The causes of death among the assured of the Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society, from 1867 to 1873 inclusive / by J. Warburton Begbie.

  • Begbie James Warburton, 1826-1876.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The causes of death among the assured of the Scottish Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society, from 1867 to 1873 inclusive / by J. Warburton Begbie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    1 in Lancashire; 3 occurred in Ireland—1 in Dublin, 1 in Tip- perary, and 1 in Kilkenny. Ten occurred in foreign parts—2 in New York, 1 in New Zealand, 1 in South Australia, 1 in Cairo, Egypt, 1 in Teheran, Persia, 1 in Florence, 1 in Malta, 1 in St. Petersburg!!, and 1 in Dresden. There is material for contrast between the occupations of those who died from Typhoid and from Typhus Fever. Of the former, 5 were independent gentlemen, 4 were clerks in offices, 3 were solici- tors, 3 clergymen (one of these died at Florence), 2 farmers, 2 dra- pers, 1 commercial traveller, 1 watchmaker, 1 manufacturer, 1 baker and corn-dealer, 1 regimental bandmaster, 1 banker, 1 merchant, 1 engineer, 1 leather dresser, 2 bookkeepers, 1 female. Of the 31 deaths from Typhoid Fever, 4 took place between 20 and 30; 12 between 30 and 40; 3 between 40 and 50; 3 between 50 and 60 ; 4 between 60 and 70 ; 3 between 70 and 80 ; and 2 above 80. In one case, haemorrhage from the bowels was the immediate cause of death. This took place in the third week of the disease; in a second instance perforation of the bowel with peritonitis occurred on the 17th day of the fever; in two, chest complications led to the fatal result. One was ill for ten weeks, another for six, a third for three weeks, a fourth for four, a fifth for five, a sixth for “ some weeks.” One succumbed after an illness of three months, attended by bed sores, and another after the disease had lasted a still longer time. c. Febris Senilis.—From the “ fever of old age ” there resulted seven deaths, all in males—2 occurred between 60 and 70; 1 between 70 and 80 ; 3 between 80 and 90 ; and 1 above 90; in the last case there were bed sores. In all of these the expectation of life was exceeded, and in two of the seven, by fully twenty years. d. e. /. Gastric, Bilious, Continued Fever.—Under each of these heads one death has been recorded. g. Remittent Fever.—Of two deaths from this cause, one took place at Callao, Peru, the other at Calcutta; the age of the former was 24, of the latter 35. Both were recently insured, and both were for the first time visitors to foreign climates.