Report on the sanitary condition of the City of Edinburgh, with relative appendices, &c / by Henry D. Littlejohn.

  • Littlejohn, Henry D. (Henry Duncan), Sir, 1826-1914.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the City of Edinburgh, with relative appendices, &c / by Henry D. Littlejohn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    DISEASES OF THE CHEST. Tron Abbey Grassmarket West End George Square and Lauriston St Giles Canongate •79 •62 •61 •54 •54 •52 •43 Calton and Greenside Fountainbridge Nicokon Street Pleasance and St Leonard Newington Broughton •39 •38 •38 •36 •28 •24 Upper New Town ... Upper Water of Leith Landward Lower New Town ... Lower Water of Leith Morningside Grange •18 •18 •17 •15 •15 •11 •05 Wherever there is poverty, there is generally manifested great inattention to the risk from exposure to cold. At almost aU hours of the days or night, we see infants out of doors in our closes during the most inclement weather. This helps to account for the mortality from this class of diseases in the poorer districts, and also in the Poorhouses. St Giles, the highest district in point of elevation, comes next. The exposed situation of the Upper and Lower New Town Districts tells less upon their special mortality than might have been expected. The explanation is to be found in the character of the population. While the mortality of Edin- bm'gh from diseases of the chest was '38 per cent., it rose as high as 57 in Glasgow, and 39 in Greenock, while in the other towns the percentage was as follows:— Leith '36, Paisley -33, and Perth '24 per cent. PHTHISIS. Morningside George Square and Laiu:iston Abbey St GUes Nicolson Street West End Broughton •42 •37 •36 •3 •3 •29 •28 Canongate Pleasance and St Leonard Calton and Greenside Tron Fountainbridge Newington •28 •27 •25 •24 •24 •22 Grassmarket Upper New Town ... Lower Water of Leith Lower New Town ... Upper Water of Leith Landward Grange The mortality from this disease has been separated from that of the class of tubercular diseases, in which it is included by the Registrar-General. The position of Mornmgside in the table is quite exceptional, depending on the number of in- valids, who flock to that suburb during winter and spring. It will be observed that one-half of the districts show a smaller percentage of deaths than that of the whole city, which is -25. The other towns range themselves in the following order, viz., Greenock -47, Glasgow -39, Paisley -37, Perth -23, and Leith '19 per cent.