A comparative view of the mortality of the human species, at all ages; and of the diseases and casualites by which they are destroyed or annoyed. Illustrated with charts and tables / William Black.

  • William Black
Date:
1788
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Credit: A comparative view of the mortality of the human species, at all ages; and of the diseases and casualites by which they are destroyed or annoyed. Illustrated with charts and tables / William Black. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Beginning from ijoi, and ending with 1776. Colled from the London Bills of Mortality, and arranged into Five feparate progreffive Periods of Fifteen Yeal each. The Total Amount of the Five Periods, or Seventy-five Years Mortality, is added together! in the Sixth Column. DISEASES AND CASUALTIES, Ague — — _ Fevers. Malignant, Spotted, Scarlet, and Purple Small Pox — Mealies — Quinfy, Sore Throat — _ Pleu'riiy — Rheumatifm — _ Gout — Confumption — — Chin Cough, Hooping Cough, Cough , Afthma and Tiffick — ° _ Apoplexy and Suddenly Palfy Lethargy — Meagrims — Headach — Lunatick — Spleen and Vapours Riling of the Lights _ Stoppage of the Stomach Vomiting and Loofenefs Cholic, Gripes, and Twifting of the Guts Flux — Bloody Flux .— Worms — Jaundice — Gravel, Stone, and Strangury — Diabetes — Dropfy and Tympany — Livergrown — — — French Pox — Scurvy Evil _ _ _ Leprofy — Ralh — Itch — Childbed _ Abortion, and Stillborn _ Fifteen Years, from From 1717 to From 1732 to From 1747 to From 1762 to Total Amount of Seventy-five Years Mortal- 1701 to 1717. 1732* 1747. 1762. «777- ity,] from 1701 to 1 777- 80 198 82 99 IO9 574 5°>955 5 3,330 57,995 45,621 48,594 2 CO veT VO 22,219 34,443 29,462 29,265 36,276 I 51,570 1,972 2,618 2,858 3>°99 3>3*9 1.1,866 226 384 368 169 602 447 287 811 310 206 407 175 3°9 321 128 1,297 3,525 1,468 3!3 645 769 803 1,010 3,236 42,541 49,680 66,009 61,749 68,949 288,928 I l6 632 1,692 2,755 4,252 9.573 5,09° 7,93S 9,460 5,699 6,154 34341 2,228 3,02 3 3,287 3,27' 3,353 '5,152 332 55° 621 1,021 1,020 3544 105 126 116 *05 74 526 13 IO — JF 23 21 32 6 18 — 77 412 5i3 777 1,126 1,048 3876 S3 52 20 — — 125 1,219 2,239 197 39 10 2.°74 4,139 820 2,557 682 2,286 248 3°4 134 *79 120 ,M l • 9465 2,004 13,668 11,032 3,739 i,475 796 2 9,720 178 200 — 252 341 971 J33 248 167 94 93 745 697 662 161 225 56 1,691 1,261 1,798 2,032 1,729 2,089 f f,9°9 789 868 700 421 429 ; I 3,2°5 37 48 19 l6 5 J 125 11,626 2 5,43° 16,036 13,410 14,038 7 0,506 76 95 75 23 — I 269 917 i,372 1,663 997 1,016 l i,965 63 28 >4 59 42 226 1,020 5i9 426 197 198 ,360 *9 53 69 39 15 ,925 77 ' 128 47 59 24 342 ’ 42 31 11 ( 84 3,S6° 3,894 3,422 3,005 3,186 r ,°57 8,746 10,231 8,793 8,820 10,241 * >,831 DISEASES AND CASUALTIES. Total Amount of Seventy-five Years Mortal- ity, from 1701 to 1777. Chrifoms and Infants Mifcarriage Convullions Headmold-lhot, and Water in the Head Teetli — Thrufh Scald Head __ Rickets Inflammation Impofthume St. Anthony’s Fire Gangrene and Mortification Canker — Cancer —, Sores and Ulcers _ Fiftula _ Burften and Ruptures Swelling and Wen Killed by Falls, Bruifes, Fraftures, and Accidents — Self-Murder — Murdered — ^ Stabbed, Killed, Wounded, Shot, See. Executed Drowned Burnt Scalded Stifled, Suffocated, and Smothered Overlaid Found dead Grief — Frightened _ Surfeits Starved Exceflive Drinking Bleeding Poifoned Bit by Mad Dogs and Cats Bedridden Aged _ _ 265 '39,248