On the mortality of London hospitals : and incidentally on the deaths in the prisons and public institutions of the metropolis / by William A. Guy.

  • Guy, William A. (William Augustus), 1810-1885.
Date:
[1867]
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Credit: On the mortality of London hospitals : and incidentally on the deaths in the prisons and public institutions of the metropolis / by William A. Guy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Table IV.—Rate of Mortality in Medical Cases, 1861-65. Hospitals. Dentils per 1,000. Maxi- Mini- Mean. Range. Ditto per Cent. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. nmm. mum. t. Bart.holomew’a 187 191 153 196 180 196 153 182 43 22 ruy’s '43 146 I <;<; 151 >55 155 143 150 12 8 t. Thomas’s 129 125 131 I C.6 127 156 125 132 31 20 ondon 128 104 124 '45 139 145 104 127 41 28 t. George’s ling’s College t. Mary’s I 16 117 118 124 138 138 116 123 22 16 145 135 153 196 160 196 135 157 61 31 122 105 129 156 165 165 105 134 60 36 uoyal Free (4 years) ... 115 126 154 165 165 115 141 50 30 haring'Cross (3 years) 117 112 105 — — 117 105 111 12 10 letropolitaii Free (41 years) J 79 71 122 — 97 122 71 96 51 42 Table V.—Rate of Mortality in Surgical Cases, 1861-65. Hospitals. It. Bartliolomew’s ^uy’s It. Thomas’s joudon It. George’s king’s College, It. Mary’s loyal Free (4 years) ... Sharing Cross (3 years) Metropolitan Free (4 years) j DeaOis per 4,000. Ma.xi- mum. Mini- mum, Mean. Range. Ditto per Cent. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 56 63 70 62 ‘15 70 55 61 15 21 56 61 6i 62 58 62 56 60 6 10 63 75 77 102 82 102 63 77 39 38 65 64 72 90 70 90 64 72 26 29 62 65 55 53 64 65 53 60 12 19 80 <;8 81 93 68 93 58 75 35 38 81 85 67 76 68 85 67 75 18 21 — 45 47 51 52 45 49 7 13 53 68 54 — — 68 53 58 15 22 57 46 90 ]2* 90 46 66 44 49 * Obviously exceptional. The first of these three tables (Table III) contains figures which fully illustrate the extent of the error that might arise from com- paring different years. In the year 1861, St. Thomas’s and West- minster Hospitals had the same rate of mortality (98 per 1,000) ; but if the death-rate of Westminster Hospital in 1861 were com- pared with the death-rate of St. Thomas’s in 1864, the one would bo 98 the other 125 per 1,000. In the same year, St. Bartholomew’s and King’s College Hospitals had the same death-rate of 107 per 1,000 ; but if the death-rate of King’s College Hospital in 1864 were compared with that of St. Bartholomew’s in 1861 the resj^ec- tive death-rates would be 151 and 107. Lastly, in 1865, the death- rates for St. Thomas’s and St. Bartholomew’s being 101 and 102 respeotively, St. Bartholomew’s would show a rate of 112 in 1862,