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Elizabeth Town Gazette
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey
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Annual vital statistics for the City of London from December 15, 1818, to December 14, 1819, report 24,300 christenings (12,574 males, 11,726 females) and 19,228 burials (9,671 males, 9,557 females), with detailed causes of death including consumption (3,839), old age (1,850), and fever (1,150), and age distributions.
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We have received a general bill of all the Christenings and Burials in the city of London, from Dec. 15, 1818, to Dec. 14, 1819, as reported to the King by the company of Parish Clerks. From this statement, there were christened between those periods: males, 12,574; females, 11,726; in all, 24,300. Burials within the same period:—males, 9,671; females, 9,557; in all, 19,228; making 5,072 christenings more than burials. By the bill of mortality, among other complaints, we observe that 187 died of apoplexy and suddenly; 799 of asthma; 3,839 of consumption; 3,076 of convulsions; 1,244 of dropsy; but two of dysentery: 8 of St. Anthony's fire; 1,150 of fever: 750 of hooping cough; 1,314 of inflammation; 240 of insanity; 81 of jaundice; 695 of measles; 399 of mortification; 1,850 of old age and debility; 202 of palsy: 712 of smallpox; 310 suddenly; 50 teething; 97 drowned; excessive drinking but four; killed by accidents 65; executed 28; suicides 36. Of the deaths, 4,779 were under two years of age; between two and five, 1,771; between five and ten, 826; ten and twenty, 631; twenty and thirty, 1,577; thirty and forty, 1,990; forty and fifty, 2,095; fifty and sixty, 1,918; sixty and seventy, 1,600; seventy and eighty, 1,230; eighty and ninety, 666; ninety and a hundred, 144; and one of a hundred and three.—N. Y. paper.
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City Of London
Event Date
Dec. 15, 1818, To Dec. 14, 1819
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24,300 christenings; 19,228 burials; net 5,072 more christenings than burials
Event Details
General bill of christenings and burials reported to the King by the company of Parish Clerks, including breakdowns by gender, causes of death such as apoplexy (187), asthma (799), consumption (3,839), convulsions (3,076), dropsy (1,244), dysentery (2), St. Anthony's fire (8), fever (1,150), hooping cough (750), inflammation (1,314), insanity (240), jaundice (81), measles (695), mortification (399), old age and debility (1,850), palsy (202), smallpox (712), suddenly (310), teething (50), drowned (97), excessive drinking (4), accidents (65), executed (28), suicides (36); age distributions of deaths from under two years (4,779) to over 100 (1).