Epidemics considered with relation to their common nature, and to climate and civilization : in two lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, November 1855 / by Southwood Smith.

  • Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861.
Date:
1856
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Credit: Epidemics considered with relation to their common nature, and to climate and civilization : in two lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh, November 1855 / by Southwood Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    •a \ / b > . c ^ I, I) L D L D Above 65- —under 64 ... ... 1.524 ... 67 ... ... 18,123 . .. .5.50 ... .... 6219 .. . 167 „ 63 „ 70... ... 786 ... 47 ... ... 8,824. .. 394 ... ... 3666 .. . 164 „ 69 „ 74... ... 366 , ... 33 ... ... 3,503. .. 2.57 ... ... 1807 .. . 141 73 „ 84... ... 395 . ... 57 ... ... 3,382. .. 388 ... ... 1942 .. . 220 3,060 204 33,832 1..589 13,654 692 From those facts wo conclude, that out of 10,000 males alive at each interval of age, the Deaths would, by proportion, be as under :— a b c Males above the ago of 55, —but under 64 ... ... 440... ... 303 ... ... 269 tf 6!i „ 70... ... 699 ... ... 446 ... ... 447 it 69 74 ... ... 927 ... ... 734 ... ... 780 it 73 „ 84 ... ... 1,443 ... ... 1,147 ... ... 1,121 Total Deaths out of 40,000, 3,4<i9 2,630 2,617 Whence it appears, that for every 10,000 Deaths which might have occurred in the Tontine of King William, The Male Deaths in the last Tontine of Mr. Pitt would bo 7715 And in the Irish Tontines .... 7677 The intervals of age within which it has been necessary to group the Facts (in order to discover the Law of mortality) are in this period of Life very ditFercnt in the respective Sexes,—a circumstance of great im- portance in old age. No satisfactory comparison by means of these groups can therefore be made in this period between the mortality of females and males, although no truth is now more certain than that the Female vitality is much the greatest here as elsewhere. This will be evident from the facts in extreme old age, few in amount although they be, which yet remain to be exhibited. L D L U I, D Females Above 83 years of ago 52 ... 12 427 ... 84 523 ... 104 Out of 10,000 living, The Deaths would be 2,308 1,967 1,989 Then for every 10,000 deaths out of the Tontine of King William, The Deaths out of the Tontine of Mr. Pitt would bo . 8523 And out of the Irish Tontines .... 8618 Males L D ■c- L D Above 83 years of ago 46 ... 13 378 ... 88 288 ... 59 Out of 10,000 living, The Deaths would be 2,826 2,328 2,049 Then for every 10,000 deaths which might have happened in the Ton- tine of King William, The Deaths out of that of Mr. Pitt would bo . . . 8234 And out of the Irish Tontines 7250 The ages in this period of life being the same for each sex, we can observe the rate of mortality of the males and females respectively in extreme old age.