Author : St. Louis Health Commissioner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 22,87 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781334774973
Excerpt from Nineteenth Annual Report of the Health Commissioner for the Year Ending March 31st, 1896: 28th Annual Report of the Department The general health of the city was good, measured by the number of deaths, the total being exceeding the previous year by 715 yet it must be accepted as a very low mortality considering the increase in population, it being generally estimated beyond which would give the low death rate of fifteen per thousand. The Department's conservative estimate is and the death rate for the year Comparing this with table N o. 5, showing the rate in ten of the principal cities in the United States, St. Louis shows up as the healthiest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.