A manual of public health / by A. Wynter Blyth.

  • Blyth, Alexander Wynter, 1844-1921.
Date:
1890
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Credit: A manual of public health / by A. Wynter Blyth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS SECTION I.—STATISTICS. CHAPTER I. THE CALCULATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF VITAL STATISTICS. PAGE (1) Methods of Calculating Populations between the Census Periods .... 3 (2) Local Censuses 5 (3) Death Returns 5 (4) Causes of Death 7 (5) Addresses. The Mortality Ledger 11 (6) Sex 12 (7) Age 12 (8) Calculation of Birth and Death-Rates 12 (9) Age Distribution 15 (10) Zymotic Death-Rate 18 (11) Proportion of Deaths from certain Causes of Disease to the Total Deaths . 18 (12) Proportional Distribution of Deaths 19 CHAPTER II. MEAN AGE AT DEATH—MEAN DURATION OF LIFE—PROBABLE DURATION OF LIFE —CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE TABLES. (13) Mean Age at Death * 22 (14) Calculation of Mean Duration of Life 23 (15) The Probable Duration of Life 23 (16) Construction of Life Tables 24 (17) Construction of Short Life Tables ' 27 (18) The Construction of an Extended Life Table 30 CHAPTER III. AIDS TO CALCULATION. (19) Tables • • • • 35 (20) Professor Fuller's Spiral Rule 35 (21) Multiplication by the Spiral Rule : . . . 37 (22) Division by the Spiral Rule 37 (23) The Arithmometer 40