Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves.

  • Reeves, C. E. (Charles Evans), 1828-1880.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Acute cerebral meningitis, or hydrocephalus / by C. Evans Reeves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    were registered from this disease; in 1810, the population had increased to 96,373, and the deaths to 42; in 1835, the popula- tion had increased to 270,089, and the deaths from hydrocephalus to 368. In Boston,* with a population in 1812 of 35,260, 6 deaths were registered; in 1824, with a population of 55,284, 33; in 1836, with a population of 79,464, 68 ; in 1840,t the population was 93,383, 429 deaths were registered during 4 years, from 1840 to 1845; in 1845, the population was 114,366; 361 deaths were registered in 3 years, from 1846 to 1848 inclusive. In Philadelphia,:]: 41 and 35 deaths were registered in 1810 and 1811; but in 1825 and 1826, the deaths had increased to 138 and 123, During the first 4 years of this period, from 1810 to 1814, the mortality ranged from 35 to 48; during the next 5 years, from 60 to 90; and during the next 7, from 1819 to 1826 inclusive, from 98 to 124, 138 and 144. In 1810, the population was 98,282, 41 deaths were registered; in 1820, it had increased to 121,980, and the deaths from hydrocephalus to 114. In Baltimore,§ cases appear to have been registered as having died from convulsions, when the cause of death was hydrocephalus. The following table will show the increase of population and the increase in the number of deaths from both diseases. Population. Hydrocephalus. Convulsions. 1845 121,161 1 81 1846 127,219 21 73 1847 133,579 70 81 1848 140,450 79 106 1850 169,054 122 92 1854 165 116 In Geneva there is a strong contrast in the increase of the population and in the increase of the mortality from hydroce- phalus compared with the towns in the United States and Eng- land. In 1755, its population was 21,816 ;|| in 1789, under the influence of the troubled state of France, it had increased to 26,140; but in 1805, it sunk to 22,300. In 1811, it had risen to 23,000; in 1834, to 27,177; and in 1838,^ to 28,000. The mortality from hydrocephalus during a period of 9 years, from 1805 to 1816, was about 20 in each year. In 1838,** the popu- lation of the whole canton was 58,663, and 59 deaths took place. The mortality was equal in the towns and in the country; this would give about 28 deaths for the town itself. In Paris, Odier estimated from the mortality in Geneva, that * From Shattuck's Am. Jour, of Med. Science, 1841. t From Curtis's Public Hygiene of Massachusetts, in first Report of Committee on Public Hygiene, Philadelphia, 1849, t From Emerson. § From Wynne's Sanitary Report of Baltimore in first Report of Committee, II From Frick's Amer. Jour, of Mod. Science, 1855. 1[ From Mallet's Anuales de Hygifine, tome xvii. From D'Espine.