MORTALITY IN AUGUSTA, MAINE. To WM. WILLIS, ESQ.: DEAR SIR,-I do myself the pleasure of presenting you an abstract of the record of deaths in this City for the year 1855. The difficulty, as well as the labor of perfecting such a record, is greatly increased by the multiplicity of Burial places within the limits of the City—there being no less than fourteen. Of this number 15 occurred at the Insane Hospital. In the several months the mortality was as follows, viz: The indications in this record agree with the fact, that the year past was one of unusual health. My opinion is that the number of deaths is smaller than occurred in any year for the last ten. Although the number reported is greater than that in 1852-the returns of that year being confessedly incomplete. Accept, Sir, the assurance of my esteem. I am yours respectfully, JOSHUA ALLEN. DEATHS IN AUGUSTA IN 1852, '3, '4, AND '5. 60641513 the average for the time. Estimated population, 8,500 ÷ 151 = one in 561. Of these there were under 5 years of age, From 5 to 10, - 31 209 |