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VERA CRUZ.
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can give you of it. It would create a sensation in Broadway, and is decidedly more picturesque and comfortable than a cab or an omnibus.
LITERA
I send you some interesting tables as to the health and moisture of Vera Cruz, which I have compiled from accurate sources.
| Males. | Fem. | Tot. | Total | ||||
| Baptisms | 214 | 240 | 454 | Marriages | 37 | ||
| DEATHS. | |||||||
| Males. | Fem. | Tot. | Males. | Fem. | Tot. | ||
| In the Parroquia | 215 | 271 | 486 | Hospital of Loreto | 000 | 146 | 146 |
| Hospital of St. Sebastian | 254 | 000 | 254 | Hosp. of S. Carlos | 131 | 000 | 131 |
| Total | 600 | 417 | 1017 | ||||
| AGES. | |||||||
| Males. | Fem. | Tot. | Males. | Fem. | Tot. | ||
| From1 to7 | 94 | 135 | 229 | From26 to50 | 249 | 132 | 381 |
| "8 to 15 | 32 | 36 | 68 | "51 to75 | 35 | 23 | 58 |
| "16 to 25 | 188 | 85 | 273 | "76 to100 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| DISEASES. | |||||||
| Males. | Fem. | Tot. | Males. | Fem. | Tot. | ||
| Vomito | 120 | 36 | 155 | Diabetes | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Small Pox | 64 | 78 | 142 | Epilepsy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fevers | 98 | 44 | 142 | Marasmus | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Phthisis and Diarrhœa | 151 | 61 | 212 | Leprosy | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 39 | 11 | 50 | Aneurism | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Apoplexy | 10 | 7 | 17 | Abscess | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 7 | 22 | 29 | Dropsy | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| Cholic | 3 | 7 | 10 | Ulcers | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Pulmonia | 3 | 5 | 8 | Flow of Blood | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pleurisy | 3 | 2 | 5 | Child-birth | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Asthma | 0 | 4 | 4 | Drowned | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Causus | 1 | 2 | 3 | Contusions | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gangrene | 7 | 5 | 12 | Wounds | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Inflammation | 3 | 6 | 9 | Diseases of children | 63 | 99 | 162 |
| Cholers (glacial) | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 600 | 417 | 1017 | ||||
