every 100 of foreign parentage.

During 1896 the number of decedents under five years of age was 54.

The number in the different divisions of the State may be found in
Table LXXXIV :

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232 fobty-fourth registration report.

Table LXXXIV.

Mortality in the State from Measles — 1865-1896.

[1896.

1

1

92

102

4
11

81

1
I

.60

-
.50

.10

.25

1.82

8E

44
48

3
89

1
1

' 48 i

59

4

8

42

1

1

>ARE>

1

26

53

1
2
25

TAGE.

1

DIVISIONS or THE

STATE.

YEARS.

66

49

8
9
56

It
SI

i 6

i

If

4
12

1^

P

It

6year8,1866-18;o.
5years,1871-1875.
1876

12

35

89

8
26

23
35

4

1877

1

2

50

1878

2

8

1879

1880

9

.20

.47

.74
.12
.27
.85

.84
.46

.80

2.08

.22

,47

1.82

8
45

11

10

27

CO

1

11

i 69
5
15
45

6

2

7

6

3

1876-1880

1881

105

37
6
14

18
45

CO

20 '
5 '
3|
8 1

18

54

63
6
14 1

47

80
15

5
19
4H

4
57

3
10
42

75

22

6
5
18
26

1 ^

3

1

' 1
2

44

9
2
3
3
27

• 55
25

8
7
8

1882

1883

1 1
1

2

1
6

1
2

2

1884

1885

1

1881-1885

1886

120

18
132
11
29
92

72

14
75
8
19
50

15

5
5
2

8
10

5
8

44

26

7

7

41

52

9
90

2
14
31

3

1887

3

1888

1889

1890

8

1886-1890

1891

282

12

28

100

9

53

.88

.18
.88
1.34
.12
.70

1 145

7
14
56

4
24

137

5
14

44,
5 1
29

116

4
10
33

3
11

166

8
18
67

6
42

2

SO

2
2
11

8
2

*

2

85

8
11
22

2

8

146

8
11
64

5
40

11
1

1892

1898

3

1894

1895

5

1891-1895

1896

202

58
961

.54

.77
. 60

105

28
476

97

30

485

61

22
356

141

86
605

17

20

6
90

8

8
44

46

28
821

128

19

465

4
2

Total, 81 years.

34

♦ Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 233

OLD AGE,

The number of deaths, in 1896, attribated to old age as a cause, was
206.

This number represents 2.74 per cent, of all causes, and a propor-
tion of .52 to every 1,000 of the population.

This is 9 more than in 1896.

Of the 206 decedents from old age 84 were males, and 122 were
females, or about 69 males to every 100 females.

Of the parentage of the 206, there were 112 of native and 94 of
foreign parentage, or 119 of native to every 100 of foreign.

The following Table will present the statistics of deaths in Rhode
Island from old age for thirty-one years.

PERITONITIS.

There were 23 deaths which were caused by peritonitis during 1896.
This number represents .31 per cent, of all causes, and a proportion
of .06 to every 1,000 of the population.

Sex Of the 23 decedents from peritonitis there were 8 males and

15 females, a proportion of nearly 187 females to every 100 males.

Parentage, — There were 7 of native parentage and 16 of foreign, or
a ratio of 44 native to every 100 of foreign parentage.

Season, — The seasons do not as a rule have a notable influence in
regard to the mortality from peritonitis.

29

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234

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXXXV.

Mortality in the State from Old Age, icith the Percentage of the

Whole Number of Deaths, Sex, Parentage, and Locality, for

thirty -one years, from 1860 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

s

a

5 years,! 800-1870. 998 6.48 806

1871-1875 1,158 5.64

1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.

•I 241 I

. 813 I

•I 222 I

.1 Ji20

.' 273 .

1876-1880 1,169

1881.
1882.
1883.
188-1.
1885.

247 I

275
298
267

1881-1883 1,365

1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.
1690.

6.18
5.00
5.25
5.22
5.95
27.60

5.29
5.89
5.22
5.68
4.95
5.27

467

107

96

84

82
121
490

101 I
110 j
105 I

691

134
117
138
138
152
679

146
178
170

276 4.69
278 ' 4.38
290 ' 4. 85
227 ! 3.68

198 2.87

101 I 192

86 ' 181

508 I 862

I

101 I 175

108 I 175

108 ' 182

75 I 152

72 ' 126

1886-1890 1,269 3.97 \ 459 1 810

I

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1896.

185 2.80

256 3.46

183 ' 2.44

187 2.61

197 2.61

1,008 2.78

206 2.74

* '

Total, 31 years..' 7,173 4.52 ,2,761

PARENTAGE.

D1VI8IONS or THE STATE.

. I

"X o

95

161

72

111

60

127

82

115

392

616

84

122

,761

4,412

764

2H4

883

825 1

177

64|

145

68 1

172

50 i

162

68 '

186

87

832

387

167

1
80 '

190

98l

184

91 :

198

^1

183

84

920

445,

181

95

167

1
111 ,

198

92,

136

91

123

75 !

805

464

121

64 '

168

88

113

70

109

78 ,

105

92 1

892

616

112

1

4,882

2,291

55

102

61

103

12

14

12

28

15

8

14

19

12

20

Q?

CD

a

t .

«*.

1^

§^

V ^

a»-

"O a

•O^

o a

¥

p

•sg

>50

157

238

^

134

161

88
29
82
26
84

12

24

20

25

17

18

16

20

9

32

84 ! 159

36
40
44

18 I

9

8
12
17

119

19

19
111

16

24
16
21
17

182

26

8
402

94

28

K82

65
57
76
69
90

357

98
106

91
106

87

483

100
109
124
73
59

465

65

91
83
23 i 64
16 I 87

19 '

I

118 340

13 , 89
I
941 2,849

848

71
63
61
67
78

385

72
79

84

391

73
76
64
71

847

41
71
92
51
51

57
2,061

153

41
29
30
25
44

160

10
18
21
26
22

92

27
28
85
27

19
82
15

16

16
794

" Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 235

PNEUMONIA.

There were 669 decedents from pneumonia in 1896. The number is
16 less than in 1895.

This number represents 8.9 per cent, of all causes, and a proportion
of 1.7 to every 1,000 of the population.

Sex. — Of the 669 decedents from pneumonia, and including conges-
tion of the lungs, 366 were males and 303 were females ; or about 83
females to every 100 males.

Parentage — By parentage there were 274 of native and 395 of for-
eign parentage. The proportion of decedents from pneumonia was
about 69 of native to each 100 of foreign parentage.

Season — There were 356, or about 53 per cent., of the deaths that
occurred during the first four months of the year. The largest mor-
tality by months was 101 in April, 89 in January, 85 in February, and
81 in March.

Pneumonia, as a cause of death, has increased in the ratio to whole
number of deaths, during the last thirty-one years, from an average of
6.3 per cent., during the first ten years, to an average of 8.6 per cent,
during the last ten, including 1896.

The following Table presents, for each of the last thirty-one 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 :

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236

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table LXXXVI.

Mortality in the State from Pneumonia, 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

YEARS.

6 yrs., 186&-18T0
1871-1875

1876

18:7

1878

1879

1880

1876-1880.

1881

1888

1888

1884

1885

1881-1883.

1886.
1887.
1888.
1889.

1886-1890.

1891 .
1692.

1894

1895

1891-1895.

1

1

6

s

988

6.0

1,831

6.5

889

8.2

828

5.1

817

7.1

811

7.4

864

7.0

1,557

}tt7
844
400
863
465

Total, 31 years.

1,899

481
488
506
488

2,520

568
655

776
665
685

3,849

12,262

6.6
7.2
7.8
7.1
8.6
7.8

8.2
7.7
7.7
7.7
8.2
7.9

8.5
8.8
10.4
9.8
9.1
9.2

467

667

164
104
148
148
180

177
178
192
107
214

928

282
260
274
255

1,809

270
885
412
844
840

1,701

366
6,177

461

664

175
122
174
168
184
818

150
160
808
196
851
971

240

234

281

1,220

298

864

845

PARENTAGE.

— I ""

556 I 872

788

162
127
176
168
177
805

190
163
198
192
271

648

177
99
141
148
187
762

137
181
202
171
194

1,014

284
227
287
213
247

1,148

247
265
819
305

885

247

261

281
270

1,881

821
890
457

1,648

1,425

1,924

803

274

895

6,085

6,005

6,257

DIVISIONS OF THE

STATE.

It
48

56

66

§&

l§

go

8

Is

r

It
f

287

407

60

54

71

62

885

668

97

18

28

16

97

168 27

10

7

14

81

98 16

10

11

18

110

140 88

7

16

15

108

156

15

86

16

18

92

108

20

66

78

81

488

749

106

10

88

17

81

174

82

10

28

24

61

176

21

19

21

84

108

204

14

10

18

17

185

1T2

8G

15

20

83

151

207 1 19

04

99

125

556

9S8j 102

17

29

87

161

209! 88

18

27

39

142

207

40

16

87

29

171

2:19

86

18

37

29

169

808

22

16

86

80

206

246

35

80

166

164

849

1,1^

161

17

40

70

188

2^

26

18

57

52

216

2^

86

18

42

40

282

392

43

18

47

46

224

2^6

54

28

49

25

248

1,098

2^1 48

99

285

212

l,4e9 806

28

45

89

263

2^ 43

429

744

779

3,921

5,605 784

♦Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.]

CAUSES OF DEATH.

237

Table LXXXVII.

Exhibiting the Number of Decedents from Pneumonia^ in each of

the several Periods of Life^ during each of the last thirty-one

years, from 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

years.

id

1

s

a

©

4
2
8
1
5
2
1
8
4
8
4

4
1
8
2
4
2
5

10
7
7
6
8

10
4
9
8
9
9
7

s

o

i

s

o

s

2

a

8

i
1

1
1

1866

57

57

70

64

84

71

83

105

76

120

116

79

115

102

95

102

71

88

108

121

111

132

103

120

161

126

189

176

169

172

220

4

9

4

11

6

7

5

4

9

9

5

2

9

8

18

4

3

15

14

9

10

15

20

14

7

10

10

25

19

16

20

5
8
8
2
4
7
7
3
• 6
8
8
7

10
3

16
5

14

18

11
8

19
7

15

go

12

11
10
17
18
20
17

12
10
15
11
6
10
17
10
17
22
20
15
14
14
14
15
22
82
28
28
32
32
49
27
46
42
39
49
47
49
S3

10

11

8
12

7
17
20
14
17
80
20
15
17
27

as

22
36
38
84
29
35
43
48
86
55
64
69
68
56
56
55

14
13
16
9
8
16
19
16
25
35
82
24
28
26
37
26
49
40
24
50
50
61
61
51
55
60
76
96
67
77
56

21
16
18
28
14
16
22
17
21
89
35
27
20
35
46
45
88
53
32
49
58
66
62
57
55
70
74
115
72
66
71

25
25
19
25
20
85
24
24
40
61
48
22
42
38
47
48
41
49
53
76
74
64
70
77
79
84
110
102
78
94
83

82
18
27
16
19
17
19
23
27
43
89
24
45
38
43
31
46
46
87
59
55
53
54
47
64
70
71
70
77
77
66

9
12
18
11

8
19
11
10

8
28
17

9
13
19
12
26
21
27
23
29
80
28
21
31
88
37
44
50
52
49
40

1867

1

1868

1869

1870

1

1871

1

1872

1

1878

1874

1875

2

1876

1877

2

1878

1879

]880

1881

1

1882

4
2
4
2

1888

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

2

1891

1892

5

1898

1894

1

1895

1896

1

Total, 81 years....

3,40h

821

146

304

767

987

1,206

1,888

1,677

1,888

740

90

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238 FORTY-FOUBTH REGISTRATION REPORT. [1896.

Age — Of the decedents from pneumonia, during the period of thirty-
one years, 27.7 per cent, were under five years of age. Of over fifty
years of age the number of decedents was 41.5 per cent, of the whole
number.

The following summary will present the percentages for 1896, in
round numbers :

Under five years of age 33 per cent.

Five years and under twenty, and not stated 7 per cent.

Twenty years and under fifty 21 per cent.

Fifty years and over 39 per cent.

SCARLATINA.

The number of deaths returned as having been caused by scarlatina,
in 1896, was 53. The number is 54 less than in 1895.

This number represents .7 per cent, of all causes, and a proportion
of .13 to every 1,000 of the population.

Sex. — Of the 53 decedents from scarlatina 30 were males, and 23
were females ; or about 77 females to every 100 males.

Parentage — There were 24 of native parentage, and 29 of foreign ;
a proportion of about 121 of foreign parentage to every 100 of native.

The following Table will present the statistics of scarlatina for the
last forty-one years, from 1856 to 1896, inclusive, the number and per-
centage and sex of the decedents from scarlatina, and the number from
scarlatina in each division of the State. It also shows, from 1866 to
1896, inclusive, the parentage of the decedents from scarlatina:

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1896.]

CAUSES OF DEATH.

239

Table LXXXVIII.

Mortality in the State frovii Scarlet Fever ^ 1856 to 1896, inclusive.

1

"o

1

5z;

4i

a

2

SEX.

PARENTAGE.

DIVISIONS OF THE

STATE.

years.

, '3

i

5

0^
•r d

£6

§ .

11

10 yrs., 1856-1865

1866-1870

1871-1875

1876

1,440

496

1,053

80
62
86
311
468

5:2

3.2

5.1

1.9
1.4
1.9
7.4
10.0

700

231

503

34

1 26

41

\

164

1 215

740

265

550

46
36
45
147
258

57

26

40

3

14

3

3

22

79

82

53

2
4
5
6
30

191

27

51

7
3
3
4
11

414

142

802

21
21
14
87
143

684

286

534

35

12

57

255

243

65

210

513

42
29
35
180
216

286

540

38
S3
51
181
252

83
78
12

1877

8

1878

4

1879

6

1880

19

1876-1880

1881

1,007

138
45
84
94
91

4.5

3.0
0.9
0.6
1.8
1.7

480

79
24
17
39
36

527

59
21
17
58
55

452

62
16
14
41
48
181

29
95
91
14
6

555

76
29
20
56
48
224

59

171

116

87

10

45
11

1

47

25
3

1

28

12
16
5

8
6

236

41
7
9

28
24

602

45
18
16
57
38

49
4

1882

1

1883

2

1884

4

1885

3

20

1881-1885

1886

405

88

266

207

51

16

1.6

1.5
4.2
8.1

0.8
0.2

195

46

120

1

1 101

24

11

210

42
146
106

27
5

12

9

1
3

32

13
16
29
2
8

47

2
4
10
6

109

41
80
87
14
2

174

80
154
80
25

8

31
2

1887

3

1888

1889

1

1890

3

1886-1890

1891

628

33
67
193
123
107

2.0

0.5
0.0
2.6
1.7
1-4

302

17
38
86
59
, 52

326

16
29
107
64
55

235

12
21
75
52
42

898

21
46
118
71
65

18

1
1
1
2
1

63

8
4
23
8
2

22

4
3
2
3

224

9
20
68
55
87

297

17
88
97
56
68

9
8

1892

1898

1

1894

1895

1

1890-1895

1896

523

53
5,605

1.4

0.7
3.4

252

30
2,693

271

23
2,912

202

24

1,817

321

29
2,348

6
199

40

2

348

12

1
879

189

9
1,625

271

88

2,781

5

8

Total, 41 years. .

273

* Exclusive of Providence city.

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240

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

CRODP, DIPHTHERIA AND SCARLATINA. — SeasoTi and Mortality.

Tbe followiag Table is coDtinued, to show by comparison the IdAu-
enee of season in regard to the mortality from croup and scarlatina for
forty-four years, and diphtheria for thirty-nine years. The Table will
give the average monthly and quarterly percentages of deaths from
each cause :

Table LXXXIX.

MONTHS.

January.. <
February .
March

First Quarter.

April.
May..
June..

Second Quarter.

July

August

September.

Third Quarter.

October

November.
December..

Fourth Quarter.
Totals

CROUP.
1858-1896.

Number

of
deaths.

808
845

Percent.

12.67
11.08
9.02

l,OiW 82.

827
162
188

627

105
89
183

877

831
440
432

1,203

8,127

6.18
4.41

16.85

8.30

2.85
5.86

12.06

10.59
14.07
13.81

38.47
100.00

DIPHTHERIA.

1868-1896.

Number

of
deaths.

585
892

416

872
877

1,078

812

1,044

691
708
617

2,016

5,466

Per cent.

9.61
7.17
7.61

24.89

6.81
6.90
6.92

19.63

5.71
6.02
7.37

19.10

12.64
12.95
11.29

36.88

100.00

SCARLATINA.
1858-1896.

Number

of
deaths.

772
700
629

2,101

586
562
477

1,575

862

316

977

427
530

1,645

6,298

Percent.

12.26
11.11
9.99

38.86

8.51

7.58

25.01

5.75
4.75
5.01

15.51

6.78
8.42
10.92

26.12

100.00

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1896.] CAUSES OF DEATH. 241

SUICIDE.

The number of deaths by suicide, in Rhode Island, during 1896, was
38, which is 7 more than in the preceding year.

There were 28 male and 10 female decedents from that cause, or a
proportion of nearly 3 males to every 1 of the females.

Of the 38, 20 were of native parentage and 18 of foreign.

The means of self-destruction, according to the returns, were as fol-
lows : By cutting throat, 2 cases ; by hanging, 8 ; by illuminating gas,
9 ; by morphine, 1 ; by pistol shot, 12 ; by poison, 5 ; by strangula-
tion, 1.

The proportion of suicides to all other causes of death in Rhode
Island, during 31 years, has in but one quinquennial period exceeded
one-half of one per cent.

30

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242

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table XC.

Mortality in the State from Suicide, with the Percentage of the

Whole Number of DeathSj Sex, Parentage, and Locality, for

thirty-one years, from 1866 to 1896, inclusive.

1
1

1

1

BE

1

X.

PABEK

i
1

TAOB.

DIVISIONS OV

THE

9TATE.

YEARS.

11

if

li

'OS

f

1866-1870

1871-1876

1876

86

89

18
82
81
18
10

.66

.48

.46
.58
.60
.81
.80

67

61

16
16
16
10
6

19

88

8

6^

6

8

5

66
67

6
16
18

6

8

80

88

18
7
9
8
8

8
8

7
9

6
6

1

1

81

SO

5
5
6

6
6

34

48

10
18

7
7
8

6
8
2

1877

8

8
8

2

1878

4

1879

1

1880

1

1

1876-1880

1881

84

88
81
85
88

80

88

.49
.64
.47
.48
.87

68

19
88
18
80
16

88

4
8
7
8
4

46

16
88
11
18
11

88

8
8
14
9
9

8

1

6

6
4

8

8
8
8
1
6

86

8
8
6
8

S8

14
18
16
11
6

9
1

1888

8

1888

1884

1

1
1

8

1885

8

1881-1886

1886

181

17
16
21
84
19

.47

.89
.85
.48
.88
.88

96

16
18
80
80
15

86

1
8
1
4
4

78

18

8
15

9
12

48

5

8
6
15

7

8

1
8

8

11
8

1
8

15

8
8
8
5

1

26

4
5
6

7
8

58

7
7
9
10
5

10

1887

1888

2

1889

1890

3

1886-1890

1891

97

40
19
81
46
81

.80

.61
.86
.88
.68

.41

84

87
15
18
86
28

18

18
4
8
9
9

56

15
10
10
84
18

41

25

9

11

81

18

6
8

1
8

6
8

8
8
8

18

4

5
5

30

10
6
7

14
5

88

24
8
12
19
13

5
2

1892

1

1898 ^....

1894

3

1895

8

1891-1895

1896

156
38
671

.46
.51
.42

118
88
516

38

10

155

72

20
890

84

18

281

6
8
28

9

1
48

14
8
59

48
11
185

76
20
807

9
2

Total, 31 years..

49

* Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.] CAUSES OP DEATH. 243

WHOOPING COUGH.

The Dumber of deaths from whooping cough, returned in 1896, was
14 more than the number in 1895.

Of the 59 decedents from whooping cough 25 were males, and 34
were females.

There were 24 decedents of native parentage and 35 of foreign, or a
proportion of 69 of native to 100 of foreign.

Fifty-seven of the decedents were under 5 years of age.

The following Table will present the mortality from whooping cough,
for thirty-one years, 1866-1896, inclusive, with the death rate, sex,
parentage, etc., of the decedents:

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244

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table XCI.
Morialikj in the State from Whooping Cough — 1866-1896,

YEARS.

5yeare,186C-18:0.
1871-1OT5

I ^

1876

1877

1878

1879

1880

1876-1860.

1881

188ii

1888

1884

1885

1881-18a'i.

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1886-1890.

1891

1892

1898

1894

1896

1891-1895.

Total, 81 years.

54
48
SO

197 ;

I

.88

68 > l.S

71
9
43
42

49
21
44

77
70

261

77

23

45

59
1,362

1.40
.17
.88
.79
.90

.83

.82

.75

1.23

1.00

1.16
.84

,81

1.80

.60

PARENTAGE.

153 .90 ; 78

160 .78 I 65

I
48 ; 1.17

.72

1.22

.96

.41

19

29

18

14

26

28

17

26

10

10

112

121

28

21

9

12

17

27

39

88

25

45

118

148

39

88

10

15

8

16

52

77

19

26

128

171

25

34

616

746

-3

a

75 68

95 64

20

SO
22

90

107

1

88

86

83

88,

6

3

17
98

26
10

DIYISIONS OF THE STATE.

85

9C

24
21
13
112

104

37
14
9
62
13

136

24
694

88
89
4

20
IH
119

82
11
28
41
45
157

40
11
14
67

164
85

«

Mo

2

IS

4

11

5

3

.

1

11

6

16

2

4

1

5

1

« o

27

2o

64 I 63
56 . 73

116

40
40
4

28
24

69 186

82 184

76

16
402

152

24
698

6
43

* Exclusive of Providence city.

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1896.]

. CAUSES OF DEATH.

245

Table XCII.

Presenting the ratio of Mortality to the Whole Number of Specified

Causes of Deaths of twenty two Prominent Causes^

for twenty-one years, 1876-1896,

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Accidents (all kinds) . . . ,
Apoplexy and Paralysis.

Brain, Diseases of

Bronchitis

Cancer

Cholera Infantum

Consumption

Convulsions

Croup

Debility*

DiarrhoBa

Diphtheria

Dysentery

Fevers

Heart, Diseases of ,

Whooping Cough

Hydrocephalus

Kidneys, Diseases of . . .

Liver, Diseases of

Old Age

Pneumonia

Scarlatina

* Not infantile.

YEARS.

1876. 1877.

8.40
4.01
3.64
1.46
2.72
6.41
16.78
2.28
2.61
2.80
1.87
4.07
1.28
3.00
4.03
1.23
1.74
1.28
1.15
6.18
8.69
2.05

3.10
4.25
8.68
1.62
817
6.08

15.52
1.95
2.23
2.65
2 11

11.56
1.22
3.55
4.28
.75
1.29
1.57
1.06
5.00
5.81
1.46

1878.

4.45
3.28
1.89
2.82
3.97

15.98
2.65
2.20
1.91
1.25

10.28

.95

3.94

3.92

1.28

1879.

2.48

5.21
8.78
1.47
2 96
3.81
15.09
2.47
2.28
2.35
1.26
6.14
1.04
2.70
4.78
1.02

1.65 1.86

1.80 ! 1.88
1.06 1.17

5 25
7.49
2.03

5.22
7.87
7.37

1880.

1881.

1882.

3.51

8.04

3.44

4 67

5.23

5.52

8.44

3.84

8.60

1.98

1.80

2.08

2.72

8.11

2.75

5.48

5.15

6.77

1402

15.12

15.83

2.88

2.18

2.29

1.45

2.16

1.60

3.09

2.61

2.69

1.52

1.65

1.87

8.40

4.63

2.10

.61

.90

1.42

3.37

'8.05

4.60

5.08

5.68

5.81

.44

1.46

1.48

1.01

1.20

1.02

2.02

1.69

1.79

1.20

.82

1.21

5.95

5.29

5.89

7.90

7.01

;.16

9.99

2.96

.94

2.84
5.89
850
2.04
8.80
4.73
15.01
2.47
1.40
1.14
2.55
1.88
1.06
5.12
6.85
.17
.87
2.48

1884.

8.80

5.78

2.97

2.29

3.03

6.31

14.34

2.70

1.55

2.87

2.20

2.81

.78

8.24

5.60

.88

.81

5.22 5.68

I
7.84 I 7.14

.64

U

1885.

8.09
5.38
8.61
8.09
8.59
5.16
14.45
2.06
1.74
2.45
1.55
1.83

.68
2.98
6.48

.79

.81
8.14

.87
4.95
8.65
1.70

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246

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XCII— Continued.

[1896.

YEARS.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1898.

1894.

1895.

1896.

8.22

8.25

8.01

8.46,

8.60

8.54

4.18

8.58

8.29

8.92

8.96

5.69

4.17

5,50

5.17

4.91

508

4.89

5.52

6.86

5.57

5.61

8.11

8.29

8.43

8.08

8.18

8.86

8.88

8.49

8.11

8,45

4.00

2.96

2.77

8.42

4.80

4.01

8.74

4.16

4.24'

8.57

8.66

3.69

2.77

2.50

2.99

8.08

1

2.41

2.66

2.46

2.78

8.01

8.18

8.02

6.27

5.60

7.08

6.80

8.89

8.85

8.56

8.18

6.98

6.68

7.29

14.12

11.19

12.18

11.61

12.29

11.18

10.26

9.79

9.98

11.21

11.82

2.06

2.51

2.81

8.17

2.84

1.97

2.19

2.05

2.05

1.60

1.86

1.55

1.79

1.19

,.«8

1.19

1.01

1.20

.68

.45

.40

.32

2.91

1.18

1.88

2.07

1.98

1.88

1.72

1.45

.96

1.12

1.02

1.59

2.09

1.20

1.40

1.87

1.26

1.78

1.59

1.17

.80

.78

8.90

4.58

2.86

8.96

8.04

154

1.20

8.18

1.87

4.54

8.79

1.18

1.04

1.11

1.14

1.25

.89

.96

.57

.57

.55

.41

2.87

8.00

8.58

8.29

2.26

2.87

1.88

1.61

2.45

2.20

8.07

6.20

6.46

6.56

7.35

5.84

7.26

6.84

7.86

6.70

7.16

7.44

.88

.82

.75

1.28

1.00

1.16

.84

.81

1.82

.60

.79

.41

.41

.47

.20

.87

.84

.80

.42

.17

.21

.28

2.64

2.66

3.24

3.88

820

8.71

3.49

4.10

4.41

4.56

5.28

1.08

1.34

1.19

1.30

.94

2.28

1.20

.98

1.81

1.06

1.47

4.69

' 488

4.85

8.68

8.87

2.80

8.46

2.48

268

2.63

2.76

8.18

7.70

7.62

7.69

820

8.60

8.85

10.58

9.86

9.15

8.95

1.50

4.20

8.11

.82

.28

.50

.91

8.62

1.78

1.43

.71

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Accidents fall kinds)

Apoplexy and Paralysis.

Brain, Diseases of

Bronchitis

Cancer

Cholera Infantam

Consumption

Conynlsions

Croup

Debility*

Diarrhoea

Diphtheria

Dysentery

Fevers

Heart, Diseases of

Whooping Cough

Hydrocephalus

Kidneys, Diseases of . . . .

Liver, Diseases of

Old Age

Pneumonia

Scarlatina

* Not infantile.

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

BIRTHS.

247

Table XCIII.-BIRTHS.

Occupations of the Fathers, — 1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

Aorobats i

Agents and Canvassers

Architects

Artesian Well Sinkers

Artists

Assayers and Analytical Chemists .

Baggage Masters

Bakers

Ball Players

Bankers and Brokers

Bank Officeris

Barbers

Bartenders

Beamers

Belt Makers

Bicycle

Bobbin .'..

Boiler

Bolt

Box

Brick

Broom and Brush

Cabinet

Carriage, and Trimmers

Chain

Chandelier

Cigar

Clock and Watch

Comb

Gun

Harness and Saddle

Hoop

Pattern

Reed

Sail

1

27
5
1
4
6

11

84
1

11
4

98

46
4
4
1
9

35
7
6
4
2

14
8
1
1
4
8
2
1

24
1

17
8
4

OCCUPATIONS.

Sash and Blind Makers

Soap ,

Shoe

Spindle

Spring Bed

Tool

Wringer

Bill Posters

Blacksmiths

Bleachers and Fullers

Boat Builders

Boatmen

Bookbinders. . . .'

Bookkeepers

Bootblacks

Bottlers

Brakemen

Brewers

Brick and Stone Layers

Butchers and Marketmen

Butlers

Cab Drivers and Hackmen

Calenderers

Car Drivers, Conductors and Motormen

Carders

Card Grinders

Carpenters

Chasers

Civil Engineers

Clergymen ,

Clerks and Salesmen

Clothiers

Coachmen

Coal and Wood Dealers

Dry Goods

1
1

62
1
2

14

7

1

184

28
4
1
1

7
83
18
19

11

1

71

24

7

578

7

8

28

295

7

46

10

5

Digitized by VjOOQIC

248

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XCIII.— CoDtiDued.

[1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

B

9
;Z5

OCCUPATIONS.

Fish and Oyster Dealers S

Furniture 4

Grain 8

Granite 2

Hardware 7

loe 4

Junk 7

Liquor 47

Lumber I

Music 1

News 2

Oil 8

Provision 6

Soap 1

Shoe 15

Collectors 18

Commercial Travelers 41

Concreters 5

Confectioners 15

Contractors and Builders 21

Cooks and Caterers 28

Coopers 12

Coppersmiths 8

Cutters 1

Cutters (Velvet) 1

Decorators 3

Dentists 8

Desi^ers 9

Detectives 1

Die Cutters 3

Die Sinkers 6

Draughtsmen 12

Drivers 48

Druggists and Apothecaries , 18

Dyers T I 63

Electricians 87

Electrotyper | 1

Elevator-man

Enamelers

Engineers and Firemen

Engravers

Expressmen

Farmers

File Cutters

Finishers

Brass

Fire Company Members

Fishermen and Oystermen

Flagmen, Railroad

Florists

Foundrymen

, Fruiterers

Furnacemen and Puddlers

Furniture Movers

Gardeners

j Gas Fitters

Grocers

I Grooms

Hatters ,...

Horse Dealers

I Horse Trainers

Hostlers

Hotel and Inn Keepers

Saloon and Restaurant

House Movers

Icemen

Inspectors

Insurance Agents

Real Estate

Iron Rollers and Workers

Janitors

i Jewelers

Jobbers

Journalists (Editors and Reporters)

1

8

183

16

21
6

15

30
5

15
3

13
4
1

60
6
100
1
1
1

*1

38
5

48
5

46

6

13

81

203

2

21

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

BIRTHS.

Table XCIII.— Continued.

249

OCCUPATIONS.

Laborers

Lapidaries

Lathers

Laundrymen

Lawyers

Lighthouse Keepers

Life Saving Service Men

Linemen

Locksmiths

Longshoremen

Lumbermen

Machinists

Mail Carriers

Manufacturers

Mariners

Masons

Mechanics

Melters

Merchants ,

Milkmen

Millers ,

Moulders ,

Musicians

Nurses

Operatives

Opticians

Painters and Glaziers

Pantographers

Paper Hangers

Pavers

Pearl Workers

Peddlers

Photographers and Lithographers.

Physicians

Plasterers and Stucco Workers. . . .

Platers

Electro

i

5

4 <
9

10

1

2
12 ,

1
18

4
583
14 ,
40 I

129

OCCUPATIONS.

i:

Platers, Gold

Plumbers

Polishers

Silver

Pork & Meat Cutters & Pork Packers. .

Porters

Postmasters

Printers

Public Officers

Publishers

Railroad Officials

Refiners

Gold

Riggers

Roll Coverers

Roofers

I a

a

2

.' 78

82

1

16
20
2
89
5
1

17
4
8

25 ! Rubber Workers , 98

85 ,
25

6',
102 '
20
1 '
1112
1
237 '
5
11
5
138
1

11 I
16
19
4
6

Sailors

Sculptors

Sea Captains

Seine Mender

Servants

Sextons

Shell Workers

Sheriffs, Constables and Policemen ,

Ship Carpenters

Silversmiths

Slaters

Soldiers ,

Stable Keepers

Steam Pipers 20

Stereotypers 4

I
Stevedores 6

Stewards ' 8

Stone Cutters and Marble Workers ! 92

Store Keepers 81

Students

14
2
4
1
4
8
2

46
6

50
4

14

10

81

Digitized by VjOOQIC

250 FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XCIII.— CoDtiDiied.

[1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

Surveyors ,

Surveyors, Highway

Superintendents and Overseers

Switchmen

Tailors

Tanners and Curriers

Taxidermists

Teachers and Professors

Teamsters

Telephone and Telegraph Operators

Ticket Agent

Tinsmiths

Traders

Treasurers

I

OCCUPATIONS.

ll

Typewriters

Undertakers

119 ! I Upholsterers

I Veterinary Surgeons.

I Waiters

I Watchmen

Wheelwrights

White washers

Wire Workers

Wood Carvers

Wood Finishers

Wood Turners

li
1 I Wool Sorters.

4

86
9
1

81

898

9

1

84

2

9

19

1

20

84

12

2

1

1

2

17

17

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

MARRIAGES.

251

Table XCIV.— MARRIAGES.

Occupations of the Grooins, — 1806.

OCCUPATIONS.

Actors

Agents and Canyassers

Architects

Artesian Well Drillers

Army Officers

Artists

Baggage Masters

Bakers

Bankers and Brokers

Bank Officers

Barbers .'

Bartenders

Baseball Players

Belt Makers

Bobbin

Boiler

Bolt

Box

Brick

Broom and Brush

Button

Cabinet ,

Carriage, and Trimmers..

Cigar

Clock and Watch

Comb

PUe

Glue

Gun

Harness and Saddle

Hat

Nail

Paper

Pattern

Piano and Organ

4
26

5

8

38
24

1

1

5

3

2

5

3

2l

8 I

3

4

2

2

1 I

1

1

i!

8

Rope Makers

Sail

Screw

Shoe

Spring

Tool

Wringer

Billposters

Blacksmiths

Bleachers and Fullers

Boatmen

Bookkeepers

Bottlers ,

Brakemen

Brewers

Brick and Stone Layers

Butchers and Marketmen

Butlers

Cab Drivers and Hackmen

Car Drivers, Conductors and Motormen

Carders

Card Grinders

Carpenters

Chasers

Chemical Engineer

Chemists

Civil Engineers

Clergymen

Clerks and Salesmen

Coachmen

Coal and Wood Dealers

Dry Goods

Fish and Oyster

Furniture

Hardware

1
1
7

14
1

10
8
1

35

12
1

39
5

11
6

12

85
2
5

36
6
3
144
5
1
8
5

12
266

27
4
2
1
1
1

Digitized by VjOOQIC

252

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XCIV.— CoDtinued.

[1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

Horse Dealers

loe

Junk.

Liquor

Lumber

News

Paper

Poultry

Provision

Shoe

Clothiers

Collectors

Commercial Travelers

Confectioners

Contractors and Builders. . . ,

Cooks and Caterers

Coopers

Coppersmiths

Cutters

Decorators

Dentists

Designers

Die Sinkers:

Divers

Draughtsmen

Drivers

Druggists and Apothecaries.

Dyers

Electrical Engineers

Electricians

Elevator-man

Enamelers

Engineers and Firemen

Engravers

Expressmen

Farmers

File Cutters

OCCUPATIONS.

2 I

2J

2 '

9

2

1

2

1

6

1

2

7
20

8
10
12

4

2

2

8

2

4

2

1

8
16
12
10

1
28

1

1
58

Finishers

Brass

Fish Culturists

Fishermen and Oystermen. ,
Fire Company Members. . . .

Florists

Folders.

Foundrymen

Fruiterers

Furniture Movers

Gardeners

Gas Fitters

Grocers

Grooms

Hatters

Hostlers

Hotel and Inn Keepers

Saloon and Restaurant. .

Icemen

Inspectors

Insurance Agents

Iron Workers

Janitors.

Jewelers.

Jobbers.

Journalists (Editors and Reporters). . . .

Laborers.

Lapidaries.

Lathers.

Laundrymen.

Lav^ryers.

Life Saving Service Men.

Lighthouse Keepers.

Linemen.

Longshoremen.

Lumbermen.

7

1

2
18

6
11

1
10

1

1
16

8
89

2

2
29

5
15

2
10

5

Digitized by VjOOQIC

]896.]

MARRIAGES.

Table XCIV.— Continued.

253

OCCUPATIONS.

Mail Carriers

Manufacturers

Mariners

Masons

Mechanics

Merchants

Milkmen

Millers

Moulders

Musicians

Nurses

Operatives

Opticians

Painters and Glaziers

Paper Hangers

Pavers

Pearl Workers

Peddlers

Photographers and Lithographers

Physicians

Piano Tuners

Pilots

Planters

Platers

Electro

Gold

Plasterers and Stucco Workers

Plumbers

Polishers

Silver

Pork and Meat Cutters & Pork Packers.

Porters

Pressmen

Printers

Proof Readers

Public Officers

Public Speakers

OCCUPATIONS,

Publishers

Quarrymen

Railroad Officials

Riggers

Roll Coverers

Ropers

Rubber Workers

Sailors

Sea Captains and Ship Masters

Servants >. ,

Sheriffs, Constables, and Policemen

Ship Builders

Silversmiths ,

Slaters

Smelters

Soldiers ,

Stable Keepers

Station Agents ,

Steam Pipers ,

Stenographers

Stereotypers

Stevedores

Stewards

Stone Cutters and Marble Workers. .

Store Keepers

Stove Mounters

Students

Superintendents and Overseers

Switchmen

Tailors

Tanners and Curriers

Teachers and Professors

Teamsters

Telephone and Telegraph Operators.

Tinsmiths

Theatrical Managers

Tobacconists

a

1
6

13
8
4
1

19
9
4
3

10
1

27
2
2
3
7
2

10
1
1
8
7

13
6
1
7

27
4

19
2

11
105
S
7
1
5

Digitized by VjOOQIC

254

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

Table XCIV.-ContiDued.

[1896.

OCCUPATIONS.

Traders

Treasurers

Typewriters ,

Upholsterers

Veterinary Surgeons

I

OCCUPATIONS.

Waiters

Watchmen

Wheelwrights.
Wood Turners
Wool Sorters..

a

9

14
8
8

10
6

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

DEATHS BY OCCUPATION.

255

Table XCV.

Occupations and Ages of Decedents from June 1, 1852, to January

i, 1897, comprising a period of Forty-four years and seven

months. Occupations under Ten, and Ages

under Ihventy, excluded.

OCCUPATIONS.

Males.

Actors

Agrents

Architects

Artists

Bakers

Bankers and Brokers

Bank Officers

Barbers

Bartenders

Belt Makers

Boiler

Box

Broom and Brash

Cabinet

Carriage, & Trimmers.

Cigar

Harness

Pattern

Pump and Block

Rope

Sail

Shoe

Tool

Watch and Clock

Bookbinders

Bookkeepers

Brakemen

Brewers

Brick and Stone Layers . . .
Butchers and Marketmen.
Calico Printers

1

1

12

418

2SS0

11,536

13

778

85

1,765

189

9,585

187

8,082

68

4,047

282

7,887

40

1,506

10

667

70

2,886

17

741

15

743

127

7,832

71

8,865

100

4,446

115

5,681

74

4,826

14

788

25

1,672

35

2,046

587

33,908

21

1,128

83

1,889

26

1,203

887

17,191

106

8,068

19

948

13

611

275

14,084

57

8,106

84.42
52.43
59.61
60.14
68.60
58.99
64.27
88.78
87.65
56.70
41.23
43.59
49.58
57.73
54.29j
44.46;
49.40|
68.46;

Calkers

Carpenters and Joiners.

Chasers

Civil Engineers

Clerks and Salesmen.,. .

Clergymen

Clothiers

Coachmen

Coal and Wood Dealers.

Fish and Oyster

Junk

Liquor

Lumber

Provision

Collectors

Confectioners

Contractors & Builders.
Cooks and Caterers

55. 71 1, Coopers

66.88 Coppersmiths.

Decorators...

Dentists ,

Designers....
Die Sinkers..
Draughtsmen
Drivers

Cab, etc.,

[ir, Coni

and Motormen

58.45
57^76'
68.48
55,73
46.27
44.42
28.94
49.89
47.00
61.2r

64.49 Dyers.

Car, Conductors I

Druggists and Apothe-

12,

I

1,993

isl

I

48|

1.1391

i
12

179
11
19
18

118
12
17
20
41
99
88

126
12
11
38
20
21
12
84
46
82

873 72.75

110,892 55.89

498 87.92

2,405' 50.10

42,794' 87.67

15,021 68.92

695 57.92

7,740 48.24

609 55.86

1,153 60.68

I

714 54.92

5,122 45.83
I

665 65.42

940 65.29

1,185; 59.26

1,874 I 45.71

5,77o| 58.28

4,101 47.28

I

8,318, 65.98

736 61.83

422 88.35

2,004 52.74

1,002! 50.10

1,016 48.38

880 31.67

1,294

88.06

1,985 43.15

I
1,192 37.25

7,528| 76.04
I I

125 6,880, 50.64

Digitized by VjOOQIC

256

FORTY-FOURTH REGISTRATION REPORT.

[1896.

Table XCV.— CoDtiDUed.

OCCUPATIONS.

Engineers and Firemen... .

EngraYers

Expressmen

Farmers

File Cutters

Nail

Finishers

Fishermen andOystermen.

Florists

Founders...,

Foundrymen

Gardeners

Gas Fitters

Gilders

Grocers

Gun and Locksmiths

Hatters

Hostlers

Hotel and Inn Keepers... .

Saloon and Restaurant

Stable

Store

Inspectors

Inventors

Iron Rollers and Workers.
Janitors

Jewelers

Journalists, Editors and I
Reporters f

Judges and Justices

Laborers

Lamplighters

Lapidaries

Laundrymen

Lawyers

Machinists

<
I

889

132

96

6,528'

85

12

16,

285|

5s'

18

11

270

56

11

422

24

25

123

162

187,

77|

20

I

lo;

14

11

76

I

996

87j

15|

9,643|

17

11

le'

163]
1,500

I

18,669

6,812

4,815'

486,845

8,462!

490'

7721

11,985

2,906

858

680

16,877

2.401

449

22,790|

1,814

1,864

5,806

8,798,

8,6091

6,906

1,061

503

906'

508

8,913'

41,198

1,675

9811

I

476,779,

916|

862

671

9,118

72,572

gj OCCUPATIONS.

i ■

47.97 MaU Carriers

47.82 Manofacturers

50.16 Mariners

66.97 , Masons

70.78 JMechanics

40.88 Merchants

48.25 Milkmen

51. OOJ I Millers

64.88 Millwrights

I
47.89. Miners

57.27 Moulders

I
58.80, 'Musicians

42. 87i Naval Officers

40.82 Nurses

54.00' Operatives

54 .75 Painters and Glaziers. . .

54.56 Paper Hangers

48.141 1 Peddlers

R. q- Photographers and (
^ -^^ , Lithographers f

46.04 Physicians

88.18 .Pilots

58 . 05 ' Plasterers, etc

50.80 ; Plumbers

64.71 Polishers

AH iu Pork and Meat Cutters I
^^ • ^"1 ; and Pork Packers . . . f

51.49 'Porters

41. 30 Printers

45.27 Public Officers

Il
65 . 40 Railroad Officials

49.44 Refiners

53. 88 1 Riggers

32.91 iRoU Coverers

I

41.81 1 Rubber Workers

55.94 I Sailors

48.38 I Sea. Captains

^

^

il

! 1

<

<

1

<

12

590

44.17

594

86,058| 60.69

529

26,878 49.85

880

47,839' 57.68

474

25,199| 53.16

1,224

71,760

58.68

14

865

40.85

45

2,664

59.20

86

2,847

67.06

15

886

55.80

816

14,587

46.15

68

8,181

46.78

19

9^1

49.58

14

743

58.07

2,848

102,478

48.74

847

40,552

47.38

22

1,169

53.14

167

8,276

49.55

24

1,098

45.75

306

18,389

59.93

21

1,159

55.19

51

2,420

47.45

97

8,864

39.83

27

1,289

45.89

15

684

45.60

46

2,169

47.15

189

11,008

58.22

83

5,017

60.45

91

4,164

45.76

14

624

44.57

22

1,254

57.00

82

1,852

57.87

151

6,346

42,03

262

12,541

47.87

175

11,737

07.07

Digitized by VjOOQIC

1896.]

DEATHS BY OCCUPATION.

Table XCV.— Concluded.

257

occupations.

Servants

Sheriffs, etc

Ship Carpenters

Silversmiths

Soldiers

Stevedores

Stev?ards

Stone-cutters, etc

Students

Superintendents, etc

Switchmen, Gatemen. etc.

Tailors

Tanners and Curriers. ....
Teachers and Professors. .

Teamsters

Telephone and Tele- I
graph Operators f

Tinsmiths

Tobacconists

Traders

Tradesmen, General

Undertakers

Upholsterers

Waiters

Watchmen

Wheelwrights

25
122

77
113
142

16

19
263

78
29

1
409

48
138!
579

24
119

13
282
185

44

51
119
159
103

^

1,121

6,757

5,336

5,071

4,387

766

834

13,239

1,771

16,325

921

22,483

2,975

6,7:>8

27,040

731

5,474

767

14,188

8,919

2,557

2,059

4,865 1

OCCUPATIONS.

1.24

6,287, 60.55

I I

Wire Workers

Wood Turners

Wool Sorters

Total

Females.
Boarding-house Keepers

Bookkeepers

Clerks and Saleswomen.

Cooks :

Dressmakers and )
Seamstresses f

Jewelers

Laboring

Laundresses

Milliners

Nurses

Operatives

Physicians

Rubber Workers

Servants

Sisters of Mercy

Tailoresses

Teachers

Total

Grand Total

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11

513

42

1,651

53

2,492

41,903

2,211,724

24

1,519

13

379

29

836

44

2,361

351

14,277

14

376

16

699

40

1,H38

56

2,005

105

6,325

974

30,600

11

647

19

554

526

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30

1,189

147

6,787

221

11,299

2,620

107,100

44,523

2,318,824

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39.31
47.02

52.78

63.29
29.15
28.83
58.66
40.67
26.86
49.00
48.45
35.80
60.24
31.42
58.82
29.16
48.21
37.96
46.17
51.13

40.88

52.08

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THE RETURNS OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS.

The number of deaths investigated by the medical examiners during
the year 1896 was 326. These deaths resulted from sudden, suspicious,
unknown, and violent causes. Of this number 254, or 77.9 per cent.,
were males, and 72, or 22.1 per cent., were females. Ninety out of
the 326 were found upon inquiry and examination to be non-medico
legal cases.

Homicide.— There was only one case known to be one of homicide in
1896. In this case the victim's throat was cut from ear to larynx with
a razor. The assailant escaped.

Suicide — The number of deaths by suicide reported by the medical
examiners in 1896 was 27, or'8.3 percent, of the whole number ex-
amined.

Accidents — The returns of the medical examiners show 177 deaths
from accidents, specified as follows : Asphyxia, 17; bicycle and team
collision, 1 ; blasting rock (premature discharge), 1 ; from two boiler
explosions, 7 ; burns and scalds, 5 ; by caving of sand bank, I ; in
clay pit, 1 ; drowning, "32 ; electric car, 5 ; electrical shock and burns,
6 ; elevator, 2 ; excessive heat, 20 ; exposure while intoxicated, 1 ;
falls, 19 ; from neglect, 5 ; nitrous oxide gas (in dentist's chair), 2, 83
and 57 years ; machinery, 4 ; fractured skull (motorman) in row with
unruly passenger, 1 ; by poisoning, 3 ; quarry accident, crushed by
stone, 1 ; by discharge of revolver, 1 ; railroad, 34 ; thrown from car-
riage (runaway horses), 2; run over by heavy teams, 4; suffocated
while intoxicated, 2.

Asphyxia — 6 by illuminating gas ; 1 by gas in cesspool (was over-
come by sewer gas which had not been cleared away before attempting
to descend into cesspool for the purpose of cleaning it) ; 3 by smoke
in burning building ; 7 (infants) by bed clothes and overlaying (four of
these were Saturday and holiday night casualties).

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Burns and Scalds. — 1 by steam on tugboat by blowing out of tube ;
1 in burning tenement house ; 1 by upset kerosene lamp (72 years, and
was alone in house) ; 1 from brush fire (found burned to a crisp at fire
which he was tending) ; 1 by clothes taking fire from stove.

Drowning. — 7 were bathing or swimming ; 2 were drowned from
small boats ; 5 were skating or sliding on ice which broke through ; 1
(7 years) fell from bridge ; 1 fell into well (female, 55 years) ; 1 (78
years) fell from wharf; 3 fell into water while intoxicated ; 12 were
found in water, circumstances of drowning not known.

Electric Car — Run over by electric car (32 years), 1 ; struck by
electric car (8, 36 and 50 years), 3.

Electrical Shock and Burns. — Shop casualty at engine works, 1
roof casualty, 1 ; from broken electric light wire hanging down, 1 ;
shock and fall from telephone pole (lineman), 1 ; from crossed wires
(father and son), 2.

Elevator — Caught between elevator and floor, 1 (a lad at St.
Joseph's Hospital who was looking down the elevator well from win-
dow looking into it, descending car struck him breaking his neck) ;
crushed by elevator, 1 (a lad of 16 years, not known how it happened,
it was in a large dry goods store and after hours, he was probably try-
ing to run the elevator).

Falls — From elevator car (riding on the foot-board and rear plat-
form of car), 2 ; from buildings while at work, 4 ; from a bridge while
intoxicated, 1 ; down park bank, 1 ; down stairs, 6 ; from a team, 1 ;
from a tree (picking apples), 1 ; from window, 3.

Machinery. — Caught between drums at dye works, I ; coat caught
in gear of engine at Narr. Imp. Co.'s works, 1 ; in factory, 2.

Poison 1 by overdose of chloral taken after a spree ; 1 by lauda-
num taken while intoxicated ; 1 by oil of tansy taken to procure abor-
tion.

Run Over by Street Teams. — Crushed by wheel of heavy team (la-
borer), 1 : by truck or low gear (children), 2 ; by wagon loaded with
stone (26 years), 1.

The following cases are deemed worthy of special mention :

Deaths From Boiler Explosions. — A boiler explosion occurred at
Kent Woolen Mills, Cenlreville, R. I., December 19, 1896, by which

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five men lost their lives. Tbe cause of the explosion is still a mystery.
The insurance experts found that the safety plug had not been burned
out and was nninjured, proving conclusively that the explosion was not
due to the water having become exhausted. Three men were killed in-
stantly, one died eight hours after and one three days later. On Feb-
ruary 10, 1896, one of the boilers in the "Ann and Hope" Mill at
Lonsdale, exploded, and as a result two firemen were killed.

Burns, Manner Unknown — A. singular fatality occurred in New-
port, R. I., December 19, 1896, by which three sisters lost their lives
in their own home. It is supposed by some that the clothes of one of
the women caught fire from burning alcohol, and that the other two lost
their lives in trying to extinguish the flames. The victims were 83, 86,
and 90 years old, and lived together alone. The house was not burned.

Deaths by Electricity. — A moulder at Corliss Steam Engine Works,
on February 6, 1896, was shocked to death in a peculiar manner. He
was handling a large crane worked by electric power. This crane is a
large structure used for lifting heavy weights such as heavy castings,
etc. The electricity is furnished by the Narragansett Electric Light Co.,
and is on a different circuit from that furnished the electric lights. The
wires enter the foundry through the roof and run down the iron pillar
which is the upright of the crane. The switch-board is placed on the side
of this upright, so that the power can be turned whenever the crane is to
be used. The men, at different times while working the crane, have
felt slights shocks on taking hold of the iron chain which hangs on the
end of the cross-piece and is used to swing it around. On this partic-
ular day, on account of the wet weather, the shocks were much stronger.
One of the helpers took hold of the chain with both hands and was un-
able to let go. He shouted to his companions, but not until the elec-
tricity had been shut off was he released. After this the foreman
warned the men to be careful, and a rope was attached to the crane, but
the chain was left hanging there. When *' pouring off " was over, the
moulder wished to move a large mould filled with the metal which had
cooled. The mould was lying behind the crane on one side. He step-
ped part way up on a pile of moulding sand, and taking hold of the
chain attempted to swing the crane around. He had hold of it but a
few seconds when he was seen to hold up his hand and drop to the
ground. Every effort was made to resuscitate tbe man but it was of
no use, he was dead. It was not thought that the wires contained a
sufficient number of volts to kill a man. His death might have been
caused by heart disease, although he always appeared to be a very
healthy man.

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[1896.

By Falling Down Park Bank On December 6, 1896, a man

started out on his customary Sunday stroll. In Davis park he at-
tempted to pass along a narrow path on the side of the hill. Thaw-
ing frost formed a slippery layer of mud, and he lost his footing and
slid the full length of the steep incline, and was dashed against a tree
and instantly killed.

The whole number of deaths by accident in the State during 1896
were 296, showing that there were 119 deaths by accident where no
medical examiner was called. In these cases a physician had been in
attendance and had reported the cause of death. In many instances
the death was not immediate.

The division of these 296 deaths by accident was as follows : (See
pages 18, 19 of this report.) Asphyxia, 21 ; bicycle, 2 ; blasting rock,
1 ; boiler explosion, 7 ; burns, 25 ; drowning, 39 ; electric car^ 6 ; ele-
vator, 2; exposure, 4; falls, 48; firearms, 2; insolation, 47; machin-
ery, 5; overdose of medicine, 4; poison, 8; railroad, 36; surgical
operations, 3 ; other and various, 33. (See page 180 of this report.)

A comparison of these figures with the cases of accidents which are
viewed by the medical examiners will show the cases which are more
0[)en to suspicion of avoidable violence. The difference (29) is moie
marked under the cause of falls.

Other sudden deaths which were investigated by medical examiners
were as follows: From alcoholism, 5; apoplexy, 8; cerebral conges-
tion, 1 ; cholera infantum, I ; congestive chill, 2 ; convulsions, 1 ;
epileptic attack, 2 ; heart disease, 39 ; indigestion, 2 ; grippe, 1 ; mal-
nutrition, 1; marasmus, 3; nephritis, 6; pneumonia, 5 ; pulmonary
tuberculosis, 5 ; pulmonary hemorrhage, 4 ; pulmonary oedema, 1 ; old
age (heart failure), 2 ; umbilical hemorrhage, 1; attempted abortion,
1 ; stillborn and unknown causes, 30.

Number and Per cent, of Each Group of Cases Viewed by
Medical Examiners— 189 Jf- 1896.

YEARS.

Homicide.

Number.

Per cent.

1894

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NOMENCLATURE OF DISEASES,

. CAUSES OF DEATH,

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NAMES OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

It should be stated that the nomenclature of diseases in the nosolog-
ical arrangement on the following pages is not intended to include the
names of the whole list of morbid phenomena affecting the human or-
ganism, but the names of such only as are directly the cause of death,
or such as ordinarily predispose to or set in motion the morbid pro-
cesses that end in death.

The classification which has appeared in the previous issues of this
report, and which was the result of a report of the committee of the
Royal College of Physicians of England, has been modified to accord
with the changes which have taken place in our knowledge of the
pathological causation of diseases since that classification was made.

The changes which have been made apply more especially to Group
One, the title of which has been changed from Miasmatic to Communi-
cable, and has absorbed all of Group Two, which was known as the
Enthetic group. This included glanders, gonorrhoea, hydrophobia,
malignant pustule, septicaemia, and syphilis, all of which are at the
present day considered as communicable diseases, and probably de-
pendent upon a morbific entity which in some of these diseases has
been demonstrated.

In Group Two delirium tremens has been dropped to the supplemen-
tary list, being but a symptom or a result of the condition of alcohol-
ism, which, while not strictly correct, is yet more comprehensive in cov-
ering this class of causations. As the report has never had a death
from opium habit to record, this is dropped as a causative factor.

Apthae, worms an^ other parasites should be classed as communica-
ble, the parasites being of a higher order than those producing diph-
theria and cholera, and are dropped from this class.

As dropsy is a result or symptom rather than an immediate cause of
death it has been left out.

Gangrene, occurring in old age, has been transferred to the group
Developmental Diseases of Old Age. Other conditions where gangrene
is found have been traced satisfactorily to traumatisms or diseases of
the circulatory system.

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Id Class III, in the group of Diseases of the Nervous System, cepha-
litis has been dropped as being obsolete. Convulsions has been trans-
ferred to the group of Developmental Diseases of Children, all such
deaths having been found to be within these age periods.

From the group of the Respiratory System pneumonia has been trans-
ferred to the list of Communicable diseases.

In Group Four, of the Digestive System, appendicitis has been in-
troduced as being a sufficiently distinct and frequent disease, and con-
cerning which statisticians will desire information as to the mortality
therefrom. Peritonitis, being a sequel of a traumatic or a septic con-
dition, is usually traceable to a primary cause if inquired into. When
no specific cause is obtainable it is placed under causes ill-defined.
Ascites, being a secondary cause, is relegated to causes ill-defined, un-
less the original cause of the ascites can be ascertained. Hernia is re-
tained in this group, rather than in the group of Accidents and Negli-
gence. Other new diseases which are introduced into this group as
being now more specifically diagnosticated, are obstruction of the bow-
els, colitis, entero colitis, diarrhoea, dysentery, gastro enteritis, and
gallstones — which is retained for want of a more definite term which
shall express the conditions causing the formation of the gallstones —
and acute gastritis.

Under diseases of the Urinary System, the word nephria is omitted,
the term Bright's Disease being retained in the absence of the ability
or practicability of the ordinary diagnostician to be able to distinguish
the different forms of nephritis or blood changes or other causes giving
rise to the presence of albumen in the urine. Diabetes is divided into
the two forms of mellitus and insipidus. While perhaps belonging to
the group of nervous diseases, yet it is not yet sufficiently well ex-
plained to prove in which group it might be placed, and custom in this
case is allowed to prevail. Diseases of the testicles has been omitted
as it has, by experience in this department, been found to be dependent
upon some pathological change, such as neoplastic formations or trau-
matic or septic conditions, and the primary cause usually finds its way
into these groups. Uraemia is placed in the primary group as being ex-
pressive of the direct location of the disease, although not being specific
as to the causation.

Under diseases of the Generative System we are at the present day ,
able to specify more accurately the condition present, owing to the in-
creased knowledge required of the gynecologist. Ovarian dropsy is
therefore dropped, and ovarian tumor, diseases of the uterus, and pyo-
salpinx are submitted as sub-divisions. This group will probably be
enlarged as physicians become better educated in specific diagnosis in
this special department.

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As still births are classified by themselves they are removed from the
group of Developmental Diseases of Children. To this group has been
added atelectasis pulmonum, also cholera infantum. Convulsions is
allowed to remain. Although every effort is made to ascertain the
cause of this symptom, and it is frequently dependent upon intestinal
disturbances as well as nervous derangements, yet it is impossible for
the physician to ascertain the provoking cause. As it is not suflficiently
'' ill-defined " to be relegated to that group, being a disease of child-
hood, it is placed in this group.

Under Developmental Diseases of Women the various sub-divisions
of the causes of death in childbirth have been given and an eflfort made
to obtain these special causes rather than let them remain as simply
" childbirth."

Diseases of Nutrition are omitted, as atrophy or debility is found to
be either in the group of old age, or diseases of infants, or caused by
some disease which can be ascertained. If the cause is not evident to
the physician, it is evidently a cause unknown, and should be classed
as such.

Under the group, Accident or Negligence, the term fractures or con-
tusions is omitted, as it is ascertained in every case what caused these
injuries. The results of the injuries are treated of as supplemental,
as is also the instrument causing the injury, or the form of poison, or
the method of drowning, etc. The division Various is sub-divided into
more specific causes, and introduces into this group electric car acci-
dents, falls, firearms, machinery, overdose of medicine, railroad and
" otherwise."

Under Causes Ill-defined, and which are invariably inquired into for
more satisfactory information, there are a large number which may be
found in the supplementary list. Blood poisoning is due usually to
some known traumatic or infectious cause, as is septicaemia. When
not known it is ill-defined. The cause of coma should be given if
known, as it may be from cerebral hemorrhage or from uraemia. Con-
vulsions, not infantile, are usually due to some traceable cause. Ascites,
colic, dropsy, exhaustion, and inflammation are symptoms and not
causes. Debility and asthenia, not infantile and not senile, can usually
be traced to some definite change in the system, otherwise it is ill-de-
fined. It has been customary heretofore for physicians to give as a
cause of death '' heart failure," meaning that the heart ceased its action
or that the cause was a natural one not accompanied by violence. It
is generally admitted that this is unsatisfactory, and with this compila-
tion, when the cause of the heart failure cannot be obtained, it is classed
as ill-defined. While peritonitis may be idiopathic, in most instances a
cause of the peritonitis has been ascertainable ; it has been classed as

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iLl-defined if do cause is known. Shock, when occurring as surgical
shock, being usually the result of accident or surgical operation, is
classed under these groups. When no accompanying cause is given,
as might be the case from fright, or sudden joy, the cause is usually
due to some abnormality of the nervous system or disease of the heart,
and in the absence of the specific cause must be placed under ill-de-
fined. When given as a single cause in cases of cerebral hemorrhage
or apoplexy, the latter cause can be ascertained by inquiry, and proves
to be the cause in most instances. The following list comprises those
causes, which have been returned and, not being sufldciently definite,
have led to inquiry from the physician in attendance. The only causes
which cannot be more explicitly defined, and are suflficient as primary
causes are appendicitis and hernia. In these two instances inquiry is
made as to whether an operation was performed for relief of the condi-
tion. In acute gastritis it is desirable to ascertain if the condition was
due to the ingestion of some irritant, as alcohol, poison, or is the re-
sult of indigestion. More specific cause is asked for in childbirth, mis-
carriage, premature birth, and stillbirth in order to determine in as
many cases as possible what was the condition of the mother or the
complication in confinement which has led up to the result which is the
cause of the death of the child. By spinal disease is sometimes meant
disease of the spinal cord, in other cases diseases of the spinal column,
and calls for inquiry.

Abscess,

Accideut,

Appendicilis,

Ascites,

Asphyxia,

Asthenia,

Blood Poisoning,

Bowels, perforation of.

Burns,

Brain, concussion- of,

Brain trouble,

Brain fever,

Cancer,

Carbuncle,

Childbirth,

Colic,

Convulsions,

Coma,

Ci'oup,

Debility,

Dentition,

Diabetes,

Dropsy,

Drowning,

Eclampsia,

Erysipelas,

Exhaustion,

Fever,

Fistula,

Fractures,

Gangrene,

Gastritis, Acute,

Heart failure.

Heart trouble,

Heart, paralysis of,

Hernia,

Hemorrhage,

Homicide,

Inflammation,

Laryngeal Obstruction,

Lungs, (Edema of,

Malformation,

Marasmus,

Miscarriage,

Mortification,

Natural causes,

Necrosis,

Peritonitis,

Poisoning,

Premature Birth,

Scalds,

Septicaemia,

Shock,

Spasms,

Spinal Disease,

Stillborn,

Strangulation,

Suffocation,

Suicide,

Tumor,

Wounds.

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NOMENCLATURE OF CAUSES OF DEATH.

CLASSES.

I. General Diseases.—A. specific and febrile. {Zymotic.)

II. General Diseases.— B. cachetic. {Constitutional.)

III. Special Diseases. — A. functional or organic. {Local.)

IV. Special Diseases. — ^^B. developmental. {Developmental^
V. Violence. — C. from injuries, etc. ( Violent^

SUB GROUPS OR ORDERS.

CLASS I.— Zymotic Diseases.

Group one, Communicable. Group two, Dietic.

CLASS II.— Constitutional Diseases.

Group one, Diathetic.

CLASS III.— Local Diseases.

Group one, Diseases of the Nervous System. Group two,
Organs of Circulation. Group three, Organs of Respiration.
Group four. Organs of Digestion. Group five, Urinary Or-
gans. Group six. Reproductive Organs. Group seven. Osse-
ous and Locomotory Organs. Group eight. Integumentary
System.

CLASS IV.— Developmental Diseases.

Group one. Of Children. Group two. Of Women. Group
three, Of Old Age.

CLASS v.— Deaths by Violence.

Group one. Accidents and Negligence. Group two. Homi-
cide. Group three, Suicide.

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STATISTICAL NOSOLOGY.

CLASS I.— Zymotic Diseases.

TA8ULAR LIST.

F&r TalAe IX of the Hegiatration Repwt.

Group One. — Communicable.

I. Que. — 1. Varicella .

2. Measles

3. Scarlatina.

4. Diphtheria

5. Small Pox

6. Tonsilitis .

7. Carbuncle

8. Erysipelas

9. Fever, Puerperal

10. Malignant Pustule

11. Meningitis, Cerebro Spinal

12. TeUinus .

13. Fever, Malarial

14. Fever, Typhoid

15. Influenza .

16. Parotitis .

17. Pertussis .

18. Pneumonia

19. Gonorrhoea

20. Syphilis .

21. Hydrocephalus

22. Scrofula .

23. Tabes Mesenterica

24. Tubercular Laryngitis

25. Tubercular Meningitis

26. Tubercular Peritonitis

27. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

28. Tuberculosis, General

Group Two.— Dietic.

I. Two.— 1. Alcoholism

2. Inanition .

3. Purpura and Scurvy

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.

Synonyms or Belated Diseases.

Group One.— Communi-
cable.

I One.— 1. Chicken Pox.

Miliaria.

Roseola.
2. Rotheln.
8. Scarlet Fever.
4. Membranous Croup.

6. Quinsy.

7. Anthrax.
Oangrrenoua Boil.

8. Hospital Gangrene.
Pyaemia.

12. Laryngismus.
Lockjaw.
Trismus Nascentium.

16. Mumps.

17. Whooping Cough.

18. Congestion of Lungs.

19. Stricture of Urethra.
Gonorriiceal Opthalmia.

22. Psoas (Lumbar) At>8cess.

Goitre.

Adenitis.

Lymphangitis.

Morbus Coxarius.

Pott's Disease.
?7. Iliemoptysis.

Group Two. — Dietic.

I. Two.— 1.

Delirium Tremens.
Intemperance. ,

CLASS II. — Constitutional Diseases.

Group One.— Diathetic.

Group One. — Diathetic.

11. One.— 1. Anaemia 1

II. One.— 1. Leucothythaemia.

2. Cancer, Abdomen

Chlorosis.
10. Rheumatic Carditis.

3. Cancer, Breast .

Rheumatic Synovitis.

4. Cancer, Face .

Gout.

5. Cancer, Liver .

6. Cancer, Rectum

7. Cancer, Stomach

8. Cancer, Uterus.

9. Cancer, Various

10. Rheumatism .

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

CLASS in.— Local Diseases.

TABULAR LIST.

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.

Group One. — Nervous System,

III. Ouc.— 1. Apoplexy and Paralysis

2. Cerebrilis .

3. Chorea

4. Epilepsy

5. Insanity

6. Meningitis .

7. Meningitis, Spinal

8. Brain Diseases* .

9. Nerve Diseases* .

Group Two. — Circulatory System

111. Two. — 1. Aneurism .

2. Angina Pectoris

3. Endocarditis

4. Pericarditis

5. Pblebitis .

6. Schlerosis .

7. Heart Diseases*

III. One.— 1. Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Locomotor Ataxia.
Paresis.
5. Dementia.
Mania.
Monomania.
Melancholia.

8. Neurasthenia.
Disease of Spinal Cord.

9. Hysteria,
Nervous Prostration.
Neuritis.
Myelitis.
Pleurodynia.

III. Two.— 7. Hypertrophy.

Valvular Disease.

Embolism.

Thrombosis.

Group Three.— Respiratory System.

III. Three.— 1. Asthma ....

III. Three.— 1. Emphysema.

2. Bronchitis, Acute
. 3. Bronchitis, Chronic .

4. (Edema Glottidis.
6. Empyema.

4. Croup

5. Laryngitis .

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6. Pleurisy .

7. Lung Diseases* .

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Group Four.— Digestive System

III. Four.— 1. Appendicitis

III. Four.— 2. Constipation.

2. Bowels, Obstruction of

Illeus.

3. Bowel Diseases*

Obstipation.
12. Stomatitis.

4. Colitis

(Esophagitis.

5. Colitis. Entero .

15. Femoral.

C. Diarrhoea .

In^nal.
Umbilical.

7. Dysentery .

, Ventral.

». Enteritis .

16. Stricture of (Esopha-

9. Enteritis, Gastro

i gus.

17. Perforation of —

10. Fistula

11. Gall Stones

24. Dyspepsia.
Gastralgia.

12. Gastritis

Ilsematemesis.

13. Gastritis, Acute .

1

14. Hepatitis .

15. Hernia

36. Intestines, Stricture of

1

17. Intestines, Ulci'ration of

1

1

18. Intussusception .

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19. Jaundice .

20. Liver, Cirrhosis of

21. Liver Diseases* .

22. Spleen Diseases*.

23. Stomach, Ulceration of

24. Stomach Diseases*

* Not otherwise placed.

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APPENDIX.

STATISTICAL NOSOLOGY.

CLASS III. — Local Diseases. — Continued.

TABULAR LIST.

Group Five.— Urinary System.

III. Five.— 1. Bladder Diseases*

2. Calculus

3. Cyslitis

4. Diabetes

5. Diabetes, Mellitus

6. Ischuria

7. Kidney Diseases*

8. Kidnejf, Brigbt's Dis. of

9. Nephritis .

10. Nephritis, Chronic

11. Prostate Disease .
Vi. Uraemia

Group Six.— Generative System.

FEMALE.

III. Six. — 1. Ovarian Diseases*
2. Ovarian Tumor .
8. Diseases of Uterus
4. Pyo Salpyux

Group Seven.— Osseous and Loco-
motory System.

III. Seven. — 1. Bones, Diseases of

2. Joint Diseases* .

3. Vertebra;, Diseases of .

Group Eight. — Integumentary Sys-
tem.

III. Eight.— 1. Eczema ....

2. Phlegmon ....

3. Skin Diseases* .

Group Nine. — Organs of Special
Sense.

III. Nine.-rl. Ossis Petrosi

2. Otitis

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.

III. Five.-1. Urethritis.

7. Hematuria.

8. Albuminuria.

III. Six.-

Tumor, Fibroid.
Pelvic Cellulitis.
Hemorrhage of.

III. Seven.-1. Ostitis.

Periostitis.
Rickets.

Caries, Necrosis.
2. Synovitis.

Hip Diseases.
8. Spine, Caries and Nec-
rosis of.

III. Eight.— 2. A bscess,part not stated
Boil.
8. Pemphigus.
Psoriasis, etc.
Dermatitis.

* Not otherwise placed.

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CAUSES OF DEATH.

CLASS IV. — Developmental Diseases.

TABULAR LIST.

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.

Group One.— Developmental Dis

J"

eases of Children.

IV. One. — 1. Atelectasis Pulmonum

IV. One.— 5. Asthenia.

2. Cholera Infantum

8. Haemorrhagio

3. Convulsions

Diathesis.
11. Malnutrition.

4. Cyanosis

13. Imperforate Anus.

5. Debility, Infantile

Cleft Palate.

6. Premature Birth .

7. Dentition

8. Hemorrhage, Umbilical

9. Icterus Neonatorum .

10. Indigestion .

11. Innutrition .

12. Spina Bifida

13. Other Malformations .

Group Two. — Developmental Dis

5-

eases of Women.

IV. Two.— 1. Paramenia .

IV. Two.— 1. Climacteria.

2. Ditflcult Labor .

3. Miscarriage .

4. Placenta Praevia .

5. Post partum Hemorrhage

6. Puerperal Eclampsia .

7. Puerperal Mania .

8. Puerperal Peritonitis .

9. Childbirth* .

Group Three.— Developmental Di

S-

eases of Old People.

IV. Three.— 1. Old Age . . .

2. Debility, Senile .

3. Gangrene .

CLASS V.-Deaths

by Violence.

Group One.— Accident or Negli-

'

gence.

V. One.— 1. Asphyxia ....

; V. One.— 11. Freezing.

2. Burns and Scalds

3. Drowning .

1 Exposure.
Insolation.
Lightning.

4. Electric Car

1 Surgical Operation.

5. Falls .

6. Firearms

1

7. Machinery .

8. Overdose of Medicine

9. Poison .

10. Railroad

11. Otherwise ....

]

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STATISTICAL NOSOLOGY.

CLASS v.— Deaths by Violence.— Continued.

TABULAR LIST.

Group Two.— Homicide.

Group Three.— Suicide.

V. Three.— 1. Drowning .

2. Hanging

3. Poison ....

4. Wounds, ^un or pistol

5. Wounds, knife .

SUPPLEMENTAL LIST.

V. Two.— 1. Infanticide.
Patricide.
Matricide.
Fratricide.
Filicide.

V. Tliree.— 8. Arsenic.

Laudanum.
Paris Green.
Other.

1. Causes ill-defined

2. Causes not stated

8. Stillborn

1. Blood Poisoning.
Coma.

Conyulsions (not infantile).
Colic.
Debility (not infantile and not

senile).
Dropsy or Ascites.
Exhaustion.
Heart Failure.
Inflammation.
Mortification.
Peritonitis.
Septiceemia.
Shoclc.
Dentition.

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APPENDIX B.

The Laws of Rhode Island

(As amended February 1, 1896.)
IN KELATION TO THE BEGISTBATION OF

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,

AND OF DIVORCE.

GENEEAL LAWS, CHAPTEE 100.

OF THE REGISTRA.TION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

Section 1. The town clerks of the several towns, or any person whom the
board of aldermen of any city, or the town council of any town, may appoint
for that purpose, shall obtain, chronologically record and index, as required by
the forms prescribed by section three of this chapter, all information concerning
births, marriages and deaths occurring among the inhabitants of their respeclive
towns ; and on or before the first Monday in March, annually, shall make duly
certified returns thereof to the secretary of the state board of health for the year
ending on the thirty -first day of December next preceding, accompanying the
same witb a list of the persons required by law to make returns to them who
have neglected to do so, and with such remarks relating to the object of this
chapter as they may deem important to communicate.

Sec. 2. The secretary of the state board of health shall receive the returns
made in pursuance of the preceding section, and annually make a general abstract
and report thereof, in form as prescribed by section three of this chapter, and
publish not exceeding one thousand copies thereof ; and for preparing, tabulating
and publishing said annual report such sum as may be provided by law shall be
paid to the state registrar. Said returns, after such report is prepared^ shall be
deposited in the ofiice of the secretary of state, who shall cause the same to be

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arraDged, full alphabetical indices of all the names to be made, and the whole to
be bound in volumes of convenient size and carefully preserved in his office.

Sec. 3. The blank forms required to carry out the provisions of this chapter
shall, on application, be furnished by the secretary of the state board of health
to clergymen, physicians, undertakers, town clerks, clerks of meetings of the
Society of Friends, and other persons requiring them, substantially as follows :
The record of a birth shall state the date and place of birth, name of the child if
it has any, the sex and color of the child, whether born alive or stillborn, the
name and surname, color, residence and birthplace of the parents, and the occu-
pation of the father, and the time of recording, so far as the same can be ascer-
tained. The record of a marriage shall state the dale of the marriage, place,
name, residence and official station of the person by whom married, names and
surnames of the parties, age, color, occupation and residence of each, condition,
that is, whether single or widowed, what marriage, that is, whether first, second,
third or other marriage, the occupation, birthplace and name of their parents, and
the time of recording, so far as the same can be ascertained. The record of
deaths shall state the date of the death, name and surname of deceased, the sex,
color and condition, whether single or married, age, occupation, place of death,
place of birth, names and birthplace of parents, disease or cause of death, and
the time of recording, so far as can be ascertained.

Sec. 4. Every meeting of the Society of Friends, clergymen and all others
authorized to join persons in marriage, shall make a faithful record of every such
rite performed by them, in manner and form aforesaid, and return the same for
the last preceding month, on or before the second Monday of every month, to the
town clerk of the town in which such rile shall have been performed ; and no
marriage shall be solemnized until the parties shall have signed and delivered to
the person about to solemnize it, or to a clerk of a meeting of the Society of
Friends, a certificate containing the information required for the record of a mar-
riage, as prescribed by this chapter.

Sec. 5. The town clerk of every town shall annually, in the month of Janu-
ary, collect the information required by this chapter, in relation to all children
born in the town during the year ending on the thirty -first day of December next
preceding.

Sec. 6. Physicians and midwives shall, on or before the fifth day of each
month, report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born
therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stat-
ing the date and place of each birth, the name of the child if it has any, the sex
and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, and
the occupation of the father. The fee of the physician or midwife shall be twenty-
five cents for each birth so reported, and shall be paid by the city or town in
which the report is made.

Sec. 7. Whenever any person shall die, or any still-born child shall be brought
forih in this state, the physician attending at such bringing forth or last sickness,

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if any physician so attended, shall, within forty-eight hours after such death or
bringing forth, leave with the family, if any, or person having the care of the
deceased, or the person bringing forth such still-born child, or give to the under-
taker or person who conducts the funeral, a certificate stating, in case of a death,
the name of the deceased, the date of the death, and the disease or cause of the
death, and in case of the bringing forih of a still born child, the date and the
cause of such child being brought forth still-born. Provided, however ^ that if the
physician last in attendance shall not have knowledge of such death, or is other-
wise reasonably prevented from leaving with the family or giving the undertaker
such certificate within the time hereinbefore specified, or before the funeral or
disposal of the remains of the deceased, he shall, within five days after having
knowledge of such death by notification or otherwise, send to the town or city
clerk or registrar of the town or city in which such death occurred a certificate,
stating the name, date and disease or cause of death of such decedent.

Sec. 8. Every town council may appoint a sufficient number of persons to
act as undertakers, removable at the pleasure of such council.

Sec. 9. No undertaker or other person shall conduct a funeral, or bury or de-
posit in a tomb, or remove from this state or otherwise dispose of the remains of
any deceased person or still-born child, unless he shall first obtain the physician's
certificate required by section seven of this chapter, if a physician was in attend-
ance upon such person who has deceased or. the person bringing forth such still-
born child, and shall return the same, together with his own certificate of the
information required by section three of this chapter, to the town clerk of the
town where such death or bringing forth took place : Provided, however, that in
such towns as allow the burial or removal of bodies of deceased persons without
a permit from the town clerk, and if the undertaker or other person who has charge
of the disposal of the remains of the deceased person is unable to obtain the said
physician's certificate, after reasonable attempts therefor, before the burial or re-
moval of the said remains, then the said undertaker or other person shall make
his return as required by section three of this chapter, including the cause of
death and the name of the physician last in attendance upon the deceased, imme-
diately to the town or city clerk or registrar of the town or city in which the
death occurred. He shall, also, within two days thereafter, notify the physician
last in attendance upon the deceased person of the name and date of death of the
same.

Sec. 10. Clergymen of all denominations who officiate at the funerals of dece-
dents when no undertaker is in attendance, shall, when requested hy the state
registrar, or the town or city clerk or registrar of the town or city in which such
deaths occurred, make returns of such deaths in the same manner and with the
same compensation as undertakers.

Sec. 11. Any town may make ordinances more effectually to attain the objects
herein contemplated.

Sec. 12. The town clerks, or persons appointed as aforesaid, shall receive for

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each record of a death mnde and returned as required by law, and for each record
of a marriage made and returned as required by law, twenty cents, to be paid to
them out of their respective town treasuries : Provided, that the yearly compen-
sation to be paid out of the town treasury as aforesaid, to any one town clerk or
person appointed as aforesaid, who shall perform the duties prescribed by this
chapter, shall not be less than five dollars. Undertakers and others making re-
turns of deaths, as required by sections seven and nine of this chapter, shall re-
ceive for each full report of a death made to the town clerk, five cents in the
cities of Providence and Newport, and ten cents in the other towns of the state.

Sec. 13. Every clergyman, physician, midwife, undertaker, town clerk, clerk
of any meeting of the Society of Friends, or other person who shall wilfully or
unreasonably neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed on or re-
quired of him by this chapter, shall be fined not exceeding twenty dollars nor less
than two dollars for each offence, one-half thereof to the use of the town in
which the offence shall occur, and one-half thereof to the use of the person who
shall complain of the same.

Sec. 14. Every clergyman, physician, coroner, undertaker, medical examiner,
or clerk of any meeting of the Society of Friends, shall cause his name, residence
and post oflSce address to be recorded in the town clerk's office of the town where
he resides.

Sec. 15. No letters of administration or letters testamentary shall be granted
by any court of probate upon the estate of any person, until the death of such
person, or the facts from which the same is presumed, shall be duly certified, as
near as may be, to the town clerk, in order that the same may be duly registered
according to the provisions of this chapter.

Sec. 16. The town and city clerks, and registrars of the several towns and
cities, shall have the custody of all records of births, deaths and marriages of
their respective towns, whether made under the statutes now in force or any for-
mer statute, and a ceriiflcate signed by them, certifying that any written or printed
statement of any marriage, birth or death is a true copy of the record in their
custody, shall be admitted as evidence of such marriage, birth or death.

Sec. 17. Births, marriages and deaths of non residents shall be distinguished
from those of residents, in the returns, by being arranged separately.

Sec. 18. The secretary of the state board of health may, from time to time,
vary the forms of returns, and require such additional information as he may
consider necessary to accomplish the object of this chapter.

Sec 19. The town clerks or other oflScers appointed under this chapter to col-
lect, record and return the births in the several cities and towns, shall receive fees
therefor as follows : For making record and return of these facts as required by-
law, twenty cents for each entry and return ; to be paid by the city or town in
which the birth is recorded.

Sec. 20. The clerk or registrar of each town and city shall, on the first day of
each and every month, make a certified copy of all births, marriages and deaths

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recorded in the books of said town or city during the previous month, whenever
the parents of the child born, or the bride or the groom, or the deceased person,
were resident in any other town or city in this stale, or in any other state, at the
time of said birth, marriage or death ; and shall transmit such certified copies to
the clerk or registrar of the town, city or state in which such parents of the child
born, the bride or the groom, or the deceased, were resident at the time of said
birth, marriage or death, stating, in case of a birth, the name of the street and
number of the house, if any, where such parents resided, the place of birth of
such parents, and the maiden name of the mother, whenever the same can be
ascertained ; and the clerk or registrar so receiving such certified copies shall re-
cord the same in the books kept for recording births, marriages and deaths. Such
certified copies shall be made upon blanks to be furnished for that purpose by the
Secretary of the state board of health.

Sec. 21. The town clerks of the several towns, or other persons appointed
under this chapter to collect the births in the several towns, shall annually in the
month of January collect the facts concerning the births within their respective
towns, required by this chapter, and shall, so far as practicable, at the same time
collect the names of all persons liable to be enrolled in the militia, as required by
title thirty -four, and the census of all persons between the ages of five and fifteen
years inclusive, as provided by chapter fifty-fonr, and shall receive therefor such
compensation as the town council or the board of aldermen of their respective
cities shall determine : Promded, that the city of Providence shall be exempt from
so much of the provisions of this section as relates to the collection of the statis-
tics of births.

Sec. 22. Blanks for the foregoing purposes shall be furnished, on application
therefor, on or before the first day of December in the year preceding, by the
state board of health for the collection of births, by the adjutant-general for the
taking of the enrolled militia, and by the commissioner of public schools for the
census aforesaid.

Sec 23. The person or persons who shall discharge the duties required by
section twenty-one of this chapter, if other than the town clerk, shall make full
return thereof to the town clerk of his or their town, on or before the tenth day
of February next following.

Sec. 24. The returns required to be made by the clerks of the appellate division
of the supreme court, in relation to divorces, to the secretary of the state board
of health, or a prepared abstract thereof, shall be published in the annual report
on the births, marriages and deaths in the state.

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SYNOPSIS OF THE LAW OF MARRIAGE.

GENERAL LAWS. CHAPTER 191.

Sbctions 1, 2 and 3 show what kindred persons cannot marry, and declare
marriages within prohibited degrees null and void.

Section 4 makes an exception in favor of Jews, within the degrees of affinity
or consanguinity allowed by their religion.

Section 5 declares the marriage of persons having a husband or wife living,
and of idiots and lunatics, absolutely void.

Sec. 6. Any minister or elder of any religious denomination who shall be
domiciled in the state, and shall have registered with the town clerk and have re-
ceived a license, may Join persons in marriage in this state.

Section 7 designates who shall be considered as belonging to a religious de-
nomination within the meaning of the preceding section.

Sec 8. Wardensin the town of New Shoreham may join persons in marriage
in said town.

Section 9 designates who may join persons in marriage when solemnized
among Quakers, or among persons professing the Jewish religion.

Sec, 10. Every pet son desiring to be joined in marriage in this state shall fur-
nish to the town or city clerk of the town or city where such person resides, or, if
such person is not a resident of the state, then to the town or city clerk of the
town or city where such marriage is to be solemnized, the information called for
in a blank form provided by the town or city clerk. Such person shall also pro-
cure from the town or city clerk a certified copy of such blank form so subscribed
to, and present the same to the person who is to solemnize the marriage. For
issuing such certified copy the town or city clerk shall be entitled to a fee of one
dollar. Such clerk shall endorse his certificate upon the back of said copy.

Section 11 provides for the control of marriages of minors, and requires the
written consent of the parent or guardian before the information provided for in
section 10 can be given. Persons over eighteen j'ears of age, however, who may
have no parent or guardian, may make oath relative to that fact to the city or
town clerk, and may then give the required information called for in the appli-
cation.

Section 12 requires that each of the persons married must present to the offi-
ciating clergyman a certified copy, as provided in section 10. These must also
be signed by the respective parties to the marriage in the presence of the clergy-
man. This is intended to identify the parties as being the same who appeared
for the certificate from the town clerk.

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Section 13 requires that the officiating clergyman shall endorse the certificate
stating that he has joined the parties in marriage, and also that two witnesses of
the marriage shall append their signatures. It also provides that the minister
shall make a return of the certificate to the town clerk on or before the second
Monday of the month succeeding the date of the marriage.

Section 14 provides for the care and preservation of the records.

Section 15 provides for the work of registration in the city of Providence to
be done by the city registrar.

Section 16 provides for the recording of the returned certificates in the office
of the town clerk, and the final lodgment of the certificates with the secretary of
state. These are there to be properly indexed, and open to inspection only in the
presence of some one connected with the office of the secretary of state.

Section 17 provides that two witnesses shall be present at the marriage cere-
mony.

Section 18 provides that lawful objection to a marriage shall be made in writ-
ing, and the officiating clergyman shall not proceed with the marriage until the
objection is removed.

Section 19 provides for a penalty of six months imprisonment, or a fine of one
thousand dollars, for joining persons in marriage without first having been pre.
sented with the certified copies required in section 10, or without having first re-
turned any lawful objection to the marriage.

Section 20 provides for a penalty a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars,
for failure to perform any of the duties devolving upon the officiating officer un-
der this chapter.

Section 21 provides for a fine for joining persons in marriage who have a hus-
band or wife living.

Section 22 provides that no marriage shall be deemed or adjudged to be void
by any failure on the part of the officiating officers to comply with the law, if the
marriage is in other respects lawful, and has been performed with a full belief on
the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully
joined in marriage.

Sec 23. Every person who shall solemnize a marriage without being legally
authorized thereto, shall be fined five hundred dollars.

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GENEEAL LAWS. CHAPTEE 195.

OF DIVORCE.

Section 1. Divorces from the bond of marriage shall be decreed in case of
any marriage originally void or voidable by law, and in case either party is for
crime deemed to be or treated as if civilly dead, or, from absence or other cir-
cumstances, may be presumed to be actually dead.

Sec. 2. Divorces shall be decreed for impotency, adultery, extreme cruelty,
wilful desertion for five years of either of the parties, or for such desertion for a
shorter period of time in the discretion of the court, for continued drunkenness,
for the habitual, excessive and intemperate use of opium, morphine or chloral,
for neglect or refusal on the part of the husband, being of suflacient ability, to
provide necessaries for the subsistence of his wife, and for any other gross mis-
behavior and wickedness in either of the parties repugnant to and in violation of
the marriage covenant.

Sec. 3. Whenever in the trial of any petition for divorce from the bond of
marriage, it shall be alleged in the petition that the parties have lived separate and
apart from each other for the space of at least ten years, the court may in its dis-
cretion enter a decree divorcing the parties from the bond of marriage, and may
make provision for alimony.

Sec. 4. Whenever it shall appear that the absence, adultery, cruelty, desertion
or other cause of complaint as aforesaid was committed or occasioned by the col-
lusion of the parties, and done and contrived with an intention to procure a di-
vorce, in such case no divorce shall be decreed.

Sec. 5. Whenever a divorce is granted for fault on the part of the husband,
the wife shall have dower as if the husband were dead ; but such dower shall be
claimed on proceedings begun within six months after the absolute decree, and, if
not claimed within said period, or if claim be made for alimony within said period,
then dower shall be deemed to be waived and released, and the only relief of the
wife shall be a claim for alimony chargeable upon the estate of the husband, or
some specific portion thereof, as the court may decree : Prccided^ that in case of
such divorce between parties married before the Digest of eighteen hundred forty-
four went into operation, the wife shall be reinstated in all of her real estate, and
have restored to her all of her personal estate not, in either case, disposed of at
the date of the filing of the petition for said divorce.

Sec. 6. Whenever a divorce is granted for fault on the part of the wife, the
husband, if he be entitled to curtesy-initiate, shall have a life estate in all the lands

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of the wife as if the wife were dead, but subject to such allowance to the wife, to
be charged on such life estate, as the court in the peculiar circumstances of the
case may deem just and proper.

Sec. 7. Otherwise than as provided in the two preceding sections neither hus-
band nor wife, on divorce being granted, shall have any right in the estate of the
other.

Sec. 8. Divorces from bed. board and future cohabitation, until the parties be
reconciled, may be granted for any of the causes for which by law a divorce from
the bond of marriage may be decreed, and for such other causes as may seem to
require the same. In case of such divorce the court may assign to the petitioner
a separate maintenance out of the estate or property of the husband or wife, as
the case may be, in such manner and of such amount as it may think necessary
or proper.

Sec. 9. Every petition shall be signed by the petitioner, if of sound mind and
of legal age to consent to marriage ; otherwise, upon application to the court, and
after notice to the party in whose name the petition shall be filed, the court may
allow such petition to be signed by a guardian or next friend.

Sec. 10. No petition for divorce shall be granted unless the petitioner shall, at
the time of preferring such petition, be a domiciled inhabitant of this state, and
have resided therein for the period of one year next before the preferring of such
petition.

Sec. 11. All such petitions shall be filed, heard and tried in Providence, unless
the petitioner shall reside in the county of Newport or in the county of Washing-
ton, in which case such petition shall be filed, heard and tried in Newport or South
Kingstown respectively.

Sec 12. The court may by general rule determine the return-day of petitions
for divorce and prescribe the notice to be given, within or without the state, on
all such petitions, and may issue such process as may be necessary to carry into
effect all powers conferred upon it in relation to the same ; and said court may
also, by general rule, fix the times, during its session, when all petitions for divorce
shall be heard, as they may be filed in Providence, Newport or South Kingstown,
respectively. Such general rules shall, however, be subject to such special orders
as the court may make in special cases. And, until general rules are made, special
order in each case shall be made.

Sec. 13. Whenever any petition for divorce shall have been filed or be pending
in the appellate division of the supreme court, and said court shall be of the opmion
that sufficient notice of the pendency of said petition shall not, from any cause,
have been given to the adverse party, said court may order notice or further notice
to the adverse party to be given in such manner as the court may prescribe.

Sec. 14. The said court may regulate the custody and provide for the educa-
tion, maintenance and support of the children of all persons by them divorced or
petitioning for a divorce, and of all persons to whom a separate maintenance may
be granted or who may petition for the same ; may in its discretion make such

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allowance to the wife, out of the estate of the husbaDd, for the purpose of enabling
her to prosecute or defend against any such petition for divorce or separate main-
tenance, in case she has no property of her own available for such purpose, as they
may think reasonable and proper ; and may make all necessary orders and decrees
concerning the same, and the same may at any time alter, amend and annul for
sufficient cause, after notice to the parties interested therein.

Sec. 15. Any woman to whom a divorce from the bond of marriage is decreed
may be authorized by such decree to change her name, subject to the same rights
and liabilities as if her name had not been changed.

Sbg. 16. After the filing and during the pendency of any petition for divorce
the said court may make such interlocutory decrees and grant such temporary
injunctions as may be necessary until a hearing can be had before said court.

GENEEAL LAWS. CHAPTER 225.

OP DIVORCES.

Section 9. The clerks of the appellate division shall make returns to the sec-
retary of the state board of health, on or before the first day of March in each and
every year, for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December preceding, of
all the applications for divorce, showing the number of applications, the number
thereof continued, the number granted, and the causes for which the same are
granted, but without the nam'es of the parlies, in accordance with the blanks which
shall be furnished them by the secretary of state.

GENERAL LAWS. CHAPTER 287.

OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND CORONERS.

Section 1. The governor shall appoint, in each county, able and discreet men ,
learned in the science of medicine, to be medical examiners in such county.

Sec. 2. The number of medical examiners appointed as provided in the pre-
ceding section shall be as follows :

For the county of Washington five examiners, one in each of the five following
districts, viz. : District one, composed of the town of Westerly ; district two, of
the town of South Kingstown ; district three, of the town of Hopkinton ; district
four, of the towns of North Kingstown and Exeter ; district five, of the towns of
Charlestown and Richmond.

For the county of Kent two examiners, one in each of the two following dis-

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tricts, viz. : District one, composed of tbe towns of WestGreenwich and Coventry ;
district two, of the towns of East Qreenwich and Warwick.

For the county of Providence eleven examiners, one in each of the first nine
following districts, and in district ten two examiners, viz. : District one, composed
of the towns of Scituate and Foster ; district two, of the towns of Cranston and
Johnston ; district three, of the town of Qlocester ; district four, of the towns of
Smithfield and North Providence ; district five, of the towns of Burrillville and
North Smithfield ; district six, of the city of Woonsocket ; district seven, of the
town of Cumberland ; district eight, of the cities of Pawtucket and Central Falls
and the town of Lincoln ; district nine, of the town of East Providence ; district
ten, of the city of Providence.

For the county of Bristol two examiners, one in each of the following districts,
viz. : District one. composed of the towns of Harrington and Warren ; and district
two, of the town of Bristol.

*The number of medical examiners for the county of Newport shall be five,
one in each of the first three districts and two in district four; and said districts
shall be composed as follows : District one, of the towns of Tiverton and Little
Compton ; district two, the town of Portsmouth ; district three, the town of New
Shoreham ; district four, the city of Newport and the towns of Middletown and
Jamestown.

8ec. 3. If either of the medical examiners shall, at any time, from any cause,
be unable to perform the duties of his said office, or shall be deemed by the attorney-
general for any cause disqualified therefor, a medical examiner from an adjoining
district may be called upon to perform them.

Sec. 4. Every medical examiner shall hold his office for the term of six years,
and until another is appointed and qualified to act in his place, unless sooner re-
moved by the appoiDtraent of some other person to fill his place.

Sec. 5. Every medical examiner shall, within thirty days after his appoint
ment, and before entering upon the duties of his office, give bond with surety to,
and to the satisfaction of, the general treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars
for the faithful performance of his duties.

Sec. 6. If the condition of any such bond be broken, to the injury of any
person, actions may be brought upon such bond as upon the official bonds of
sheriffs.

Sec. 7. Medical examiners shall make examinations as hereinafter provided,
upon bodies of such persons only as are supposed to have come to their death by
violence : Provided, that in case any prisoner in the state prison or in any county
jail dies while so imprisoned, it shall be the duty of the medical examiner of the
district in which such prison or county jail is situated, upon being notified of the
death of such prisoner, to make at once au examination upon the body of such
deceased prisoner.

Sec. 8. When a medical examiner has notice that there has been found, or is
lying, within his district tbe body of a person who is supposed to have come to

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his death by violence, he shall forthwith repair to the place where such body lies
and take charge of the same ; and if, on view thereof and personal inquiry into
the cause and manner of the death, he deems a further examination necessary, be
shall, upon being thereto authorized in writing by the attorney-general, or by the
mayor of ihe city or president of the town council of the town where such body
lies, make an autopsy in the presence of two or more discreet persons as wit-
nesses, and shall then and there carefully reduce, or cause to be reduced, to
writing every fact and circumstance tending to show the condition of the body
and the cause and manner of death, together with the names and addresses of
said witnesses, which record he shall subscribe. Before making such autopsy he
shall call the attention of the witnesses to the position and api)earance of the
body.

Skc. 9. Should the medical examiner deem it advisable to have present a phy-
sician as one of the witnesses as aforesaid, such physician shall also subscribe the
record made by the medical examiner, and for such service be shall receive a com-
pensation of five dollars.

Sec. 10. Town councils shall elect a suitable person to act as coroner for their
respective towns, to hold his ofilce for three years and until another is elected and
qualified to act in his place, unless sooner removed by the election of some other
person to fill his place.

Skc. 11. The coroners so elected shall have exclusive jurisdiction as coroners
in their respective towns.

Sec. 12. The coroner shall appoint in writing, under his hand and seal, one or
more discreet persons to act as his deputy in case of his absence or inability to act,
who shall have all the powers of a coroner, and be subject to like pains and pen-
allies for malfeasance in office ; and the coroner shall file a copy of the appoint-
ment in the town clerk's office of his town.

Sec. 13. The coroner may suspend or discharge a deputy. The suspeusiou or
discharge of a deputy shall be in writing, addressed to the deputy ; and the coro-
ner shall forthwith file a duplicate thereof in the town clerk's office of his town.

Sec. 14. Every coroner and deputy coroner shall, before entering upon the
duties of his office, take the engagement prescribed in section five of chapter
twenty-five.

Sec. 15. Whenever the coroner has notice that there is in his town any person
who has been injured by the criminal act, omission, or carelessness of another,
and that said person believes that his death is impending from such injury, said
coroner may take the statement of auch person concerning the manner in which,
and the person by whom, such injury was inflicted ; and the statement so taken
shall be reduced to writing and, if practicable, in the presence of the injured
person.

Sec 16. If, upon such view, personal inquiry, or autopsy, the medical exam-
iner is of the opinion that the death was caused by the act or neglect 'of some
person other than the deceased, he shall at once notify the attorney -general, and

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coroner of the town where the body was found, or in which it lies, and shall file
a duly attested copy of the record of his autopsy, or view, with the said coroner
and a like copy with the attorney-general ; and shall in all cases certify to the
officer having the custody of the records of deaths in the town in which the de-
ceased came to his death, the name and residence of the person deceased, if known,
or, when the name and residence cannot be ascertained, a description of the de-
ce^ed, as full as possibly may be, for identification, together with the cause and
manner by and in which he came to his death.

pEC. 17. The coroner shall thereupon hold an inquest, which may be private ;
in which case any or all persons, other than those required to be present by the
provisions of this chapter, may be excluded from the place where such inquest is
held, and such coroner may also direct the witnesses to be kept separate so that
they cannot converse with each other until they have been examined. The attor-
ney-general, or some person designated by him, may attend the inquest and ex-
amine all witnesses ; and the coronor shall cause the testimony to be reduced to
writing and signed by the witnesses. The attorney-general may, if he deem it
necessary or expedient, direct an inquest to be held in the case of any casualty
from which the death of a person results.

Sec. 18. The coroner may issue summons for witnesses, returnable before him.
The persons served with such process shall be allowed the same fees, their attend-
ance may be enforced in the same manner, and they shall be subject to the same
penalties, as if served with a summons in behalf of the state in a criminal prose-
cution pending before a district court.

Sec. 19. The coroner shall, after hearing the testimony, draw up and sign a
report, in which he shall find and certify when, where and by what means the
person deceased came to his death ; his name, if known, and all material circum-
stances attending his death ; and if it appears that his death resulted wholly or in
part from the unlawful act of any other person, he shall further state the name of
such person, if known to him, and he shall file such report, and the testimony by
him taken, together with a copy of the record of the autopsy or view, in the office
of the clerk of the court wherein an indictment for the offence may be found.

Sec. 20. The coroner shall bind such witnesses as he deems necessary, or as
the attorney-general may designate, by recognizance in a reasonable sum, with
sufficient surety, to personally appear, at such time as the coronor may designate,
at the district court of the district wherein the inquest is held, and not depart
therefrom until discharged by said court ; and if any such witness shall refuse to
recognize as aforesaid, the coroner shall commit such witness to the jail in the
same county, there to remain until he shall so recognize or be otherwise discharged
according to law.

Sec. 21. If the report of the coronor shall state that the death was caused by
the unlawful act or by the gross carelessness of any other person, and by whose
act the same was committed, he shall immediately make a complaint thereof
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district court ia the district where the offence was committed, to the intent that
the person killing or being in any way criminally instrumental to the death, may
be apprehended ; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent
complaint being made at any time before the finding of the report. And the
coroner shall forthwith, in writing, notify the attorney -general of the complaint
aforesaid, that he may appear by himself or some person appointed by him, at
the examination, and prosecute the complaint in behalf of the state.

Sec. 22. If a medical examiner reports that a death was not caused by the act
or neglect of some person other than the deceased, and the attorney -general is of
a contrary opinion, the attorney -general may, notwithstanding such report, direct
an inquest to be held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter ; at which
inquest he, or some other person designated by him, shall examine all the wit-

Sbc. 23. The medical examiner may, if he deem it necessary, employ a chemist
to aid in the examination of the body, or of substances supposed to have caused
or contributed to the death ; and such chemist shall be entitled to such compensa-
tion for his services as the medical examiner certifies to be just and reasonable,
the same being audited and allowed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Sec. 24. When a medical examiner views or makes an examination of the
dead body of a stranger, he shall cause the body to be decently buried ; and if he
certifies that he has made careful inquiry, and that to the best of his knowledge
and belief the person found dead is a stranger, having no settlement in any town
of the state, his fees, with the actual expense of burial, shall be paid from the
general treasury. In all other cases the expense of the burial shall be first paid
by the town wherein the body is found, and such town may recover the money so
paid from the town where such person last had a settlement : Provided, howeoer,
that the general treasurer, or any town, ultimately paying any such burial ex-
penses, shall have the rigfht to recover such burial expenses from the estate of the
deceased person.

Sec. 25. When services are rendered in bringing to land the dead body of a
person found in any of the harbors, rivers or waters of the state, the medical
examiner may allow such compensation for ttuch services as he deems reasonable ;
but this provision shall not entitle any person to compensation for services ren-
dered in searching for a dead body. ^

Sec. 26. In all cases arising under the provisions of this chapter, the medical
examiner shall take charge of any money or other personal property of the de-
ceased, found upon or near the body, and shall deliver the same to the person
entitled to its custody or possession ; or if not claimed by such person within sixty
days, then to an administrator, to be administered upon according to law.

Sec. 27. A medical examiner who fraudulently neglects or refuses to deliver
any such property within three days, after demand upon him therefor, shall be
imprisoned not exceeding two years or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.

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be as follows, oamely : For receiving and filing a duly attested copy of ttie record
of an autopsy, fifty cents ; for every page of two hundred words of written tes-
timony, thirty cents ; for each day's attendance in holding the inquest, five dollars ;
for the recognizance of witnesses, thirty -five cents ; and for drawing up and filing
a report in court, five dollars. Saidfees having been a udited by the state auditor,
upon certificate of the attorney -general, shall be paid by the general treasurer.

Sec. 29. Each medical examiner shall receive fees as follows: For a view
without an autopsy, four dollars ; for a view and an autopsy, thirty dollars ; and
for travel, at the rate of ten cents a mile to the place of view. He shall also have
power, in case of an autopsy, to employ a clerk at an expense not exceeding three
dollars per day for each day's actual service.

Sec. 80. Every medical examiner shall return an account of the expenses of
each view or autopsy, including his fees, to the state auditor, and shall annex to
his return the written authority under which the autopsy was made. The state
auditor shall audit such account and certify to the general treasurer what items
in such account are deemed just and reasonable, and such items shall be paid by
said treasurer to the persons entitled to receive the same.

Sec. 31. Medical examiners shall, in the books provided by the secretary of
state, keep a record of all views of bodies found dead, together with their view
and autopsy reports, and, on the first of January, April, July and October, shall
forward to the secretary of the state board of health attested copies of such
records of views, together with the view reports and conclusions from autopsies.
Should the commission of service of a medical examiner expire before the end of
a quarter, the said examiner shall at once forward to the said secretary of the state
board of health the records and reports of all cases unreported at date of expira-
tion of said service.

Sec. 32. For each and every copy of said records and reports forwarded to the
said secretary of the state board of health medical examiners shall receive twenty-
five cents, which shall be paid by the state upon the voucher of said secretary of
the state board of health that such copy of reports and records have been received
by him.

Sec. 33. The secretary of the state board of health shall cause the returns re-
ceived by him for each year, in accordance with this chapter, to be bound together
with an index thereto; the state registrar shall prepare or cause to be prepared
from the said returns such tabular results as will render them of practical utility,
and shall make report thereof annually in connection with the report of births,
marriages and deaths required by chapter one hundred.

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Accidents 18, 19, 31, 32, 53, 53, 66-69, 180-183

* ' and occupations 81-95

*• form of, for thirty -one years 183

Ages at time of deatli ; disease and sex 3, 31, 70, 162

Alcoholism, 19. 32, 47, 58-61, 184

Apoplexy 20. 33, 47, 58-61, 185-187

Births, by towns 2, 4

" colored 123

comparative number by towns 103, 104

** diagram of 112.113

* ' forty-three years 101

** illegitimate 131

laws governing the registration of 276-281

•* ages of father and mother 125

*• number of child of mother ... 124

** parentage 120

•' plural 8, 126, 127

" proportion of, to population 106-108

*' ** " " for twenty-eight years 109

" rates in towns 103-107

" season 118,119

* * sex and localities 115, 1 18

*• *' for thirty-three years 115, 116

'' stillborn 128.129,130

Brain, diseases of 20, 33, 47. 60-63, 178, 179, 188, 189

Bronchitis 20, 33. 48, 58-61, 178. 179. 190. 191

Cancers 20, 21, 33, 34. 47, 60-63, 178, 179, 192, 193

Causes of death, alphabetically arranged 18-43

'* " nosologically arranged, forty -four years 54-69

** *' ** *' in divisions of the State 44-53

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Child birth 22, H5. 51, 66-69. 194, 195

Cholera infanlum 22. 35. 51, 62-65, 196, 197

Comparative statistics and comments 177-257

Deaths, 1896 3

by counties 5

causes of 18-53

•' for each of forty -four years 54-69

" in alphabetical order, months 18-30

•* ages 31-43

** thirteen principal, order, number and proportion 175

twenty-six principal diseases in 1896. .178, 179

twenty principal diseases in 1896 : diagram 259

causes unknown 174

classification and percentage : table 44-69

diagram of 170-171

per 1,000 living, by counties. 16, 155

proportion of, to population 106, 108, 109

" ** for twenty-eight years 109

rates of, in towns and counties 12, 106, 107

seasons 10,11,159

sex 156

summary, forty-three years 101

Decedents, ages : tables 161-164

colored 165-167

comparison with births 156, 157

" occupations and ages : table 70-79

" causes of: table 80-97

" parentage 157

" season 158, 159

" sex and age 162-164

Divorces, law governing registration of 286

*' statute causes 284

Dropsy 23,36,229

compared with diseases of kidney and liver. . 230

Fevers, malarial 24, 37, 46, 58-61. 211

typhoid, etc 24, 37, 46, 58-61, 211-214

** " percentage in different States 215

Heart, diseases of 24, 37, 48, 58-61, 215-219

Illegitimates 131, 132

Influenza 25, 38, 46, 60-63, 178, 179, 219-2^2

Insanity 25. 38, 47, 58-61, 222-224

Intemperance (alcoholism, delirium tremens) , 19, 32, 47, 58-61, 81, 184

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Kidney, diseases of 25, 38, 49, 62-65, 81, 178, 179, 225, 226. 230

Blight's disease of 25,39,49,62-65

Laryngitis .25, 38, 48, 62-65

Laws in relation to registration of births, marriages and deaihs 276-281

** divorce 284-286

*' of marriage . 282-283

" in relation to medical examiners and coroners 286-291

Liver, diseases of 25. 26, 38. 39, 48, 62-65, 81, 178, 179

Malarial diseases, fevers 24, 37, 46, 58-61, 211

Marriages, 1896 2. 4, 9, 133-147

" ages of persons married 138-143

'* colored 145

" comparative number by towns 103-105

'* denominational 137

*• and education 147

" laws governing registration of 276-281

" " synopsis of 282-283

nativity of 2, 4, 135. 136

of the divorced 146,147

rates in towns 106-108

•* season 9, 135

' ' times married 144, 145

forty-three years 101,102

** widowers and widows 144, 145

•• proportion of to population 106-1 08

'* '* *' for twenty-eight years. ... 109

Measles 26, 39, 45, 58-61, 231, 232

Mother, number of child of 124, 125

Nomenclature of diseases 265-276

Occupations and ages at death 70-80

*' ** causes of death 81-97

*• •• ages of decedents for forty-four years 255-257

Old age 27,40,52,66-69,81,178,179,233,234

Paralysis (apoplexy) 20, 33, 47, 58-61, 81, 178, 179, 185-187

Peritonitis 27,40,233

Physicians* certificates concerning death 267

Pneumonia 27, 40, 46. 58-61, 81, 17JS, 179, 235-238

Population, proportion of births, marriages and deaths to 106

" geometrically estimated for twenty-eight years 109

Puerperal fever ; 58-61, 194

Returns of medical examiners 261-204

Results, comparative, twenty-one years 245

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Rheumatism 27, 28, 41, 47, 58-61, 81, 178, 179

Scarlatina 28, 41, 45, 58-61, 178, 179, 238-239

*' diphtheria and croup, by season 240

Still born children 62-65, 128-130

•* forty-three years 101 , 102

Suicide 28,29,41,42,53-57.66^9,81.241,242

Whooping cough (pertussis) 27. 40, 46, 58-61, 178, 179 243, 244

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