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

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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$rp a t Exhibiting the Total number of Fatal Cases of Disease that occurred in the City and Suburbs of Glasgow in* Periods of life at which they took place, also the average annual amount of Deaths by these Diseases’m3 which the average number of Deaths from the several Diseases bear to the average number of Deaths'du September. IVXean Popula ACES. Under 1 2 £ 10 15 20 30 40 DISEASES. No. i and under and under uid under under and uuder and under and under Year. 2 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. t Accidents 1 3 1 2 1 7 3 8 3 4 2 7 2 23 3 10 7 14 Aged .... 2 Asthma . 3 1 , , 2 1 3 i Bowel Complaints 4 246 197 118 72 15 18 3 4 3 2 2 2 4 6 2 3 4 Catarrh 5 1 . . . . ] 1 , . 1 Child-birth G 1 , . 19 28 Croup . 7 11 7 11 14 14 12 1 1 • . 2 Decline 8 49 51 64 39 29 22 14 17 17 15 23 18 60 51 54 48 31 Dropsy . 9 • . . . 4 . . 5 5 8 2 4 2 . . 1 2 5 4 15 c Fever 10 14 5 2 4 ii 13 14 12 7 3 9 19 41 35 62 32 48 \ Head, of IP 40 38 27 29 23 9 6 8 5 3 1 1 2 4 3 6 3 Heart, of . Hooping Cough 12 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 . 13 29 25 25 39 15 22 3 7 . • 1 1 1 2 Inflammation 14 24 28 13 12 9 11 14 6 5 8 5 5 8 14 15 14 15 • Measles 15 25 34 51 48 57 54 11 15 1 1 Nervous 16 9 9 3 1 2 1 , . 2 Scarlet Fever 17 11 7 14 15 32 21 16 13 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 . . i Small-Pox 18 43 35 28 30 29 25 4 10 . . 1 . , 1 2 . . , , 2 . . , Miscellaneous 19 8 10 8 10 3 1 3 3 4 1 8 6 10 13 9 Total ascertained . 20 515 448 371 317 252 216 103 104 50 48 50 54 157 147 167 172 135 li Not ascertained . 21 22 17 10 10 4 7 o 2 1 2 5 6 3 5 3 Total 22 537 465 381 327 256 223 108 106 5048 51 56 162 153 170 177 138:1; Total Male and Female Deaths'^ under 6 years; 5 and under 20; 20 > 1174 1015 209210 589 1562 and under 60; and 60 and upwardJ Grand Total Deaths at same ages 2189 419 1151 Average Annual Deaths at do October. TABI Accidents . . 1 4 1 4 2 5 2 2 7 4 1 6 21 2 17 1 15 i Aged 2 * * Asthma 3 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 Bowel Complaints . 4 181 157 61 53 15 12 2 5 3 1 2 • • 3 5 5 3 2 ; Catarrh 5 1 2 2 1 1 . . 1 1 • • • • 1 . Child-birth 6 4 . • 18 • • 14 Croup 7 12 12 11 11 14 10 5 3 . . 3 Decline 8 37 43 29 37 34 33 12 14 11 17 24 22 43 64 46 35 28 Dropsy 9 2 2 3 2 9 4 6 5 4 3 2 3 6 8 5 6 7 Fever 10 7 7 9 14 12 17 14 23 6 15 14 22 49 36 80 57 40 Head, of 11 31 26 18 12 19 16 9 6 1 1 4 1 6 4 - 8 6 10 Heart, of 12 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 . • 1 1 . • . . 4 1 • • 1 Hooping Cough . 13 36 39 36 49 30 26 5 7 1 6 12 15 Inflammation 14 27 25 18 22 20 16 16 5 5 4 3 16 10 13 Measles 15 29 29 39 54 45 44 12 15 3 2 Nervous . 1G 5 2 2 3 1 3 . . 1 • • 1 . . 1 1 2 1 1 • • • Scarlet Fever 17 18 10 19 13 35 39 23 20 2 2 . . 1 1 Small-Pox 18 42 22 32 31 24 19 4 8 2 3 . . 1 3 5 2 • • 2 . Miscellaneous 19 15 6 12 6 4 4 3 5 3 3 2 2 9 7 13 13 10 Total ascertained 20 449 382 294 311 270 248 117 128 45 59 59 64 159 169 194 150 1331 Not ascertained 21 17 25 7 6 10 5 7 1 2 2 1 5 5 8 3 5 Total 22 166 407 301 317 280 253 124 129 47 59 61 65 164 174 202 153 'osiil Total Male and Female Deaths'^ under 5 years; 5 and under 20; 20 > and under 60; and 60 and upward) 1047 977 232 253 629 590 Grand Total Deaths at same ages 2024 485 1219 174|$