Pulmonary consumption; its prevention & cure : established on new views of the pathology of the disease.

  • Gilbert, Henry.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Pulmonary consumption; its prevention & cure : established on new views of the pathology of the disease. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    islands, have been calculated, on the most mode- rate computation, at one-fifth of the whole mor- tality, and there is much reason to fear that the evil is increasing.* Here the calculation is in regard to the whole mortality, and were it in relation to the deaths from disease only, one-fourth part might be assumed as the proportion, as cal- culated by Dr. Young and Dr. Woolcombe. The testimony of medical evidence is therefore very unanimous ; but even if we discard the opinion of the profession, and take official reports as a guide, we shall still find the preceding statement confirmed. The Annual Reports of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, drawn up in com- pliance with the Registration Act, furnish us with the most accurate statements of the causes of death, throughout England and Wales, that have hitherto been collected. I shall therefore avail myself of the First Annual Report, as presented to both houses of Parliament in 1839, by command of her Majesty. The total number of deaths registered in Eng- land and Wales, from July 1st to December 31st, * Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, vol. xvii. 1821.