Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

  • Farr, William, 1807-1883.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    liv Sea-side and Inland Districts. or (3), of whatever'else characterises our seaport towns, are of primary importance. In some of the large inland towns ihe cholera was scarcely at all fatal; the deaths it caused in 1849 in Cambridj^e were only 5, Colchester 4, Cheltenham 6, Hereford o, StaHurd 3, Birmingham and Aston 35, Leicester 2, Lincoln 7, Nottingham 18, Derby 18. It destroyed 202 lives in Coventry, ii6 in Shrewsbury, 174 in York, and 165 in Salisbury; but of the 8193 fleaths from cholera in the Table (/■), 3438 took place in Leeds, Hunslet, Manchester, and Salford, which are great towns intimately connected by railways, canals, and roads, with Liverpool and Hull ; and 3047 in Wolverhampton and Merthyr Tydfil. Subtracting the 6485 deaths from cholera in these 6 districts, 1708 deaths remain, which represent the deaths from cholera in 35 of the largest inland town dis- tricts of the kingdom (r). The low-lving towns on the coast were all attacked by cholera. Scarborough, Kings Lynn, and Deal in the Eastry District, on the coast, enjoyed as much immunity as the inland towns; they were the only considerable towns on the coast that escaped. Cardiff is the port of the Merthyr Tydfil district. Situated in the interior, the centre of the great Glamorganshire iron works is about 20 miles from Cardiff, with which the Cardiff Canal, the Taf River, and the roads connect it. Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil are (9) POPULATION. Annual Rate of Mortality per Cent. Annual Increase per Cent. 1841-50. Density— Persons to 10 Acres, in 1849. From all Causes. 1841-50. Cholera in 1849. Diarrhoea in 1849. 47 low River and Sea-side Dis- ) 1-822 9 2-531 •849 •168 41 inland Tuwn Districts .... I'945 1-542 393 13 2-480 2-573 -619 •375 -171 -176 499 Districts, including chiefly small 1 towns, and the country population . / •861 3 2-073 -121 •070 ('■) GHOUPS OF TOWNS. Area in Acres. Population. Deaths in 1849. June 7, 1841: March 31, 1851. From Cholera. From Diarrhoea. 6 Large Inland Town Districts :— Wolverhampton, Mcrtliyr Tydfil,) Manchester, Salford, Leeds, and i 205,247 564,907 686,913 6485 1753 35 other Inland Town Districts . , 1,458,041 1,365,464 1,556,270 1708 2087 Persons to 10 Acres. Annual Bate of Increase of Population per Cent. Mortality from Cholera to 10000 living 1849. Mortality irom Diarrhoea to 10000 living 1349. 6 Large Inland Town Districts :— Wolverhampton, Meithyr Tydfil,] Manchester, Salford, Leeds, and > 2-013 98 26 35 other Inland Towns ....