Statistical tables of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh : Tenth series: Being an appendix to the report of the managers for the year 1850.

Date:
1852
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Credit: Statistical tables of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh : Tenth series: Being an appendix to the report of the managers for the year 1850. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IV.—STATEMENT of the Diseases and Injuries treated in the year ending 30th September 1850, with the Results of Treatment—continued. m oa <D 03 MALES. FEMALES. _ Mean Mortality per Cent. 'cdlrf ss Residence, in Days. DISEASES. £g Total. Cured. Believed. On other Grounds. Died. Total. Relieved. On other Grounds. Died. | Ofcured. Of died. Males. Females. EXTERNAL INJURIES— Brought over, 139 103 86 2 3 12 36 32 1 3 Sprains of Ankle . . . 6 3 2 i 3 3 13 „ of other parts . . 2 2 2 ... ... ... 18 Contusions of Head & Face 9 7 5 2 2 2 ... 23 „ of Eye .... 4 2 2 2 2 ... 40 „ of Chest & Abdomen 13 10 10 3 3 12 „ of Back and Loins „ of Perineum, and) 12 9 7 2 3 2 i 13 21 Organs of Gene-V ration . . .) 5 5 3 ... 2 ... ... ... 5 ... „ of Hip .... 2 2 2 ... 50 „ ofSuperiorExtrems- 8 8 7 i 21 „ of Inferior Extrema. 39 29 26 2 i io 9 i 26 „ of other parts . . 1 ... 1 1 4 Burns and Scalds— „ of Head and Face 7 5 4 1 2 2 28 „ of Chest & Abdomen 6 4 1 i 2 2 1 i 42 3 „ general over the) Body. . . .( 5 1 1 4 ... 4 1 „ of Extremities, &c. 26 18 18 8 8 48 Wounds of Scalp . . . 11 8 6 2 3 1 2 22 „ of Eye .... 5 2 2 3 2 1 41 „ of Face .... 4 4 4 14 „ of Throat (suicidal) 3 3 1 2 21 „ of SuperiorExtrem8- 11 10 9 1 1 1 24 19 „ of Inferior do. 14 12 12 2 2 34 „ of other parts . . 5 3 3 2 2 20 Gunshot Wounds . . . 3 3 1 1 1 23 3G Bites by Animals . . . Laceration of Femoral) 1 1 i 1 ... ... ... ... 29 Artery, by a fall . $ Foreign Bodies Lodged— 1 1 ... ... 25 ... „ in Tibia (a bullet) 1 i 1 8 „ in (Esophagus. . 1 i 1 6 „ in Wrist . . . 1 1 1 „ in Knee Joint 1 1 1 Adhesion of Eyelids, from) 1 i 1 ... injury ^ ... ... Contraction, from scarj i 1 of burn . $ I ... ... ... Frost Bite, of Feet . 2 2 2 „ of Feet and Hands 1 i 1 ... ... ... ... 19 ... Total External Injuries, 351 264 222 7 13 22 87 73 3 3 8 ... 8-33 9-19 MISCELLANEOUS— Scrofula Scurvy .... 8 15 6 15 15 3 3 2 1 ... 1 29 32 27 8 69 41 90 Rheumatism, Acute . 41 22 21 1 19 115 3 „ Subacute & Chronic Lumbago . . , Sciatica .... Dropsy, General . . . „ Abdominal . . . 77 11 13 16 5 51 6 12 10 4 37 2 4 7 1 2 10 1 4 4 3 4 3 26 5 1 6 1 4 24 5 1 3 2 i 1 i i 18 (Edema . . . Intoxication . . . 8 16 4 9 7 1 18 28 Poisoning by Opium . . 8 1 1 7 7 ... i’2 1 „ by Acetate of Lead 2 2 Anoemia . . . i 1 f i ... Goitre.... ... ... 1 i 28 2 Debility from Destit- &c. Miscarriage . . 9 5 4 ~i ... 3 3 2 22 ... Disease not ascertained 10 9 0 ... 1 3 2 ... ... ... Disease Feigned, or too) 19 ... ... ... Blight for treatment ] Total Miscellaneous, 24 95 19 5 5 ... ... 276 175 34 35 j 11 i 101 66 I 21 n [ 6-28 2-79 wai ddi ium tremens, n. Of