1889-90, June-May, Smallpox, especially NM/231, TX/88, NY/13, and CT/12              —   398

Compiled by B. Wayne Blanchard, Dec 2019, for website: Deadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-Of-Life Events. https://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

–398 U.S. Census Office. U.S. Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. 1894, p. 16.[1]

Breakout of 1889-1890 Census Year (June-May) Smallpox Deaths by State[2]

 Arizona          (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 34.

Arkansas        (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 42.

California      (    2)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 50.

Colorado        (    3)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 58.

Connecticut   (  12)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 66.

Illinois            (    4)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 114.

Iowa                (    3)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 138.

Kansas           (    4)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 146.

Kentucky       (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 154.

Louisiana       (    3)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 162.

Maryland       (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 178.

Massachusetts (  2)    US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 186.

Michigan        (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 194.

Mississippi     (    2)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 210.

Missouri         (    4)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 218.

Nebraska        (    5)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 234.

New Jersey    (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 258.

New Mexico   (231)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 266.

New York       (  13)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 274.

Ohio               (    2)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 298.

Oregon           (    2)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 314.

Pennsylvania (    3)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 322.

Tennessee       (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 354.

Texas              (  88)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 362.

Utah                (    2)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 370.

Vermont         (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 378.

Washington   (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 394.

Wisconsin      (    1)   US Census 1890, Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Table 5. 1894, p. 410.

 

Source:

 

United States Census Office, Department of Interior. Report on Vital and Social Statistics in the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Part III. – Statistics of Deaths. Washington, DC: GPO, 1894. Accessed 12-29-2019 at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsushistorical/vsush_1890_3.pdf

[1] From Table 4. – Number of Deaths in the United States from each Specified Disease and Class. Reflects returns from 48 States, District of Columbia and the “Indiana Territory.” Census conducted June 1, 1889-May 31, 1890.

[2] State breakout data is from Table 5. – Number of Deaths, by States, Age and Sex, and Specified Disease.