Statistical tables of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
Date:
1850
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    TABLE XVIII. PHTHISIS —Cases arranged according to the Age and Sex of the Patients. AGES. Under 5 years 5 to 10 3 2 10 to 15 5 3 15 to 20 20 14 20 to 30 41 24 30 to 40 30 19 40 to 60 11 7 50 to 60 2 1 Total, 112 70 II H c3 MALES. •a 21 'Si 14 8 2 2 6 14 7 3 1 36 FEMALES. 1 2 6 17 11 4 1 42 16 IP 11 •5 13 g Mortality S) g per Cent. P rrl o > a, Says. 51 50-00 <3 30'96 Of the aljove cases, 8S were admitted from Edinburgh, 7 from Leith and Newhaven, 9 from other more remote to\vns, 8 from rural districts. Of tlie Males, 17 were labourers, 7 smiths, 5 shopmen and boys, 4 masons, 3 tailors, 3 hawkers, 2 shoemakers, 2 printers, 2 plasterers; the occupations of the rest quite miscellaneous. Of the Females, 21 were single, 5 widows, and 3 under 15 years of age. Of the unmarried, 18 were domestic sei-vants, or persons eng.aged principally in in-door occupations. TABLE XIX. RHEUMATISM, Acute and Chronic; PLEURISY, PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS, and PHTHISIS—Number of Cases admitted in each Month of the Year. MONTHS. DISEASES. i 1 *c s <=> e 1 1 1 1 g •a J* •—5 o H Rheumatism, Acute) and Chronic . T Pleurisy Pneumonia Bronchitis Phthisis . 8 3 6 8 9 H 1 6 4 13 6 13 ] 4 9 6 i i 9 19 12 11 \ 15 12 \ 10 10 8 3 14 18 9 12 8 13 16 13 6 2 11 12 16 8 1 2 :s 12 5 5 8 6 4 4 1 6 11 104 46 82 138 120 42 41 52 62 46 28 36 26 490