A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births, occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins.

  • Collins, Robert, 1801-1868.
Date:
1836
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Credit: A practical treatise on midwifery, containing the results of 16,654 births, occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, during a period of seven years commencing November 1826 / by Robert Collins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REGISTRY SHEWING THE MORTALITY IN THE ■ EARLY PERIODS OF CHILDHOOD. In order to ascertain as far as possible the mor- tality in the earlier periods of life, I kept a correct Registry, during my residence in the Hospital, of the total number of children each patient had previously given birth to, and of the number alive at the time of her delivery. The result of this Registry is, that at different periods the 16,414 women had given birth to 53,458 children ; of these 28,532 were males, or rather more than 8-15ths of the entire, and 24,926 females. Of the 28,532 males, 17)437 were living, or rather more than 3-5ths ; and of the 24,926 females, 16,468 were alive, or nearly 2-3ds. Of the entire 53,458 children, 33,905, or more than 3-5ths continued to live at the time the mothers were last delivered. I cannot conclude without expressing the deep obligation I feel to Doctors Darley, Evory Kennedy (now Master of the Hospital) Jonathan Labatt, Wm. O'Brien Adams, and Edward William Murphy, who were in rotation my Assistants in the Hospital; from whom at all times I received the