1879 — June-May 1880, Typhoid (“Enteric”) Fever, esp. IL, IN, MO, OH, TX, NC–    23,339

— 23,339  Blanchard tally based on inclusion Massachusetts State data noted below.

— 22,854  Census. “Table VII. Mortality of the U.S. from Disease…June 1, 1880.” 1885, p44.^[1]

 

—  776  AL  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…and Specified Disease.” 1885, pp. 54, 58.

—    11  AZ      “                      “          p. 66.

—  437  AR      “                      “          pp. 70, 77.

—  163  CA      “                      “          pp. 78, 82.

—    78  CO      “                      “          pp. 86, 90.

—  167  CT      “                      “          pp. 94, 98.

—    34  DK      “                      “          pp. 102, 106, 110.

—    49  DE      “                      “          p. 114.

—    10  DC      “                      “          p. 118.

—   101  FL      “                      “          p. 122.

—   656  GA     “                      “          pp. 126, 130, 134.

—     12  ID      “                      “          p. 138.

–1,487  IL       “                      “          pp. 142, 146, 150.

–1,401  IN      “                      “          pp. 154, 158, 162.

—   720  IA      “                      “          pp. 166, 170, 174.

—   663  KS     “                      “          pp. 178, 182.

—   729  KY     “                      “          pp. 186, 190, 194, 198.

—   259  LA     “                      “          pp. 202, 206, 210.

—   191  ME    “                      “          pp. 214, 218.

—   304  MD    “                      “          pp. 222, 226.

—   397  MA    “                      “          pp. 230, 234.

—   882^[2] “  Sec. of Commonwealth. Thirty-Ninth Report…Year Ending Dec 31, 1880, p. 59.^[3]

—   517  MI  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…and Specified Disease.” 1885, p. 235, 241.

—   285  MN    “                      “          pp. 246, 250, 255.

—   192  MS     “                      “          pp. 258, 26, 266.

–1,214  MO    “                      “          pp. 270, 274, 278, 282.

—       8  MT    “                      “          pp. 286, 290.

—   140  NE     “                      “          pp. 294, 298, 302.

—     17  NV     “                      “          pp. 306.

—   117  NH     “                      “          pp. 310, 314.

—   177  NJ      “                      “          pp. 318, 322.

—     48  NM    “                      “          pp. 326, 330.

—   835  NY     “                      “          pp. 334, 338, 342, 346, 350.

— 96  NYC, July 1-Oct 16.  NYT. Contagious Diseases…Typhoid Fever…” 10-17-1880.^[4]

—   963  NC  Census. “Table VII. Mortality, by State…Specified Disease.” 1885, p354, 358, 362.

–1,046  OH     “                      “          pp. 366, 370, 374.

—   103  OR     “                      “          pp. 378, 382.

—   854  PA     “                      “          pp. 386, 390.

—     44  RI       “                      “          p. 394.

—   531  SC      “                      “          pp. 398, 402, 406.

—   903  TN     “                      “          pp. 410, 414, 418, 422.

–1,081  TX     “                      “          pp. 426, 430, 434.

—     55  UT     “                      “          p. 438.

—   118  VT     “                      “          p. 442.

—   641  VA     “                      “          pp. 446, 450, 454.

—     15  WA    “                      “          pp. 458, 462.

—   232  WV    “                      “          pp. 466, 470.

—   365  WI     “                      “          pp. 474, 478, 482, 486.

—       3  WY    “                      “          pp. 490, 494.

 

Sources

 

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thirty-Ninth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Commonwealth, for the Year Ending December 31, 1880 (Public Document No. 1). Boston: Rand, Aberg & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 1881. Google digitized at: http://books.google.com/books?id=aTgWAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

New York Times. “Contagious Diseases. Increase of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Measles – The Death Record.” 10-17-1880.

 

United States Department of the 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. Accessed at: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html

 

United States Department of the Interior, Census Office. “Enteric or Typhoid Fever.” P. xxxii in Report on the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the United States as Returned at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880)…Part II.  Washington: GPO, 1886. Google digitized: http://books.google.com/books?id=wfNYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

 

 

[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. 1885. Also: US Census Office, Dept. of Interior. “Enteric or Typhoid Fever.” P. xxxii, Rpt. on the Mortality and Vital Statistics of the [US] as Returned at the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880)…Part II.  1886.

[2] In looking at State and U.S. Census figures note that Census figures were for 12 months ending May 1880.

[3] Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Thirty-Ninth Report to the Legislature of Massachusetts Relating to the Registry and Return of Births, Marriages…Deaths in the Commonwealth…Year Ending Dec 31, 1880. 1881.

 

[4] New York Times. “Contagious Diseases. Increase of Typhoid Fever, Diphtheria, and Measles – The Death Record.” 10-17-1880.