Sixteenth Annual Report of the Board of Health of the Cit...
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Excerpt from Sixteenth Annual Report of the Board of Health of the City of Boston, for the Year 1887The number of cases of contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health during the year 1887 was against in 1886.The total number of deaths from the same diseases in 1887 was 813, or 232 more than for 1886.Small-pox has been discovered in but four instances. They were removed to the hospital, and all recovered. In 1886 there was one case, and...