Download or read book The Elements of Vital Statistics (Routledge Revivals) written by Sir Arthur Newsholme and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems. Chapters cover a wide variety of categories including population, births and deaths, sickness, occupation and mortality, and mortality from special diseases.