Facts of life : the social construction of vital statistics, Ontario, 1869-1952 /
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| Author / Creator: | Emery, George Neil, 1941- |
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| Imprint: | Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1993. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11173922 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1 Statistics as Culture: The Origins of Ontario Civil Registration
- 2 The Evolution of Ontario Civil Registration, 1869�1950
- 3 Death in Ingersoll, 1880�1972: A Case-Study Approach to the Revision of Defective Mortality Statistics WITH KEVIN McQUILLAN
- 4 The Completeness of Birth Registrations, 1900�60
- 5 Getting Born: How Definition Influenced Statistics for Infant Deaths and Stillbirths, 1926�51
- 6 Fatal Pregnancies in Ontario, 1920�35: A Study of the Nature of Statistics for Deaths by Cause7 Whose Facts of Life? The Problem of Residence in Vital Statistics, 1920�43
- Conclusion
- APPENDICES
- A: Ontario-Quebec Differences in the Application of Canada's 1932 Statistical Definitions for Live Birth and Stillbirth: Discussion of the Evidence
- B: Ontario Death-Certificate Forms
- C: Definitions of Selected Medical Terms
- D: Rules for Choice of Causes of Death in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1933
- E: Problems Encountered in Linking Death Registrations to Published StatisticsF: The Evidence of Residence Classification Practices in Vital Statistics, 1930�36
- G: Hospital Beds and Reallocations for Residence: Ontario in the 1930s
- Notes
- References
- Index
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