Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49.

  • Great Britain. General Register Office.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report on the mortality of cholera in England, 1848-49. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Page Cholera in England, 1849-Remarks on itsTrogress—its prevalence in Pul.lic Inslitu- tions, and Dates of its Appearance in particular Districts xx-xxiu London Cholioha Fikld, 1849—London the Centre of a Great System of Attack: tlie Extent of the London Cholera Field shown • '^''^ Cholera broke out as tlie Temi'kratuke advanced in London ; its Progress traced-Ex- tracts from the Weekly Reports—Proportion of Deatlis from Cholera and Diarrlnea to 10000 Persons Living xxiii-xxviu While Cholera prevailed in London, all the region around suffi;red—Names of Districts which were Attacked, and Proportion of Deaths to loooo Inhabitants . . . xxviii-xxx Portsmouth Cholera Field.- Names of Districts which Suftered, and Rate of Mortality xxx Plymouth Cholera Field.—Names of Districts which Suftered, and Rate of Mortality- Places on the Coast severely Visited xxx-xxxi Bristol Cholera Field.—Names of Districts which Suffered, and Rate of Mortality . xxxi Merthyr Tydfil Cholera Field.—Names of Districts which Suftered-Progress of the Epidemic and Rate of Mortality xxxii-xxxui Wolverhampton Cholera Field.—Names of Districts which Suffered, and Rate of Mor- , ...... xxxiii tahty Liverpool Cholera FiELD.-Names of Districts which Suff-ered; Progress of the Epi- demic in Large Town Districts of Lancashire, and Rate of Mortality . . . xxxiu-xxxvi Hull Cholera FiELD.-Names of Districts which Suffered; Progress of the Epidemic,_ and Rate of Mortality • ^>^xvi-xxxviu Tynemouth Cholera Field.—Names of Districts which Suffered ; Progress of the Epi- demic, and Rate of Mortality xxxvni-xxxix Influence of Sex on the Mortality from Cholera.-Proportion Dying among Males and Females in England from Cholera and from all Causes: when the Mortality from Cliolera attained a High Rate, the Deaths of Females exceeded those of Males. Table showing the Number of Fatal Cases of Cholera in Loudon among Males and Females at different Ages, in each of 15 Weeks in 1849 • • • • xxxix-lxi Mortality from Cholera and Diarrhoea at Different Ages.—Comparison of tlie Deaths among Males and Females at Different Periods of Life : after the Age of 25 the chances of dying increase with age. Table showing the Mortality per Cent, among Males and Females from Cholera and Diarrhoea in 1849, and from all Causes, 1838-44, at Dif- ferent Ages, in England . . , xli-xlii Duration of Fatal Cases of Cholera.-Explanation of the Chances of Dying within a given Period from the Time of Attack. Table supplying a ready Means of Calculating the future Duration of Fatal Attacks at any Stage of the Disease . . • • xliu-xhv CuoLKRA Epidemics of 1832 and 1849 Compared.—Tables showing the Population and the Deaths from Cholera in different Districts, during the two Epidemics . . xliv-xlvi Influence of the Seasons in 1831-2 and in 1848-9—Remarks on the Prevalence of the Epidemic in Different Months, and Tables showing the Mortality, during each Month, in England, London, Paris, and Liverpool .... ... xlvi-xlvii Meteorological Influences.—Explanation of Diagrams illustrating the Progress of Cholera, and the Meteorological Phenomena, on each Day of 1849—Remarks on the Circular Diagrams, showing the Mortality and Temperature in each Week of 11 Years, 1840-50 xlvi-xlviii Plague and Cholera Years in London.—Remarks on the Diagrams showing the Mor- tality in London during the Great Plague Years xlviii-xlix. Fatal Days of the Week.—Table showing the Number of Deaths on each Day of the Week in all England, in London, and in the other parts of England .... xlix Locality.—Remarkable Variation in the Mortality of different Localities, illustrated by several Tables, showing Population, Deaths, and Area, in Districts and Groups of Dis- tricts on the Coast and Inland; in the Seaports, in large Inland Towns, and in llie Coal Districts xlix-lvii Cholera three times more Fatal on the Coast than in the Interior of the Country . li-lu Names of Large Inland Towns in which Cholera was only Slightly Fatal in 1849 •