Vital statistics of Glasgow, illustrating the sanatory condition of the population / by Robert Cowan, M.D.

  • Robert Cowan
Date:
[1840]
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Credit: Vital statistics of Glasgow, illustrating the sanatory condition of the population / by Robert Cowan, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    In 1832 the relative proportion of the deaths under 10 years of age to the whole deaths was altered, in consequence of the increased mortality falling more heavily upon the classes above that age. 971 was the increased amount of mortality of the year under 10 years of age, and 2,760 above that age. A reference to the Table will indicate the ages which suffered most. The Table of the Monthly Mortality proves that July, August, and September, the very months in which epidemic diseases were formerly so prevalent, were also those in which the greatest number of cases of cholera, and the greatest number of deaths, took place in Glasgow. Of 10,278 burials, 1,755 occurred in August, being more than one-sixth of the total number of burials; and of the 6,208 cases of cholera, 2,418 originated in August; while of 3,166 deaths from this disease, 1,222 took place in that month. Table exhibiting the Mortality in Glasgow in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833, with the Increase of Deaths in 1832 at each Period of Life ; and the Number of Deaths from Epidemic Cholera at each Age, distinguishing the Sexes. AGES. 1831 1832 Increase in 1832. Cholera in 1832. 1833 Deaths from Cholera in 1832. Males. Females. Still-born 566 624 58 • • 582 #. , , Under 1 Year . 1,219 1,326 107 18 1,251 10 8 1 and under 2 755 973 218 29 730 15 14 2 5 566 994 428 83 826 40 43 5 10 265 425 160 106 291 50 56 10 20 322 433 111 132 295 61 71 20 30 426 869 443 358 432 136 222 30 40 455 979 524 529 451 235 294 40 50 461 1,037 576 639 441 284 335 50 60 463 913 450 556 406 263 293 60 70 477 827 350 444 401 207 237 70 J I 75 238 376 138 155 217 64 91 75 80 130 263 133 62 127 25 37 80 85 127 141 14 44 119 20 24 85 90 51 68 17 11 46 9 2 90 95 16 25 9 16 • • • • 95 100 9 2 , , , . 1 , . • • 100 1 2 # . , , • . • • 103 • • 1 1 • * •• * * • • Total . 6,547 10,278 3,731 3,166 6,632 1,419 1,747 The following Table, extracted from the Mortality Bill for 1832, gives the number of deaths from cholera in each month:—• January . • • • . February . . . 87 March . . . 264 April . . . . 229 May . . . 125 June . . . . 196 July . . 441 August . . . 1,222 September. . . 243 October . . . 334 November... 25 Total . 3,166
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