The causes of death among the assured in the Scottish Widow's Fund and Life Assurance Society from 1874 to 1894 inclusive / [Claud Muirhead].

  • Muirhead, Claud.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The causes of death among the assured in the Scottish Widow's Fund and Life Assurance Society from 1874 to 1894 inclusive / [Claud Muirhead]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Deaths from P]nterie and Typhus Fevers ( Ireland 3 94 per cent of her total mortelity. England 2’07 „ „ ,, Scotland 1 ’35 ,, „ „ lS7Jf.-S0.—Enteric Fever was the cause of deaUi to fifty members, equal to a percentage mortality of 2’023. Their average age at death was 42'449. Thirty-six of the fifty deaths took ])lace under the age of 50. As to nationalities, among the English members there were twenty-two deaths from this cause, among the Scotch fourteen, and among the Irish there were also fourteen. The average ages at which they respectively died were 39 for the English, 51 for the Scotch, and 38 for the Irish. 1881-87.—The number of deaths from this cause during this Septennium was nearly the same as in the previous one. The actual number was fifty- seven, and the percentage to the total deaths in the Septennium was 1'878. The average age at death was 42'438. Forty-one deaths occurred below the age of 50, and sixteen at 50 and over. Of these deaths thirty-six were English, eight were Scotch, and thirteen were Irish; and their respective average ages at death were 40 for the Englishmen, 48 for the Scotchmen, and 44 for the Irishmen. 1888-94.—Sixty-eight members died of this disease, equivalent to 1'859 per cent of the septennial mortality, and their average age at death was 41'986 years. No less than fifty-four died before attaining age 50. As to the nationalities, thirty-five were Englishmen, twelve were Scotchmen, and twenty-one were Irishmen, their average ages being 41, 43, and 43. Erysipelas. This disorder is characterised by an inflammation of the skin, believed to be due to the introduction of a micro-organism through an abraded surface. Hence the frequency with which it occurs after wounds and injuries. 1874-80.—Sixteen persons died of this disease, at an average age of 53. 1881-87.—The number of deaths from this disease was twenty-eight, at an average age of 55. 1888-94-—At the average age of 47, fifteen members were carried off by this disorder. In four of them the head and face were the seat of the disease. Glanders. This is a virulent contagious disease, usually communicated to man from the horse, and is associated with a specific microbe. 1874-80.—One man, aged 57, died of this terrible disease. Hooping Cough. 1874-80.—One man, a farmer, died of this complaint after thirty-seven days’ illness, at the unusual age of 53.