Statistics of fever and small-pox in Glasgow. Read to the Statistical Society of Glasgow, April 28, 1837 / [Robert Cowan].
- Robert Cowan
- Date:
- 1837
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Statistics of fever and small-pox in Glasgow. Read to the Statistical Society of Glasgow, April 28, 1837 / [Robert Cowan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE VI. Tas Le of the Mortality at each age of the Fever Patients in the Glasgow Fever Hospital, from 3lst October, 1835, to 1st No- vembee, 1836. Age. No. Dead. Proportion. Per Cent. 5 4] 1 2.43 10 190 5 2.63 15 318 15 4.71 20 500 56 7.20 25 424 49 11.55 30 287 41 14 28 35 134 20 14.92 40 161 36 22.36 45 61 24 39.34 50 64 25 39.06 55 21 2 9.52 60 21 10 47.61 65 5 70 2 75 2 2231 264 1 in 8 119-264 11°83 The first point that attracts our attention is the relative mortality of the two sexes, and certainly it is very remarkable. The total mortality of the males is 1 in every 6433, while of the females it is only 1 in every 11334. In the males the mortality is 14.83 per cent. In the females... Sey 8.92 The deaths of the males within the first 24 hours amount to 17. The deaths of the females «hs . aki 9. At almost every period of life rea in the Table, the mor- tality of the males from Fever exceeds that of the females. At the age of 15 the mortality is very nearly the same in both SEXES. At the age of 30 the mortality of the males is more than double that of the females. The rate of mortality is greatest in females at the age of 45. The mortality of the males under 20 years of age, 6.04 per cent. Ris females Te A 4.90 The total mortality under 30 years of age, 8.35 per cent. above 30... ... 24.84 From ors Table of Mortality without reference to sex, and which is a combination of the first two Tables, it appears that, after the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33285548_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
