The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy in England and Wales.

  • Haviland, Alfred, -1903.
Date:
1871
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Credit: The geographical distribution of heart disease and dropsy in England and Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    Districts contained in the Census Tables of 1851, which they at first purposed to use, these were found to be insufficient, and therefore necessitated reference to a more recent authority. On applieation to the Registrar-General, the set of Ordnance Maps of England, on which the Districts had been drawn minutely from . the Parish Boundaries, was kindly lent to me. This set of Maps, however, had not ) been revised since 1851, and the whole of the Northern Counties of England (the ? Ordnance Maps were not complete at that date) were deficient. These defeets had 4 to be remedied, by working out the Registration Districts completely on the Ordnance Maps ; and an unexpeeted outlay of time and money was the result. To ' defray the one, 1 applied to the Lords of the Treasury for a small Grant, which, on the recommendation of the Registrar-General, was accorded to me; and 1 now take this opportunity of thanking Major Graham for the hearty and effective • support which he afforded me whilst my application was under the consideration . of the Treasury, and which eventually led to its being successful. During the time that I was engaged in 1868, at Somerset House, preparing ; the basis of my work, I received every kindness and attention from William . Clode, Esq., of the Statistical Department: he was ever ready to afford me assistance, and I feel glad thus to acknowledge it gratefully. I now leave the First Part of my work in the hands of my professional ■1 brethren, hoping that it may render them some assistance in that part of their ! praetice upon which our knowledge has always been more or less imperfect. I trust that my labours, however incomplete, may stimulate others to collect facts relative to the loealisation of Disease, and reeord them, so that in time to come the practieal fiaiit, borne by the study of the Geography of Disease, shall enable it to take its proper position in Medical Science. ALFRED HAVILAND. 120 King Henry’s Road, Hampstead, N.W. January 1871.