The Vital Statistics of Boston (Classic Reprint): Containing an Abstract of the Bills of Mortality for the Last Twenty-Nine Years, and a General View ... Periods of Its History (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Critical look at Boston’s 19th‑century mortality and public health

This early 1800s study compiles vital statistics from Boston, tracing how deaths were counted, categorized, and interpreted. It offers a window into historical public health practices and the challenges of early disease classification. In its pages, you’ll see how researchers tracked deaths by age, season, and cause, and how these patterns shaped ideas about health in the city. The text presents period comparisons and notes where records were incomplete, highlighting the progress and limits of early medical data.

• How death rates varied by age and season in the 1810s–1830s.
• Summary tables that illustrate epidemic, sporadic, and unknown causes.
• Discussions on data quality and the evolving use of vital statistics.

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