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Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Annual report by the Board of Health details 533 deaths in Wheeling during 1855, including monthly totals from February to December, age breakdowns (181 under 1 year, 158 aged 1-5, etc.), and 10 colored deaths.
Merged-components note: Table of monthly deaths data and accompanying report text form a single coherent unit on city mortality statistics; original table label changed to match report content.
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| 14 | February | 35 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 17 |
| 15 | March | 49 | 44 | 24 | 16 | 25 |
| 16 | April | 48 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 26 |
| 17 | May | 37 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 18 |
| 18 | June | 35 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 15 |
| 19 | July | 74 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 32 |
| 20 | August | 81 | 44 | 50 | 14 | 81 |
| 21 | September | 61 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 84 |
| 22 | October | 88 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 17 |
| 23 | November | 81 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 18 |
| 24 | December | 93 | 44 | 10 | 44 | 18 |
DEATHS IN THE CITY DURING 1855.—The annual report of the Board of Health shows the number of deaths in the city of Wheeling, each month, during the year 1855, as follows:
[Table of monthly deaths, totals, age breakdowns: under one year 181, between 1 and 5 years 158, etc., colored 10, total 533.]
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Wheeling
Event Date
1855
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total 533 deaths, including 181 under one year, 158 between 1 and 5 years, 10 colored.
Event Details
Annual report of the Board of Health shows monthly deaths in Wheeling for 1855, with age breakdowns.