But the amalgamation of interest and feeling is so complete,
that society moves harmoniously, and the subject of nationality is but
little thought of.
It is believed that the mortality, as exhibited by the census table, is
unparalleled. It is about one and one third per cent. of the population.
This result has been obtained by enquiry in every family and can be
relied on as nearly correct. It includes infants and adults, and those
who have died by casualty, as well as by disease. It is true that we
have not as large a proportion of old persons, whose lives are
terminating in their natural order, as in older communities, but it is
also true that we have a larger proportion of newly arrived emigrants,
whose health is influenced by the fatigue and exposure of protracted
voyages and journeys, and by a change of climate and habits. By a
comparison with other towns and cities, and with the entire country, it
will be perceived that the aggregate mortality is remarkably low. In
Boston, according to the report of the Sanitary Commission, for a period
of nine years, the average annual mortality was 2,53 per cent; in New
York, according to the annual report of the City Inspector in 1853, it
was 4,4 per cent; in Philadelphia, according to the report of the Board
of Health in 1850, it was 2,29 per cent; in Baltimore, according to the
report of the Board of Health in 1850, it was 2,7 per cent; in
Charleston, according to the report of the Board of Health in 1850, it
was 1,99 per cent; and in the United States in 1850, according to the
census tables, it was 1,39. So it will be seen, that the mortality is
less, if the year selected be an average one, than it is in either of
the above cities, or in the entire country. This comparison, it is
honestly believed, presents a fair index to the sanitary condition of
the city.
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