Main description:

First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems. Chapters cover a wide variety of categories including population, births and deaths, sickness, occupation and mortality, and mortality from special diseases.

Contents:

Chapter 1 POPULATION; Chapter 2 REGISTRATION OF BlRTHS AND DEATHS; Chapter 3 REGISTRATION OF SICKNESS; Chapter 4 MARRIAGES; Chapter 5 BIRTHS; Chapter 6 DEATHS; Chapter 7 MALE AND FEMALE MORTALITY AT DIFFERENT AGES; Chapter 8 INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ON MORTALITY; Chapter 9 DENSITY OF POPULATION AND MORTALITY; Chapter 10 EFFECT OF OCCUPATION ON MORTALITY; Chapter 11 MORTALITY FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES; Chapter 12 SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION; Chapter 13 MORTALITY FROM SPECIAL DISEASES; Chapter 14 LIFE TABLES; Chapter 15 THE DURATION OF LIFE; Chapter 16 THE DECLINE IN THE ENGLISH DEATH-RATE AND ITS CAUSES; Chapter 17 STATISTICS OF SICKNESS; Chapter 18 ARMY AND NAVY STATISTICS; Chapter 19 STATISTICAL FALLACIES;