On the causes of death in the Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society from 1st January 1853 to 1st January 1860 / by James Begbie.

  • James Begbie
Date:
1860
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Credit: On the causes of death in the Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society from 1st January 1853 to 1st January 1860 / by James Begbie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    deaths from 1332, the number declared at the former investigation, to 2307,—the gross mortality from the commencement of the Institution in 1815 to the close of the year 1859, a period of forty-five years. These 975 deaths have occurred among 8957 persons exposed to the risk of mortality.1 It becomes my duty to lay before you on this occasion some account of these 975 deaths; and, in doing so, I shall arrange my observations in the same order, and with a view to similar objects as were presented to you in two former reports. The following Table shows the number of deaths from the different causes, according to the arrangement of the Registrar-General, and the difference in each class between the present and former investiga¬ tion :— PERIOD. PERIOD. 1846-52. 1853-9. 1846-52. 1853-9. i. Epidemic & Contagious Diseases. 1. Small-Pox,... 0 4 2. Scarlatina, ... 1 5 3. Diarrhoea, . 3 7 4. Dysentery, . 16 10 5. Cholera (Malignant), . 27 17 6. Influenza, . 8 6 7. Fever (Remittent), . 2 0 8. Fever (Continued), . 63 48 9. Erysipelas,. 10 9 10. Hydrophobia,. 0 1 130 107 n. Diseases of Uncertain Seat. 1. Inflammation, . 0 2 2. Haemorrhage,... 1 0 3. Dropsy, . 4 4 4. Abscess,. 0 3 5. Mortification,. 4 6 6. Scrofula,... 0 1 7. Cancer, . 5 28 8. Tumour,. 7 3 9. Gout, . 1 4 10. Atrophy, . ,. 4 3 11. Debility,... 7 0 12. Sudden Death, . 7 5 . 40 59 Carry forward,. • • • ... 170 166 1 Tlie average age of these persons at 31st December 1859 was 51 years, being an increase of 2j years on the age as at the period ending 31st December 1852.
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