The vital statistics of Glasgow for 1843 & 1844 : drawn up by appointment and under the authority of the Lord Provost, magistrates, and town council / by Alexander Watt.

Date:: 1846

Credit: The vital statistics of Glasgow for 1843 & 1844 : 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 number of Burials Registered in the City and Suburbs of Glasgow during each Month of the Year 1843, arranged according to Eighteen Periods of Life at which they took place ; with Calculations, showing the total number of Burials at each Period and the Proportions which these and the whole Burials each Month bear to the total number of Burials, and also to the estimated Population. Estimated Population, 301,000. MONTHS. Stffl-I AGES. TOTAL. G T D rand otal of eaths. PROPORTIONS. MONTHS. Jorn. Under l Year. 1 and under 2 2 and under 5 5 and uuder 10 10 and under 15 15 aud under 20 20 and under 30 30 and under 40 40 and under 50 50 and under 60 60 and under 70 70 and under 75 75 and under 80 80 and under 85 85 and under 90 90 and under 95 95 and under 100 100 and Upwards. let.—As 1 to the whole Burials during the Year. 3d.—Per- centage of 'whole Burials. 3d.—Per- centage of Popula tion. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. | F. M. F. M. F. M. F. January.... February . March .... April .... May .... June .... July .... August September October November December . Total Males and Females Grand Totals Proportions to the whole'* Burials as 1 to . ) Per - centage of Totals Burials . . . / Per-centage of Population 40 38 25 39 44 41 48 47 57 45 51 35 33 27 28 34 22 36 29 45 48 38 23 23 102 71 69 63 67 74 66 109 102 117 SO 77 67 55 62 45 49 73 64 10S 102 92 65 66 38 37 40 46 31 3S 46 42 81 69 43 35 32 36 41 44 32 41 32 54 67 64 38 36 36 43 40 46 38 32 38 37 37 28 47 30 50 45 51 36 28 37 22 26 29 36 40 43 23 21 17 21 23 28 20 19 25 28 16 24 21 19 12 22 19 17 13 12 14 12 18 16 15 14 12 11 5 5 11 13 20 9 10 9 9 11 16 10 9 0 7 7 9 8 19 6 13 13 9 10 10 17 17 11 16 9 15 7 8 9 15 12 8 12 13 15 16 12 10 4 15 26 13 21 22 32 32 44 40 21 30 30 32 35 28 26 40 37 37 39 46 52 31 30 30 17 33 19 30 31 36 32 34 29 32 30 40 28 30 18 24 30 33 39 49 59 44 36 32 29 25 17 28 36 22 49 47 42 26 32 26 19 18 27 25 31 35 39 46 59 56 32 24 19 22 18 20 28 27 32 45 43 34 36 16 20 28 14 19 19 18 31 47 36 46 30 22 20 13 11 15 18 25 37 30 44 32 25 24 28 23 19 22 27 30 38 55 71 64 32 li J9 6 11 10 16 13 18 17 20 20 8 6 10 9 8 14 12 13 17 34 38 34 9 9 10 6 5 5 8 8 13 12 11 15 10 9 10 8 8 10 13 14 15 19 24 14 17 7 3 4 6 7 7 7 11 2 15 12 3 4 11 4 7 2 11 7 16 11 16 14 7 l i 1 6 1 8 2 2 1 4 4 3 4 1 3 2 4 3 4 5 1 1 1 j • * * 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 2 l 419 377 335 346 361 412 426 518 508 532 465 394 388 373 379 331 325 406 370 509 595 623 516 392 i i 807 750 714 677 686 818 796 027 103 155 981 786 12- 837 13- 813 14- 509 15- 302 15-102 12- 665 13- 015 10-087 8-908 8-969 10-560 13-180 1-000 7-789 7-239 6-891 6- 534 6-621 7- 895 7-683 9-913 11-225 11-148 9-469 7-586 100-000 0-268 0-249 0-237 0-224 0-281 0-271 0-264 0-341 0-386 0-383 0-325 0-261 3-441 January. February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. October. November. December. Total M. di F. 510 391 997 848 546 517 452 443 265 1 95 134 108 147 134 326 433 353 430 385 413 347 324 298 433 159 210 112 161 84 110 27 34 7 18 3 | 5 l 5153 5207 10360 901 11-498 S-686 0-299 1845 5-615 17-80S 0-612 1003 9- 746 10- 260 0-353 895 11-575 8-63S 0-297 460 22-52 4-44 0-15 1 2 242 42-809 2-335 0-080 281 36-868 2-712 0-093 759 13-649 7-326 0-252 783 13-231 7-557 0-260 798 12-982 7-702 0-265 671 1 15-439 6-476 0-222 731 14-172 7-055 0-242 3 28- 3-1 0- 39 075 >61 22 273 37-948 2-635 0-090 194 53-402 1-872 0-064 61 169-836 0-588 0-020 25 414-400 0-241 0-008 8 1295-000 0-077 0-002 l 10,360-000 0-009 0-0003 10360 1-000 100-000 3-441 Grand Totals. Proportion to the whole Burials as 1 to these numbers. Per-centage of Total Burials. Per-centage of Population. TABLE THIRTY-SIXTH. Exhibiting the number of Fatal Cases of Disease that occurred in the City and Suburbs of Glasgow, during the Year 1843, classified according to Eighteen Periods of Life at which they took place; with Calculations shewing the number of Deaths at each Period, and the Proportions which these, and the number of Deaths from the several Diseases, bear to the total number of Deaths, and also to the estimated Population. Estimated Population, 301,000. AGES. Uuder i 2 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 TOTAL. DISEASES. No. I and under and uuder ana under and under aud under and under and uuder aud under and under and under and uuder aud under and under Year. 2 5 0 15 20 30 40 50 GO 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Upwards. M. F. M. F. M. j F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. M. M. F. M. F. Males. Females. Accidents .... 1 4 6 5 11 7 13 8 6 3 18 1 26 5 22 7 17 4 17 5 n 6 2 l 1 2 2 1 157 54 Aged .... 2 87 135 96 122 75 108 57 79 21 30 4 15 2 4 1 343 493 Asthma .... 3 1 1]1 2 . . 6 2 10 12 15 19 28 18 20 29 9 4 2 3 7 4 1 100 02 Bowel Complaints 4 373 288 106 106 26 26 3 7 4 1 5 6 8 4 9 14 ii ii 4 6 7 3 6 1 3 i 1 1 670 482 Catarrh . ... 5 74 71 35 35 29 13 12 9 3 8 8 ii 28 41 19 40 35 40 32 42 23 61 12 29 5 19 5 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 323 437 Child-birth .... 6 3 , . 50 55 12 1 127 Croup 7 31 30 20 14 26 21 9 7 1 2 . . . . 1 1 88 75 Decline .... 8 72 87 61 43 54 48 37 21 46 32 55 51 125 153 117 116 87 102 76 83 729 736 Dropsy ..... 9 2 2 4 5 8 7 4 3 8 4 5 8 17 17 18 10 35 21 25 19 30 8 3 1 . . 3 1 101 167 Fever 10 51 60 49 42 42 37 20 26 24 11 29 33 63 84 92 95 112 107 87 88 62 101 18 22 15 19 4 11 2 1 1 671 727 Head, Diseases of 11 104 71 51 37 42 35 25 19 9 7 2 6 9 4 17 10 24 14 23 13 24 20 11 5 4 1 6 3 1 1 352 246 Heart, Diseases of 12 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 2 5 4 4 0 2 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 31 20 Hooping-Cough 13 58 98 70 81 66 77 23 20 2 2 1 218 279 Inflammation 14 71 43 36 47 34 43 18 12 6 12 14 9 21 34 26 34 29 27 23 15 16 10 2 5 3 3 299 294 Measles ..... 15 18 11 37 37 33 33 ill 16 4 2 1 1 104 100 Nervous Diseases 16 20 14 4 6 4 4 5 2 1 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 45 35 Scarlet Fever .... 17 10 9 20 17 45 48 42 28 10 10 2 2 1 3 3 130 120 Small-Pox .... 18 16 18 23 20 21 18 14 9 4 3 1 3 1 83 68 Miscellaneous 19 33 25 16 10 8 10 I9 5 5 4 5 5 10 12 17 16 24 26 17 20 18 26 i 6 3 1 2 1 i 175 167 Total Diseases ascertained 937 817 537 604 445 430 257 190 133 108 146 132 317 426 347 423 377 407 339 310 293 428 157 210 112 161 84 110 27 34 7 18 3 5 1 4519 4719 Not ascertained 60 31 9 13 7 13 8 5 1 1 2 9 7 0 7 8 6 8 8 5 5 2 124 97 Total Males and Females 997 848 540 1 517 452 443 200 ] 195 134 108 147 134 326 433 353 430 385 413 347 324 298 433 159 210 112 161 84 110 27 34 7 18 3 5 1 | . . 4643 4816 Grand Totals 1845 1063 89 5 460 242 - 281 759 783 798 671 731 369 273 194 61 25 8 1 9459 ( Proportions of the above to the whole\ Deaths during the year as 1 to / 5-126 8-898 10-508 20-663 39-086 33-661 12-462 12-080 11-853 14-096 12-939 25-634 34-648 48-757 155-065 378-360 1182-375 9549-000 1-000 | Per-cent, of whole Deaths 19-505 11-237 9-461 4-863 2-558 2-970 8-024 8-277 8-436 7-093 7-728 3-901 2-886 2-050 0-644 0-264 0-084 o-oio 100-000 I ,, Population 0-612 0-353 0-297 0 •152 0-080 0-093 0-252 0-259 0-265 0-222 0-242 0-122 0-090 0-064 0-020 0-008 0-002 0-0003 3-142 I 211 836 192 1052 760 127 163 1465 268 1398 598 51 497 593 204 80 250 151 342 9238 221 9459 PROPORTIONS. 1st.—To, the whole Deaths during the Year. I Per-centage of whole Deaths. Per-centage of Population. No. 44-829 2-230 0-070 1 J 21-314 8-838 0-277 2 40-265 2-020 0 063 3 8-991 11-121 0-349 4 12-446 8-034 0-252 5 74-480 1.342 0-042 6 58-030 1-723 0-054 7 6*456 1-548 0-486 8 35*294 2-833 0-089 9 6-766 14-779 0-464 10 16-817 6*322 0-198 11 185-470 0539 0-016 12 19-032 6-254 0-165 13 15-951 6-269 0-197 14 46-367 2-156 0-067 15 118-237 0-845 0-026 10 37-836 2-G42 0-083 17 62-042 1-596 0*050 18 27-657 3-615 0-113 19 1-023 97-663 3-069 42-800 2-336 0-073 1-000 100-000 3-142$