Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-03-13

have effected. But IN regaia Q" tAe Wofa name3'
Gus tribes Of durable diseases which the reformed
system failed TO cure, they pm, The hnser O., Sc
lence upon thcir lips. Al those cases Which ha.-
gsl he best directed effort, O., the rcyDlar rrac-
udoners, the emp,ugs GJdaccd as witnesses 90
prove tue mper,ectoas aut uncertainties oi tile
heatag ar thereby endea,ouns 10 shake the Gear
iiJcuce OF the public "a the physicians AID uelr
remedies. Mauy persons Who did not become
conyeas to the reformed system, were neyerhe-
less so far influenced by the sophsms, d'smas
and misrepresentation Of the empires, as 20 lose
a large share OF their confidence in the regular
physicians aud il,led To make application IN due
ume, loy fear Of beng bled, OF having to take ca
lomel OF some olhe, drag which the reiormeIs
had 50 repeatedly denounced as poisonous.
| am now abou, to return statistical medicine
upon the relormers. II IS the spear OF i!huutL
The physicians Of Natchtz IN ten years, from the
3lst .ol December, 1923, to the lst of January,
1884, have lost IN all the population, Including
strangers, Gal patients. In the mean time 33I
deaths are recorded not certified 10y any physl-
can. The whole number of deaths IN ten years
beng 99S. This is less than 9s deaths per an
nun. Estimating the population at on average
" tfNVNi NitN ldil SlNI, tulltl NtHll tAAfthN
true amount, the average mortality in the ten
years would be only one in every 30,6lO per
annum From the facts heretofore contributed
TO statistical medicine, i, rs known that the aver
age annual mortality OF some o! the principal CIT.
les Of the world Is much greater than this Ac.
cordng 10 ~ s"s Of the Royal College Of
physicians, the annual mortality Of Naples = III
2o; Vienna | IN 26; Madrid | IN 20; Rome m
70; Amsterdam in "a. The mortality IN all
these cites being greater than that of Nalchez,-
According to the same authority the mortality OF
Pans, Lyons, SIrasburg, Barcelona and Nice ~
from IN 81 to in -, very luIe less lhun that
OF Natchez. In PHILADELPHIA in the year 1892,
there were 6,G99 deaths reported out OF popu-
lation of lSs,397, making the average mortality
OF that city about IN 293.l0 greater than the
average mortality of Nachez, During aperlod
of ten years from 1870 to 1881, the mortality OF
Philadelphia has varied from IN BOB TO / in
42'9, During the same PERIOD the average NOR
tally among fifteen or sixteen thousand negroes
IN PhladeI phia has been in All. According
10, DIR Emerson, who has collected much slatlst-
cal information, Philadcl pha is one OF the health
lest cities in the United States, and far more SO
than London. Owing to the cupldlty OF the
English government which taxes both the cradle
and the grave, the average mortality Of Great
Britain and the principal cites IN il conuot be We.
ry correctly ascerlalned 4 large number oil
births and deaths are not reported, IN ordor to a
void the tax which is levied on all records. The
di~,,,tcs keep few OF no records OF births, deaths
and marriages, Their records are not received
as evidence, consequently the business OF regis
terng Is mouopolzcd by the parish clerks OF the
established church. Blu, eyeo with this deiicen'
cy, without making any allowance for he unre
nlsered deaths, the average annual mortality Of
Natchez dining period often years, has been
less than The average mortality oi London during
period often years. The mortality of London
from 1890 TO 1851 was in 1913 10. II IS some.
what less at present. The average mortality Of
England aud Wales during n period OF thirty
years, from 1890 to 1921, has varied iion ! m
81 to IN 81. Ia Paris, according 60 Nleme
the average mortality from !he domicIl, not Incla-
dug the deaths which occur 10 the hospitals, (be-
lng about one lhrd Of the whole, ~ one IN IS
IA those parts Of The city inhabited by the wealthy
class of cltlzens, but IN the l2h atondlscment
which Is mhabte lby the poorer classes, il Is !
Of Flance during period of twelve years from
1877 to 1929, VARYING Irom N 27 TO ~
50 3. Bot Napoleon contributed some very val.
liable and correct information 10 statistical Medl.
zine. He caused the inhabitants OF scveh De.
parlnents of France to be accurately enamera.
ted. Officers were appointed with ample pow.
ers To make full and fair registry Of allihe births
and deaths aud 10 guard against errors from IN
lress and cgress His object was to learn the
natural increase and decrease oil the population 10
order to make it serve rs comparison Tor The
rest Of his empire. The departments enumcra-
ted contained 2,037, 6l5 indiyduas-2U3, i "
| OF whom died in three yearsmoklug the annual
average mortality in that part Of France IN 80,
being a smaller fraction greater than the annual
average mortality OF Natcbez torl,n years. Thu,
we find ten or dozen physicians located IN a
| hot and lnsaIubrous climate, large portion Of
the population not being natives OF INJURED to the
climate, c0ntending wIh two yellow levers, an
| epidemic cholera, measles, whooping- cough, scar
let fever and small pox; yet under all these dtsad
yanages, the average mortality, during PERIOD
OF ten wears in succession has been less than the
average mortality Of "a large pat Of France ~
! one Of the most salubrous climates m Tie world
less Than the mortality in that very portion Of
France, in which Napoleon had The average cor
recty ascertained III order to make II standard
Of comparison for the rest Of his cmpIre--ies'
than the mortality in Naples, Madrid Vienna
Rome and Amslerdam-less than in London dur
ring period Of ten years-tc" than in PhiIadeI.
phla during the year 1892, and not much greater
than the average mortality in any other town. cIy
or couniry-no greater no! even as great, II due
allowance we're made for tho deaths which occur
among the nonresident population. More than
half the deaths in the Na,chez bills Of mortality
occur among strangers who are not enumerated
in the sensus. If these were subiracted The aver
age mortality ofthe citizens Of Natchez during
the whole period Of ten years would not exceed
! in 81 per annum, less degree Of mortality io'