A report on the sanitary condition of the town of Margate, from the year 1837 to 1862 : being a statistical account of the numbers dying and the cause of death of the inhabitants, visitors, and inmates of the Infirmary / by Edward Mottley.

  • Mottley, Edward.
Date:
[1863]
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Credit: A report on the sanitary condition of the town of Margate, from the year 1837 to 1862 : being a statistical account of the numbers dying and the cause of death of the inhabitants, visitors, and inmates of the Infirmary / by Edward Mottley. 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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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Page Sanitary Histcffy of Margate for 25 years, with an account of t^e general Death-Eate, the Mortality of Infants, Mortality from Child-Beariug, &c. with Tablea , , . . . . .9 CHAPTEE II. I^xplanation of the increasing Mortality of Margate, attributable to the aug- mented number of Visitors, the extension of the time for receiving Patients in the Hospital, and the establishment of Special Hospitals for Scrofidous Patients, with Tables of the Annual and Monthly MortaUty for the 13 years, X837-1862 . . . . 12 CHAPTEE III. Infant Life in Margate, with Tables of the Mortality of the Children of Eesi- dents and Visitors, Causes of Death, &c. . . . .16 CHAPTEE IV. Loss of Lifte at Margate from Zymotic Diseases, and comparative Tables of the Margate Death-Eate with that of the Death-Eate of four groups of divisions selected from the healthiest districts in England and Wales, with ample Tables, Comparison of the mixed population of Margate, Eesidents and Visitors, with the Mortality of the twenty three principal English Watering Places, the death-rate of which is given in the last reports of the Eegistrar-General, 1856-61, with Tables of the loss of life from Zymotic Diseases of Eesident Inhabitants, of Visitors, and of the Inmates of the Hospitals and Infirmaries . . . .19 CHAPTER V. !^ortality from Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, and compariaon of the loss of life in Margate from these diseases with that of the twelve healthiest districts of England, selected by Dr. Greenhow, as exhibiting the lowest Death-Eate in England. Comisarison of the Margate Death-Eate of In- habitants and Visitors with the Death-Eates of the principal English Water- ing Places, with comparative Tables and Tablea of the Ages at Death . 22 CHAPTEE VI. Mortality in Margate from Inflammatory AlFections of tlie Eespiratory Organs, with Tables shewing the comparison of its Death-Eate from these causes with that of the healthiest districts in England, and of the three great statistical divisions of Scotland. Comparison of Margate with Ipswich, Grayesend, &c. , , . . . . .25 CHAPTER VII. Mortality of Visitors and Inmates of the Infirmary, with comparative Table of Zymotic Diseases and of Infant Mortality. Tabular View of the course of the Cholera in Margate in the year 1856. Table of the Mortality of Visitors and Inmates of the Infirmary in the 156 months forming the gtatistical period of 13 years, 1850 to 1862 . . . .28 APPENDIX. Amount of Sickness prevailing in Margate, and the Number of Inhabitants under Medical Care, during the week ending April 11th 18G3 . , 31