Statistics of the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow. Third series : compiled from the records of the institution for 1846 / by R.S. Orr.

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[1847?]
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Credit: Statistics of the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow. Third series : compiled from the records of the institution for 1846 / by R.S. Orr. 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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    Table XXI. exhibits the number of cases of typhus fever, with the mortality, &c., distinguishing the sexes, and arranged ac- cording to the ages of the patients. Typhus fever. 184G. Total cases. Cured. Died. Mortality per cent. Average residence. Aver. resi. of cases that died. Ages. M. & F. M. F. M F. Total. Males. Female Tot M. F. Tot. M. F 1 to 10 42 22 17 ,,, 3 7-14 15- 21 20 22 18 18 10 to 15 59 36 20 1 2 5 08 2-70 9 09 23 21 28 28 8 38 15 to 20 86 43 40 1 2 3-48 2-27 4-76 22 23 22 9 11 8 20 to 30 159 77 60 12 10 13-83 13 48 14-28 20 19 22 9 10 7 30 to 40 87 48 25 3 11 16 09 5-88 30-55 19 19 19 6 5 6 40 to 50 4G 19 12 10 5 32.60 34-48 29-41 16 15 17 5 5 5 50 to GO 18 6 6 4 2 33-33 40- 25- 17 15 20 4 3 6 Above 60 3 1 ... 1 1 66-66 50- 100- 11 12 8 5 3 8 Total, 500 252 180 32 36 13-6 11-26 16-66 12 o <N 21 8 7 9 The complications reported as having accompanied the typhus cases amounted to 27 in number. Three males suffered from bed-sores ; one, from 10 to 15 years of age, and another, from 20 to 30, recovered after a residence of 33 days; the third, aged from 30 to 40, died after a week’s re- sidence. One male, from 15 to 20, was affected with a species of can- crum oris, but recovered after 42 days’ residence. Cynanche tonsillaris affected a female aged 20 to 30, who was dismissed well after remaining 39 days in the house. One male, from 10 to 15, had diarrhoea, and after 29 days’ re- sidence recovered. A female of the same age had dysentery, and died after 34 days’ residence, and another female, from 50 to 60, recovered from it after being 37 days resident. One male, from 30 to 40, had dropsy, and recovered after a fortnight’s residence. Erysipelas existed as a complication in five cases ; one female under 10 years, one male from 10 to 15, and one male and a fe- male from 20 to 30 recovered, average residence 40 days. One male, from 20 to 30, died after 16 clays’ residence. Haemoptysis existed in one female from 30 to 40, but after 43 days’ residence she recovered. A child, under 10 ears, died of hydrocephalus after being 25 days in the house. One female, from 20 to 30, and another from 40 to 50, had pleuritis; their residence averaged 35 days, and they were ulti- mately dismissed cured. One female, from 10 to 15, died of phthisis, having been 43 days resident.
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