Whilst Consumption and Fever, generally, occupy a considerable space in the annual returns, it is consolatory to observe, that the former has not increased: and that Fever, particularly Typhus, so fatal, so wide spread, and so unyielding to medical skill in Europe, has been much less malignant in this city the present, than in former years.
George Cuming, City Inspector.
City Inspector's Office, }
10th Jan. 1820. }
BALTIMORE, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820—2287; of which number, 571 were coloured persons.—Of these, there were
| Above 20 years, | 849 | |
| Below 20 do. | 1440 | |
| 2287 |
BOSTON, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820. Total, 1070
CHARLESTON—1092, from 1st October, 1818, to 1st October, 1819.—Of these, there were
| Males, | 639 | |
| Females, | 453 | |
| 1092 | ||
| Of whom, there were | ||
| Whites, | 492 | |
| Blacks, | 600 | |
| 1092 |
It is a singular fact, and perhaps worthy the attention of medical gentlemen, that more deaths were occasioned by Tetanus or Locked Jaw, in the city of Charleston, during the last three years, than occurred in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Boston, during the same period, as is shown by the following abstract:—
| 1817 | 1818 | 1819 | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston, | 25 | 20 | 14 | 59 |
| Philadelphia, | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| New York, | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Baltimore, | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Boston, | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 11 | 10 | 36 | |
| Excess in Charleston, above the whole number in the four cities. | 10 | 9 | 4 | 23 |