The first [-second] medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the Committee of Management, by the physicians of the institution.
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Date:
- 1849-1863
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The first [-second] medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the Committee of Management, by the physicians of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![2>rd.—Social Condition. Under this head is distinguished the single, married, or widowed state of the Patients. As the influence of social condition upon the development of disease has been discussed by statistical writers, we cannot with propriety omit giving the results of the inquiries made respecting the Consumptive Patients treated at Brom])ton; they are shewn in the following Table. Table V. Showing the Social Condition of 4,056 Individuals affected with Phthisis, treated at the Hospital, from September, 1842, to December 31, 1848. Social Condition Per Centage of Per Centage of Total Per Cent. Males. the Total No. Females the Total No. of both of both and Age. of Males. of Females. Sexes. Sexes. Single . . - ’ Under 25 633 25.2 540 35.0 1,173 28.9 Over 25 475 18.8 319 20.6 794 19.5 Married ^ ' Under 25 Over 25 100 1,240 3.9 49.3 94 489 6.0 31.7 194 1,729 4.8 42.6 Widowed. . All Ages. 66 2.6 100 6.4 166 4.0 Total Males 2,514 Total Females 1,542 Total, both \ Sexes .. J 4,056 — With the view^ of ascertaining whether Consumption owes its origin in any degree more than any other disease to the influence of social condition, a Table has been prepared showing the social condition of 2,028 Patients of a Gene¬ ral Hospital, i. e., one-half the number of the Consumptive Patients tabulated above. Table VI. Shelving the Social Condition of 2,028 Individuals, treated as In and Out- Patients at a General Hospital, exclusive of Cases of Phthisis. Social Condition and Age. Males. Per Centage of Total Number of Males. Females Per Centage of the Number of Females. Total. Per Cent, of both Sexes. Oi_^ ’ Under 25 309 35.6 468 40.3 777 38.3 oingle .. ' Over 25 87 10.0 112 9.6 199 9.8 ’ Under 25 24 2.7 49 4.2 73 3.6 Mamed .« Over 25 406 46.7 400 34.4 806 39.8 Widowed . . All Ages . 42 4.8 131 11.2 173 8.5 Total Males 868 Total Females. 1,160 Total, both 1 Sexes .. J 2,028 — In the following Table, an abstract is given of the two preceding Tables, for the purpose of instituting a comparison between them.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30382907_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
