Report on the cholera epidemic of 1866 in England : supplement to the twenty-ninth annual report of the Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in England / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command.
- General Register Office Northern Ireland
- Date:
- 1868
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the cholera epidemic of 1866 in England : supplement to the twenty-ninth annual report of the Registrar-General of births, deaths, and marriages in England / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![It has also been practised with success on other occasions, especially in 1656 and 1657, when the Plague in Pome carried off above 14,000 victims in the sole region of Transtevere, whilst the remainder of the city was entirely free from its ravages. This result was principally owing to their having completely isolated the infected region, by walling up the gates and bridges, and severely guarding the necessary intercourse; the penalty of death was incurred by crossing the boundaries. So much rigour may seem excessive and even barbarous in this age of milder civilization, but the legislators of those days preferred the salvation of the greater number of citizens to every other consideration. And they obtained what they sought, since Rome had only to weep for the desolation of a fourteenth portion of its population, whereas the most flourishing cities of Italy remained almost deserted. ‘ Such are the main precautions taken during this last disastrous epidemic. The adjoined statistical Tables will exhibit the particulars. Ermexegildo di Cinque Quintili, Segretario Generale della Commissione degli Ospedali di Roma Direttore della Statistica presso la medesima Commissione. Roma^ 20 Febbraio 1868. Chronological Progress of the Cholera Deaths in Albano in 1867. Date. i Deaths. Date. Deaths. Date. Deaths. Date. Deaths. Males. Females. Total. 1 CC Females. Total. 1 Males. Females. Total. 1 Males. Females. 1 Total. 6 August - 1 1 2 16 August - 3 5 8 26 August - 1 3 5 1 1 8 ] 5 Sept. - i ! .. 7 » 34 29 63 17 „ 3 4 7 27 „ 2 5 1 * 6 „ - 1 1 8 „ 33 29 62 18 „ 8 6 14 28 „ 2 2 i ^ 7 „ - ; 1 1 9 „ 21 11 32 19 „ 4 4 29 „ 2 2 4 8 „ .. 10 „ 19 13 32 20 „ 1 5 2 7 30 „ 1 .. 1 13 „ 1 1 11 » 11 18 29 21 „ 1 9 1 3 31 „ 1 1 2 Uncertain - 5 5 12 „ IG 13 29 22 „ i ’’ 3 10 1 Sept. - .. 1 Out-doors - t 8 ! 15 13 „ 12 13 25 23 „ 2 10 12 2 „ 1 1 1 14 „ 8 12 20 24 „ 5 2 7 3 „ 1 i 1 Total 223 220 ,443 15 „ 7 8 15 25 „ 1 10 11 4 1 i 1 i 1 Ages of those who were Attacked, Cured, and Died of Cholera, with the Proportion of Deaths to 100 Attacks. Age. Attacked. Cured. Died. Deaths TO 100 Attacks. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Under 5 Years 24 23 47 2 1 3 22 22 44 92 96 94 5 to 10 12 17 29 2 7 9 10 10 20 83 59 69 10 to 15 15 15 30 6 11 17 9 4 13 60 27 43 15 to 25 „ 47 37 84 25 24 49 22 13 35 47 35 42 25 to 35 „ 46 53 99 14 16 30 32 37 69 70 70 70 35 to 45 „ 91 68 159 30 32 62 61 36 97 67 53 61 45 to 55 „ 41 50 91 18 13 31 23 37 60 56 74 66 55 to 65 „ 33 49 82 7 12 19 26 37 63 79 76 77 6o to 75 5, 21 19 40 6 6 12 15 13 28 71 68 70 75 to 85 „ 3 12 15 2 2 3 10 13 100 83 87 Above 85 „ .• 1 1 1 1 •• 100 100 Total - 333 344 677 110 j 124 234 223 220 443 67 64 65](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24976854_0392.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
