Some calculations of the number of accidents or deaths which happen in consequence of parturition : and of the proportions of male to female children, as well as of twins, monstrous productions, and children that are dead-born : taken from the Midwifery Reports of the Westminster General Dispensary : with an attempt to ascertain the chance of life at different periods, from infancy to twenty-six years of age, and likewise the proportion of natives to the rest of the inhabitants of London : in a letter to Samuel Foart Simmons, M.D. F.R.S. / by Robert Bland.

  • Bland, R. (Robert), 1730-1816.
Date:
1781
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Credit: Some calculations of the number of accidents or deaths which happen in consequence of parturition : and of the proportions of male to female children, as well as of twins, monstrous productions, and children that are dead-born : taken from the Midwifery Reports of the Westminster General Dispensary : with an attempt to ascertain the chance of life at different periods, from infancy to twenty-six years of age, and likewise the proportion of natives to the rest of the inhabitants of London : in a letter to Samuel Foart Simmons, M.D. F.R.S. / by Robert Bland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    or fome other epidemic, prevailing amongft children during two or three years of the time I was making this collection, which would occafion the decreafe in the firft and fecond feries to be greater than ufuai. If this fhould prove to be the cafe, it Is probable, that in a courfe of years, by comparing this with a variety of fimiiar tables, the true medium may be found. a comparative table of the population of London, with a view to fhew the proportion of natives to perfonsborn in the different counties of England and Wales, in Scotland, Ire- land, or foreign countries. V- -* Of 3236 married perfons 824 or one-fourth were born in London. 1870 or four-fevenths in the different counties of England and Wales. 209 or 1 in 15 in Scotland. 280 or 1 in 11 in Ireland. 53 or 1 in 60 were foreigners. 3236 Of the above number the males and females were in the • - /. V,* following proportions. Men. Women. 329 were born in London, and 495 or 166 more than men, 952 r t* ' <} N in different counties 917 or 35 fewer than men. 135 — in Scotland, 74 or 61 fewer than men. 162 in Ireland, — 119 or 43 fewer than men. 40 were foreigners, l3 or 27 fewer than men. 618 l6l8 166 Thus,