“Yonge St., S. of King St., e. side, looking n. across Colborne St.” Attributed to Octavius Thompson. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library, Baldwin Collection, 982-27-13.

October 4, 1867

October 04, 2017 by David Artemiw

TORONTO DEATHS FOR SEPTEMBER

127 people died in Toronto in September. 98 of them were children under the age of 10. 6 of the deaths were stillborn infants, and 25 were older than 20. Just 4 of the dead were aged between 11 and 20.

46 of the deaths were from diarrheal diseases, an increase of 29 deaths by the causes from the same month last year. In total, there were 56 more deaths last month than in the same month the previous year.