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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    * T \BLE IV.—STATEMENT of the Diseases and Injuries treated in the year ending 30th September 1850, with the results of treatment—continued. DISEASES. Total Males and Females. MALES FEMALES. Mean Residence, in Days. Mortality per Cent. Total. Cured. Relieved. On other Grounds. Died. j Total. Cured. Relieved. On other] Grounds. Died. , Of cured. Of died. Males. Females.' FEVERS, E anravE—Br.o ver 80 38 33 ... 5 42 37 6 Scarlet Fever . . . . ■4 3 3 1 1 ... 14 ... 11’42 1380 Total Eruptive Fevers,. . 84 41 36 5 43 38 ... ... 5 OF NERVOUS SYSTEM— Apoplexy 8 6 1 5 2 1 ... 1 J5 3 Brain and Membr. Inflam, of 10 7 2 5 3 1 ... 2 13 9 Do. do., disease uotstated 11 8 2 6 3 ... i i i 28 25 Cephalalgia 10 6 5 i ... 4 4 21 ... Paraplegia 14 11 3 3 5 3 1 ... 36 Hemiplegia 22 12 3 4 3 2 10 1 4 3 2 35 61 Paralysis, Partial . . . 7 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 15 81 „ from Lead . . 1 i ... 1 ... ... ... „ Traumatic . . 1 i 1 Spinal Irritation . . . 7 i i 6 4 2 ... 13 SpinalChd. disease not stated 6 5 l 3 i 1 1 76 63 Keuralgia 6 5 i 2 2 1 i ... ... 44 ... Delirium Tremens . . . 50 46 36 io 4 4 20 4 Epilepsy 21 16 6 8 2 5 3 i i 26 Hysteria 43 1 ... 1 42 21* 14 7 36 Chorea 5 1 i 4 3 1 62 Hypochondriasis . . . 0 5 1 3 i 1 ... 1 17 Monomania 1 1 1 ... ... Mania 4 ... 4 3 i i)'i Fatuity 2 2. i 1 ... ... 20 Total of Nervous System, . 235 139 56 21 30 32 96 45 28 16 7 23-02 7-29 Eruptive Fevers.—Statement of the number of cases at different ages. AGES. 0 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 30 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 60 60 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 Total. Measles, total cases. i i i 4 2 9 Scarlet Fever, do. . i 1 2 . 4 Small-pox, do. . . 15 7 3 19 23 3 i 71 Do. do. Deaths, 5 1 ... 1 1 i ... 9 Eruptive Fevers.—Statement of the number of cases admitted during each month of the year. MONTHS. Oct. 1849. Nov. 1849. J Dec. 1849. Jan. 1850. Feb. 1850. March 1850. April 1850. May 1850. June 1850. July 1850. Aug. 1850. Sept. 1850. Measles, 1 2 2 2 1 Scarlet Fever, . . . 1 2 1 Small-pox, .... 1 4 5 6 ii 7 13 8 12 4 5 Ferrous System—Statement of the number of cases, at different ages, of certain diseases of this system. AGES. 0 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 i 15 to 20 20 to 30 1 30 to 40 40 to 50 50 to 00 00 to 70 70 to 80 80 to 90 Total. Brain Si Membr. In-) flammation of . ,j 3 1 ... ... ... 1 ... ... 10 Epilepsy, do. do. ... 9 9 2 1 21 Paraplegia, do. . . 1 6 2 2 3 14 Hemiplegia, do. . . 2 2 6 6 4 2 22 Delirium Tremens, do. 10 18 15 7 50 Do. do. Died 4 2 4 10 Apoplexy, Total Cases 2 2 3 1 8 Do. Died . . ... ... ... ... 2 3 ... i 6 Neuralgia.—One of tim patients, a shoemaker, 45 years of age, affected with Tic Douloureux, was cured bv division of the mental nerve. Epilepsy—Trephining was performed in one case on nccount of an old injury of the head, wftli which the epileptic symptoms appeared to ho connected : this patient died.