, 1864-01-10
MORTALITY or CHICAGO.
Death Record Of the City,
Monthly Mortality Of the Pest Seven
teen Observation-Disclosures
CT Deeths--TLe Cholera. : ..,
111s EEAE 1SCS-FULL AND COM
GLITG ETATIGyICS-DIlIEN
T1ON OF IRhTE0-A MEALEE-
EUL CITY,
Position of Chicago on the Re-
cord-1Aioparl,ic Diseases
Birth EecgIstrutiou.

TIE history Of the year Just rollo1 AWAY is raar,
3D. rs that o. ita predecessors by ite own proper.
ton Of elementary change il the constituents ol
tho mrssof humanity the events belal1Ing which
constitute that history; progress and ctsuce are
accomplished only By virtue Of radical change a.
eEeg play The mnscle esuses Or is caused by the
displacement of old material and the supply Of new
liriEs nntteE, 20 in the moral world, every pull
fation Of the great heart Of Humanity cre1y change
IL the constitution Of society, my e,eIy throb OF
Eopulc- emotion which points low ards given re-
euit, is accompanied BY tho displacement the
physical Observation-Disclosures one OF thesindiyid-
Ea1 compone1ts Of the sodetary body" and eaeh
tcaf OF The pendulum, is the announcement of tho
birth Of some new being who in q numerical sease
frFphes the place Of those who decay. the living
ttseua Is tins an cpltome Of the human 1ass, Its
internal eompo5enee continually changing, it,
constitution remaining radically the same, ret TO
eeiring ftc-h impulse at each new accretion, and
gathering thezcf-om the essentials Of strength Of
motion, Of ofproerssfou; the elevation and happl-
less OF the E4ce "a whole, secured by continuous
displacement and disorcanIxstton, the new built
up from, eod Improved upon, the old. 8
:: In tic hrcds o. the modern phsloEopher human
life has hetonc Ectence, ind human decay it,
bett c1pouent. Although with regard to theindl-
v1dua! We fave MOI STAINED to the ability to mark
in adE-aea the duration ofhls cozporeal existence
81 n the aggregate man Is found to ba subject to
ane1ripg goresrance; and acertain proportion OF
tee ano.r1dnel components Of society Is eech year
found to klnet difp.c .cccncnt. 11e normal railo is
e'rs=dT well ssrez :aIned, and In many Cases the
aEountof va-iatfon from the ave-aae is also well
fsf=bltshsd as depending on cert-1n conditions OF
locedon I'D detrcums.-nce. uF IN this knowledge
The ae.uozy builds up bis tablcs, and the rasnid-
celt theory Of Life Ae-ntaoce Is dcYclopcd az
The problem Of the eae-the certainty of nneer.
tey..fnty. :. =. =, :. o.
Hence in The older countries Of Europe tho col-
lection and tomp.I-sou Of 1no1;u.ry. stctistfcs Is
regard as very lmpo1.snt branch Of research,
s1d many pe-E3ns arc thus engaged in the cndeav-
or to e!uctdese the d:f1culue; which attend tho
efo1.to solve t-e problem Of humsa existence.
Enough f-s alre-dy been doae to ahow that man
iR snbsec. TO the operation OF certs,n Gxod 1sws,
t.orgh th:.r exac. uetu1s and application be not
L. yet M de1-foot. Tbs slbj.cs hns caga~ed tle
atte1:.on OF philosophers In the Eastern States,
hut IN Chcc-o too little importance .ha, hitherto
Eeea attached 10 l.. TIE fluctuations 9th bills of
mo- -1lity az depe1dsnt on the chances In the eli
mate and corditioa Of the county induced by hu
Eaa ) improvement, on sanitary rcsu1a--
lions t1d E.cs cuea1tins rom various
mfar.-cs4rcd p7oauc:a t:e all unknown.
True, We have had = colloc.tica Of
frrsals furnished fo- scye-l yents psi, bat tho
0eIA 1-AA I-1A4A fG.lHu!e EQM1lGLH
while tho mere a-grcg-.e1 arc oil that tare been
gwen. We he1ce know very little Of the in1ue,ce
on human existence brought to bear by the changes
y aich have ben wrought in our city, aad the St.
ts:ics Of Population not having been rec,rded
With care, we tsye BIZ: unable 20 note the per
ecnt7ges e1cep: approximately The t1blcs here.
with puhliehs e-e the 1:. attempt at ac,a1ac7 In
detail Of the deeth rc.istcs IN Cafc1so. Thc.ceord
hes been ktpt and the tables made mp BY Mr, cbas.
Perry, oar efficient Health Officer. They are
model Of p.cc.sson. and will compare hvorably
With mo7tu2ry tables Published in the old world.
MORTALITY IN TIE PAST. ..T
Tho de-th record was kept In Chicago as early
as 1s47, Iii. Batee, the City Undertaker, furnlsh:
irg tie nggrecafeccach month to the municipal au-
On his retirement from the ollce In
1851, he VS. succeeded by Ar. Mcclure, who then
kept tho record Tho books in tho possession Of
oar present He.1th OG!cer only extend back as
far na June 1881; tho following tables, therefore
carry Us furher back THAI any existing records or
previously publiahed statement. They have been
obtained only at the co.t Of considerable resea,ch
INTO old 1les Of doeumente. The following arc
the monthly moralities from the beginning Of 1877
I'LL the present time, embracing period Of seven
teen yr-rs: v -, - -