BOSTON, from 1st January, 1819, to 1st January, 1820. Total, 1070

CHARLESTON--1092, from 1st October, 1818, to 1st October, 1819.--_Of

these, there were_

Males, 639

Females, 453

---1092

_Of whom, there were_

Whites, 492

Blacks, 600

---1092

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It is a singular fact, and perhaps worthy the attention of medical

gentlemen, that more deaths were occasioned by TETANUS or LOCKED JAW,

in the city of Charleston, during the last three years, than occurred

in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Boston, during

the same period, as is shown by the following abstract:--

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