The first medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the committee of management / by the physicians of the institution.

  • Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest (Brompton, England)
Date:
1849
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Credit: The first medical report of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, presented to the committee of management / by the physicians of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    In forming this Table, we have distinguished in-door from out-door occupa- tions, and liave placed in a separate column those which partook of the character of both. Those occupations are classified separately in which the numbers of persons engaged in them were sufficiently large to entitle them to a separate con- sideration ; when, however, they were too few to justify the deduction of any special conclusions, or the circumstances under which they were placed were similar, their occupations were grouped with those to which, in their leading features, they appeared to be analogous: thus. Tailors, Shoemakers, Ser- vants, &c., are kept sepai'ate, whilst Clerks, Warehousemen, and Shopmen, are classed together; Wheelvn-ights and Turners are placed with Carpenters; Engineers and Whitesmiths will be found under the head of Mechanics; Milliners and Needlewomen form one class. With the view of ascertaining the influence of a particular occupation in promoting or counteracting a tendency to Consumption, the following Table of the occupations of non-Phthisical Patients attending a General Hospital is annexed—the number being 2,179, or exactly one-half of the Consumptive cases, affords a ready means of making a comparison :— Table IX. Showing the Occupations in 2,179 Cases relieved at a General Hospital as Out-Patients, excluding Cases of Phthisis. Males, 885. In-Door. Out-Door. Mixed. Clerks, Warehousemen, Labourers of various Carpenters .32 Shopmen, &c 26 kinds 94 Painters and Glaziers 33 Mechanics 81 Coachmen and Cab- Various 66 Servants 38 men 30 Tailors 51 Butchers 4 Shoemakers 42 Various 42 Printers and Compositors 9 Bakers 9 Weavers 4 Various 97 None, or under 15 227 584 170 131 Females, 1,294. In-Door. Out-Door. 1 Mixed. 1 Servants, or persons en- gaged in in-door occu- pations Milliners, Needlewomen, &c Laundresses None, or under 15 833 169 55 212 Various, as Fniit- women, &c. 20 Various j 5 1 ! 1,269 20