Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.
- General Register Office Northern Ireland
- Date:
- 1852
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![V Great Mortality in Merthyr Tydfil: Filthy State of the To'.vn described . . . Iv-lvi Dates of the Epidemic Attacking certain Districts Ivj Causes of the Mortality in Londox IyJj (i.) The Thames and the Water Supply.—Mortality in Districts supplied by each Water Company—Number of Gallons raised by evaporation from the Thames . Iviii-lxi (2.) Elevation.—Elevation of the Soil has a more constant relation -with the Mortality from Cholera than any known element: Mortality from Cholera is in tlie Inverse Ratio of Elevation—Remarks—Tables and Diagram illustrating the Comparative Mortality of Districts at diflerent Elevations .... Ixi-lxv (3.) Density.—Density a less Important Element tlian Elevation—Remarks and Tables illustrating the Influence of Density of Population on the Mortality from Cholera. jxvi (4.) Wealth and Poverty.—Remarks and Tables illustrating the Influence of Wealth and Poverty on the Mortality from Cholera Ixvi-lxviii Mortality in London from Ordinary Causes Ixviii Conditions in which Cholera is Most Fatal.—Comparative Influence of Density, Wealth, and Elevation of the Soil Ixix-lxxi Number of Persons Attacked by Cholera in England Ixxi Cause of Cholera is some Chemical Modification of Organic Matter .... Ixxii Origin of Epidejiic Cholera in the Delta of the Ganges.—Extracts from Reports of Army Medical Officers in India Ixxii-lxxiii Theories and Analogies— (i.) The Theory of Volcanic Agency Ixxiv-lxxv (2.) The Electrical Theory . ^ Ixxv-lxxvi (3.) Bad \^ater—Practice among Native Indians of using i?o(7e</ ITWr . . . ixxvi (4.) The Fungus Theory j^^^. (5.)/Theory that Cholera is Propagated by Human Intercourse, and that it is a Local Affection of the Alimentary Canal .... k-^-„; ■•• •••••• VI—IXXVlll (6.) Theory of Contagion Ixxviii-lxxix (7.) Hypothesis of Spontaneous Developement Ixxix-lxxx (8.) The Zymotic Theory ] Ixxx-lxxxiii The Pestilences of the Present Day are most Fatal in Low Places; — (r.) Ague and Rejiittent Fever.—The Fever of the Mediterranean and the Tuscan Maremma • • . . . 1 • 1 Ixxxiv-lxxxv (2.j 1 ELLow Fever ; its Prevalence in Lands of Low Elevation—The Delta of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico its Great Centre ;—Fever in the West Indies and the West Coast of Africa .... 1 , .. T^, .X Ixxxv-lxxxvu (3.) Plague; its Prevalence in Low Egypt on Alluvial Ground; on the European Shores of the Bosphorus ; in Syria, I'ersia, and tlie Coasts of the Mediter- ranean—Table showing the Excess of Mortality, in different Vmshvs of London in the Plague Year, 1665 Ix - The Human Race Destroyed Periodically by Five PESTii.ENCES.-Co.idi'tions iinder'which''''''''''' they are most Prevalent - Moral and Physical Cliaracteristics of the Inhabitants of Healthy and of Unhealthy Localities; in High Lands and on Low Marshy Coasts xc-xciv Sanatory influence of Healthy Localities on the Human Frame-Effects of Elevation on Health, Mortality, and Race \ . The Finest Races of Animals are bred in the most Healthy Localities '. ' ' ^^^^^-^^v Pestilence a great Warning as well as a great Calamity . * ' ' J^^^! Salubrity one of the Causes of the Greatness of England-The Tm'portance and the Mean^ of Preventing a Deterioration of Race . . . xcvu-xcviii](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21516911_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
