Diseases of children : a short introduction to their study / by Fleetwood Churchill.

  • Churchill, Fleetwood, 1808-1878.
Date:
1858
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    the first year were in the ratio of 26.944 to 100.000. In France, in 1802, it amounted to 21.457 ; in Amsterdam to 22.735, from 1818 to 1829 ; in Sweden, to 22.453, from 1821 to 1825. From the First Report of the Registrar-General of England, it appears that more than one-third of the total deaths in England and Wales occur under two years of age; the proportion being 42.54 per 1000 of the deaths registered: and two out of every nine infants entering upon life die within the first year. ''Assuming seventy years as the natural term of life, we may form some faint conception, from the preceding facts, how many elements of destruction must still be left in full activity, when, as is the case in England, one-third of the race is cut off within the first two years of existence.* In the Second Report I find that the total number of births was 480,090—of deaths, 331,007 ; of the latter, 72,304 were under one year, and 130,695 under five years of age. In the Third Report, the births were 501,589—the deaths, 350,101 ; of those under one year. 76,328 ; under five, 141,747. In the Fourth Report, the births were 504,543,—the deaths, 355,622 ; of those under one year, 75,507 ; and under five, 140,089. In the Fifth Report, the births were 495,574, —the deaths, 343,847; of those under one year, 74,210; and under five, 133,583. In the Sixth Report, the births were 517,739,—the deaths, 349,519 ; of those under one year, 78,704 ; and under five, 139,035. In the Sixth annual Report, will be found abstracts from foreign Reports, all showing the great mortality in the earlier periods of life. In my friend Mr. Wilde's admirable Report in the Censxis of Ireland, he states that, in the ten years ending June 6th, 1841, the total number of deaths in the city of Dublin were 66,722, of which 10,553 occurred under one year, and 13,037 between one and five years of age. Dr. Combe has extracted the following statistics from the Liverpool Albion of April 1, 1839. The deaths during the year 1838 amounted to 6,596, from which must be deducted forty-three still-births, leaving 6,553. Now at different periods of the first five years of life we find the following mortality :— Under 3 months Above 3 „ and under 6 months, 313 „ » 6 n JJ 9 ,, 319 „ » 9 » n 12 „ 311 „ „ 1 year, „ 2 years, 802 „ » 2 ,, 3 „ 321 „ „ 3 „ 4 „ 183 „ 4 n n jj 5 ,, 121 „ 3,162 „