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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    one committed suicide while under the influence of the delirium. Their average age at death was d6. 18S1-S7,—Six deaths were due to this cause. Their average age at death was 42. 1888-94-.—Eight members died of this form of Alcoholism, viz. four Englishmen, two Scotchmen, and two Irishmen. (,)ne of the Englishmen developed Alcoholic Epilepsy, and one unfortunate Irishman committed suicide,, by cutting his throat, when under the delirium. Their average age at death was 42. Disease of Brain. Softening of the Brain accounted i'or a large pro])ortion of the cases included under this general heading. Of the gi'eat majority of the remainder no par- ticulars are given in the medical certificates, but where the necessary informa- tion has been supplied the causes of death so particularised are printed below. 1874.-80.—One hundred and thirty-seven deaths, equal to o’o per cent of the septennial mortality, were returned under this heading. The average age at death was 59'460. The following are the cases in which more specific information as to the cause of death was given:— Softening of Brain Abscess . Tumour . 63 9 2 Disease of the Brain plv^ Epileptic Convulsions Disease of the Brain 'phis Meningitis . 3 1 1881-87.—The number for this Septennium was one hundred and fortjv representing 4'6 per cent of the septennial mortality, and the average age at death was 62'182. The more complete returns were:— Softening of Brain Abscess . Tumour . Atheroma Disease of the Brain ylm Disease of Spine . Disease of the Brain plus Meningitis . 2 2 1888-94.—The number of deaths for this Septennium was relatively almost the same as the previous one,—viz. one hundred and fifty-seven, or 4'3 per cent of the septennial mortality, while the average age at death, 63-158, was nearly one year older. The following is a list of the cases where the cause of death was particularised :— Softening of Brain 00 CO Tumour . . 11 Atheroma »-T 1 Sclerosis. 4 Abscess . o . O Disease of the Brain Epileptic Convulsions Disease of the Brain Embolism . • > o 1 It will be noticed that the returns for this Septennium were more satis- factory as to cause of death than those for the fourteen years 1874-87.