1879 — June-May 1880, Tuberculosis, esp., NY, PA, OH, IL, IN, TN, KY, MA, VA  –91,270

–91,270 Census. “Table VII. Mortality of the U.S. from Disease…June 1, 1880.” 1885, p. 44.^[1]

— 1,694  AL  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…Specified Disease.” 1885, pp. 55, 59, 63.

—    951  AR    “                      “          pp. 71, 75.

— 1,016  CA    “                      “          pp. 79, 83.

— 1,150  CT    “                      “          pp. 95, 99.

—    257  FL     “                      “          p. 123.

— 1,707  GA    “                      “          pp. 127, 131, 135.

— 3,802  IL      “                      “          pp. 142, 146, 150.^[2]

— 3,753  IN     “                      “          pp. 155, 159, 163.

— 1,909  IA     “                      “          pp. 167, 171, 175.

— 1,112  KS    “                      “          pp. 179, 183.

— 3,321  KY    “                      “          pp. 187, 191, 195, 199.

—    660  LA    “                      “          pp. 203, 207, 211.

— 1,825  ME   “                      “          pp. 215, 219.

— 1,302  MD   “                      “          pp. 223, 227.

— 3,102  MA   “                      “          pp. 231, 235.

— 2,387  MI     “                      “          pp. 239, 243.

—    713  MN   “                      “          pp. 247, 251, 255.

— 1,310  MS    “                      “          pp. 259, 263, 267.

— 2,718  MO   “                      “          pp. 271, 275, 279, 283.

—    411  NE    “                      “          pp. 295, 299, 303.

—    865  NH    “                      “          pp. 311, 315.

— 1,646  NJ     “                      “          pp. 319, 323.

— 5,849  NY    “                      “          pp. 335, 339, 343, 347, 351.

— 2,146  NC    “                      “          pp. 354, 359, 363.

— 4,683  OH    “                      “          pp. 367, 371, 375.

— 4,844  PA    “                      “          pp. 387, 391.

—    381  RI      “                      “          p. 395.

— 1,294  SC     “                      “          pp. 399, 403, 407.

— 3,623  TN    “                      “          pp. 411, 415, 419, 423.

— 1,602  TX    “                      “          pp. 427, 431, 435.

—    813  VT    “                      “          p. 443.

— 2,760  VA    “                      “          pp. 447, 451, 455.

—    877  WV   “                      “          pp. 467, 471.

— 1,495  WI    “                      “          pp. 475, 479, 483, 487.

[1] “Table VII. Mortality of the United States and of Each State Group, From Each Specified Disease and Class of Diseases, with Distinction of Age and Sex, During the Census Year Ending June 1, 1880.” In: U.S. Dept. of Interior, Census Office. Report on the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States as Returned at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880), Part I.  Washington: GPO, 1885. At: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html > States with single and double-digit fatalities were AZ (18, p.67), ID (21, p.139), MT (18, p.287, 291), NV (59, p.307), NM (49, p.327, 331), UT (69, p.439), WY (5, p.491, 495). WA had 100 (p. 459, 463), Dakotas had 116 (p.103, 107, 111); CO had 148 (p.87, 91), DC had 174 (p.119), DE had 200 (p.115), and OR had 226 (p.379, 383).

[2] In calendar year 1880 there were 981 TB deaths in Chicago. City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium: Its History and Provisions. Chicago: 1915, p. 86.