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Guide No. 22: Vital Statistics 1931-1957

Overview of the Collection

Repository:

Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201

Creator: City of Dallas Bureau of Vital Statistics
Title: Vital Statistics
Dates: 1931 to1957
Quantity: One linear inch
Abstract: Dallas mortality statistics by month for the years 1931 to1957
Identification: 91-052
Language: Records are in English

Scope and Contents

Collection contains monthly reports of mortality statistics from 1931 to 1957. The statistics measure the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

The City of Dallas Bureau of Vital Statistics issues birth and death certificates and related forms, and maintains birth and death records. Dallas appointed its first health officer in 1873 and created a Board of Health in the late 1890s. The City of Dallas has kept mortality statistics since the 1880s. They were originally documented in governing body minutes and the city annual report. The Vital Statistics Bureau was created in 1910 and continues as a city government function, although the centralized recording of births and deaths by the State of Texas became law in 1903.

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Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Diseases -- Texas -- Dallas -- Statistics
Mortality -- Texas -- Dallas -- Statistics

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Box: Folder
Title, Date
1 1 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1931
2 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1932
3 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1934
4 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1935
5 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1936
6 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1936
2 1 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1938
2 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1939
3 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1940
4 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1941
5 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1942
6 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1943
3 1 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1944
2 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1945
3 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1946
4 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1947
5 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1948
6 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1949
4 1 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1950
2 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1951
3 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1952
4 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1953
5 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1954
5 1 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1955
2 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1956
3 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1956
4 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1957
5 Mortality statistics monthly reports, 1957

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