Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Figures xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Prologue 1
7. Statistics as Culture: The Origins of Ontario Civil Registration 17
8. The Evolution of Ontario Civil Registration, 1869-1950 31
9. Death in Ingersoll, 1880-1972: A Case-Study Approach to the Revision of Defective Mortality Statistics 50
10. The Completeness of Birth Registrations, 1900-60 72
11. Getting Born: How Definition Influenced Statistics for Infant Deaths and Stillbirths, 1926-51 98
12. Fatal Pregnancies in Ontario, 1920-35: A Study of the Nature of Statistics for Deaths by Cause 116
13. Whose "Facts of Life"? The Problem of Residence in Vital Statistics, 1920-43 137
14. Conclusion 155
15. Ontario-Quebec Differences in the Application of Canada's 1932 Statistical Definitions for Live Birth and Stillbirth: Discussion of the Evidence 165
16. Ontario Death-Certificate Forms 167
17. Definitions of Selected Medical Terms 169
18. Rules for Choice of Causes of Death in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics 170
19. Problems Encountered in Linking Death Registrations to Published Statistics 180
20. The Evidence of Residence Classification Practices in Vital Statistics, 1930-36 184
21. Hospital Beds and Reallocations for Residence: Ontario in the 1930S 186
22. Notes 193
23. References 223
24. Index 239