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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Bill of Mortality for Exeter in 1785 reports 27 deaths, broken down by age groups from under 1 to over 85, and causes including phthisic, old age, dropsy, consumption, and others.
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Number of deaths, 27.
-Under one year 4; between 1 and 3, 3; between 3 and 5, 1;
between 20 and 25, 2; between 25 and 30, 2; between 35 and 40, 1;
between 40 and 45, 3; between 55 and 60, 2; between 60 and 65, 1;
between 65 and 70, 3; between 70 and 75, 1; between 75 and 80, 1;
between 80 and 85, 1; between 85 and 90, 2.
Died of Pthisic and slow Fever 1; Infirmities of Old Age 4;
Dropsy and Consumption 4; Child-Birth 2; Dropsy 1;
Convulsion Fits 1; Cancer, Fever and Mortification 1;
Quinsy 3; Drowned 2; Paralytic 1; Cholera-Morbus 1;
Putrid Fever 1; Nervous Fever 1.
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Primary Location
Town Of Exeter
Event Date
1785
Outcome
27 deaths
Event Details
Breakdown by age: Under one year 4; between 1 and 3, 3; between 3 and 5, 1; between 20 and 25, 2; between 25 and 30, 2; between 35 and 40, 1; between 40 and 45, 3; between 55 and 60, 2; between 60 and 65, 1; between 65 and 70, 3; between 70 and 75, 1; between 75 and 80, 1; between 80 and 85, 1; between 85 and 90, 2. Causes: Pthisic and slow Fever 1; Infirmities of Old Age 4; Dropsy and Consumption 4; Child-Birth 2; Dropsy 1; Convulsion Fits 1; Cancer, Fever and Mortification 1; Quinsy 3; Drowned 2; Paralytic 1; Cholera-Morbus 1; Putrid Fever 1; Nervous Fever 1.