The Glasgow bills of mortality for 1841 & 1842 : drawn up by appointment and under the authority of the Lord Provost, magistrates and town council / by Alexander Watt.

Date:
1844
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Credit: The Glasgow bills of mortality for 1841 & 1842 : drawn up by appointment and under the authority of the Lord Provost, magistrates and town council / by Alexander Watt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Exhibiting the Total number of Fatal Cases of Disease that occurred in tho City and Suburbs of Glasgow, jn tu Periods of life at which they took place, also the average annual amount of Deaths by these Diseases,'and] which the average number of Deaths'from tho several Diseases hear to the average number of Deaths’ du July. Mean Populat AGES, DISEASES. No. Under l 1 and under 2 and under 5 and under 10 and 15 and under 20 and under and under 40 II anrl (India Year. 2 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 1 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F, | Accidents 1 . , 1 3 1 3 5 13 3 5 1 13 1 22 4 10 4 16 Aged . . 2 Asthma 3 1 # t 1 4 1 4 Bowel Complaints 4 212 175 59 68 25 14 5 3 7 1 1 3 4 3 2 5 2 Catarrh . 5 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 1 1 1 Child-birth G 17 # # 12 Croup 7 7 15 4 5 10 10 1 2 1 1 Decline 8 50 56 36 30 36 39 25 25 16 21 27 35 .62 65 63 47 39 5 Dropsy . 9 2 2 4 1 4 3 9 5 4 . . 2 1 3 10 4 9 4 1 Fever 10 7 4 6 7 17 16 10 13 8 13 17 29 60 43 66 45 55 3 Head, of 11 ‘ 43 29 30 23 17 18 7 7 5 , , 3 2 8 3 17 4 15 Heart, of 12 1 . . . . 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 . , 2 Hooping Cough 13 28 20 21 28 18 24 4 8 . . 1 Inflammation 14 19 24 17 8 12 15 10 5 6 4 5 4 7 12 11 9 19 Measles 15 28 28 73 64 48 48 16 12 1 1 1 Nervous 16 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Scarlet Fever 17 6 5 e 16 18 18 10 11 4 Small-Pox . 18 36 34 32 44 28 26 1 7 1 3 2 3 , , . , . , Miscellaneous 19 14 9 1 3 4 3 4 5 5 4 3 3 4 7 13 13 10 1 Total ascertained 20 456 406 296 300 243 241 116 106 62 49 74 81 176 170 196 150 169 15 Not ascertained 21 25 21 11 6 7 7 8 2 4 4 4 1 5 5 11 6 6 Total 22 481 427 307 306 250 248 124 108 66 53 78 82 181 175 207 156 175 15 Total Male and Female Deaths^ under5 years; 5 and under 20; 20 > CO CO o 1—( 981 268 243 681 604 and under 60; and 60 and upward) Grand Total Deaths at same ages 2019 511 1285 Average Annual Deaths at do. 288f 73 183f August. TAB] Accidents 1 1 1 3 4 5 5 5 1 9 1 14 3 15 3 10 Aged .... 2 Asthma . 3 1 1 . . 3 1 2 3 Bowel Complaints 4 285 229 114 84 30 23 9 10 1 4 1 . . 8 3 6 9 4 Catarrh 5 2 1 1 . . . . 1 3 1 . • Child-birth c 1 . . 13 . • 18 . • 1 Croup 7 11 6 5 17 16 7 2 Decline 8 55 48 49 39 44 89 27 19 14 26 17 30 60 82 47 66 37 46 Dropsy . 9 3 1 . . 1 7 7 4 5 1 2 2 . . 5 8 10 7 8 Fever 10 10 9 5 6 18 11 11 13 11 12 19 16 34 44 67 46 57 43 Head, of 11 5 6 39 37 27 20 11 12 15 4 4 • • 1 3 7 10 2 8 11 12 1 4 2 1 0 2 2 3 , . Hooping Cough 13 37 33 48 35 15 17 4 5 . . 1 1 Inflammation 14 23 15 16 13 11 6 7 5 4 2 4 2 13 8 9 9 18 J1 15 43 41 57 45 60 50 20 14 i 1 . . Nervous 16 10 9 3 3 2 1 3 1 1 • • Scarlet Fever 17 5 10 15 11 21 23 12 12 3 2 1 2 1 Small-Pox 18 36 44 30 30 33 32 9 3 2 3 2 2 5 o 1 Miscellaneous 19 18 11 4 9 4 7 5 1 2 3 2 7 7 14 8 10 1J Total ascertained 20 595 490 384 324 283 237 131 107 46 59 60 59 152 180 186 176 159 15| Not ascertained 21 33 30 13 13 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 3 7 4 8 6 6 Total . 22 628 526 397 337|287 238 135 10S 4860 62 62 159 184 194 181 165 l51 Total Male and Female Deaths^ under 5 years ; 6 and under 20 ; 20 > and under 60; aud 60 and upward ) Grand Total Deaths at same ages Average Annual Deaths at do. 1312 1101 245.230 G6SG25 2413 3 1 4 r 475 GY?