Chapter XIX: Appendix

The annexed Tables furnish, in general, their own commentary. The facts established by some of them are curious and important. I lay them before the reader without observation, at present; but I shall have occasion to return to them hereafter.

_Meteorological Table, with reference to Admissions and Deaths, for
1825._

┌──────┬──────┬───────┬─────────┬─────────┬────────────────────┬──────────────┐ │Weeks.│Admis-│Deaths.│ Heat. │Moisture.│ Wind. │ Weather. │ │ │sions.│ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Max. Min.│Max. Min.│ 〃 │ 〃 │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 1│ 6│ 0│ 54 32½│ 964 685│West. North. │Fine. │ │ 2│ 9│ 2│ 46 34│ 966 755│North. East. │Hazy. │ │ 3│ 16│ 1│ 46 34│1000 763│West. North. │Cloudy. │ │ 4│ 13│ 4│ 50½ 32│ 984 711│North. North-West. │Cloudy. Hazy. │ │ 5│ 7│ 1│ 51 30│ 839 614│West. West by North.│Fine. │ │ 6│ 10│ 2│ 48 33│ 971 783│South-West, WbN. │Fine. Hazy. │ │ 7│ 9│ 1│ 51 38│ 870 820│East. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 8│ 8│ 3│ 47 36│ 962 659│East. North. │Cloudy. │ │ 9│ 4│ 0│ 46 36│ 932 538│West, North-West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 10│ 8│ 2│ 52 34│ 966 658│West. North. │Dark. C. Hazy.│ │ 11│ 2│ 0│ 48 31│ 862 452│North. East. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 12│ 5│ 3│ 52 39│1000 598│East. South-East. │C. H. Dark. │ │ 13│ 12│ 1│ 61 42│ 807 347│East. North. │Fine. Hazy. │ │ 14│ 10│ 2│ 62 41½│ 904 522│East. North-West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 15│ 19│ 3│ 63 46│ 844 470│North. West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 16│ 7│ 2│ 63 53│ 901 553│West. East. │Cloudy. D. F. │ │ 17│ 12│ 1│ 71 54│ 801 538│South. East. │Rain. Cloudy. │ │ 18│ 4│ 1│ 67 52│ 907 516│South-West. North. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 19│ 10│ 1│ 63 53│ 712 516│North. East. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 20│ 11│ 2│ 74 53│ 765 442│East. West. North. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 21│ 6│ 3│ 66 54│ 905 466│West. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 22│ 6│ 3│ 81 63│ 748 449│South. North. West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 23│ 5│ 1│ 80 59│ 774 404│North. East. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 24│ 18│ 2│ 71 57│ 721 421│North-West. South. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 25│ 11│ 2│ 72 58│ 800 472│North-West. East. │Cloudy. Hazy. │ │ 26│ 8│ 0│ 84 57│ 937 439│West. South-West. │Fine. │ │ 27│ 10│ 2│ 87 75│ 727 437│East. South-East. │Fine. │ │ 28│ 13│ 1│ 78 63│ 850 429│East. North. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 29│ 9│ 2│ 86 65│ 660 357│West. South-West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 30│ 15│ 2│ 70 65│ 793 488│West. North-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 31│ 20│ 0│ 69 62│ 855 660│West. North. │Cloudy. │ │ 32│ 22│ 2│ 70 60│ 793 488│West. North-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 33│ 13│ 1│ 69 62│ 855 575│West. North. │Cloudy. │ │ 34│ 10│ 1│ 76 60│ 971 635│East. North-East. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 35│ 16│ 5│ 73 61│ 949 598│North. West. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 36│ 12│ 5│ 68 60│ 770 554│West. North. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 37│ 11│ 3│ 69 63│ 971 749│South. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 38│ 19│ 3│ 70 54│ 968 700│South. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 39│ 19│ 2│ 67 52│ 937 717│West. North-East. │Fine. Rain. │ │ 40│ 10│ 2│ 65 58│ 935 749│West. South-East. │Rain. Cloudy. │ │ 41│ 13│ 3│ 63 55│ 935 652│West. North. S-East.│Cloudy. │ │ 42│ 15│ 2│ 63 40│ 937 618│West. West. │Rain. │ │ 43│ 13│ 3│ 54 37│ 924 627│West. North-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 44│ 15│ 1│ 57 48│ 879 713│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 45│ 10│ 3│ 56 38│ 961 705│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 46│ 14│ 3│ 44 31│1000 557│North. North. │Foggy. Rain. │ │ 47│ 16│ 4│ 53 36│ 943 781│West. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 48│ 12│ 4│ 62 40│ 968 767│West. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 49│ 14│ 2│ 50 36│1000 790│West. North-East. │Foggy. Cloudy.│ │ 50│ 11│ 0│ 52 38│1000 762│West. East. │Foggy. │ │ 51│ 11│ 4│ 51 41│ 967 763│West. South. │Foggy. Cloudy.│ │ 52│ 9│ 1│ 47 28│ 971 585│West. West. │Cloudy. │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ Total│ 588│ 104│ │ │ │ │ └──────┴──────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────┴────────────────────┴──────────────┘

_Meteorological Table, with reference to Admissions and Deaths, for
1826._

┌──────┬──────┬───────┬─────────┬─────────┬────────────────────┬──────────────┐ │Weeks.│Admis-│Deaths.│ Heat. │Moisture.│ Wind. │ Weather. │ │ │sions.│ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Max. Min.│Max. Min.│ 〃 │ 〃 │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 1│ 4│ 0│ 40 33│ 968 794│East. East. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 2│ 10│ 3│ 33 21│ 910 612│North. North. │Hazy. │ │ 3│ 10│ 1│ 42 17│ 963 745│East. North. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 4│ 9│ 1│ 40 31│1000 783│West. East. │Cloudy. Foggy.│ │ 5│ 9│ 4│ 50 39│ 966 709│South. East. │Foggy. Cloudy.│ │ 6│ 15│ 1│ 52 33│1000 702│South. West. │Rain. Fine. │ │ 7│ 10│ 5│ 52 39│ 968 110│South. South-East. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 8│ 8│ 1│ 52 35│1000 680│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 9│ 7│ 3│ 53 40│ 940 624│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 10│ 7│ 1│ 62 39│ 970 698│West. East. │Fine. │ │ 11│ 13│ 2│ 52 37│ 963 500│East. North. │Fine. Hazy. │ │ 12│ 12│ 3│ 57 44│ 87 74│West. North. │Fine. │ │ 13│ 12│ 2│ 62 56│ 60 76│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 14│ 13│ 1│ 62 58│ 63 81│East. East. │Fine. │ │ 15│ 9│ 0│ 54 49│ 72 80│West. West. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 16│ 15│ 3│ 56 50│ 61 74│East. North-East. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 17│ 5│ 5│ 58 52│ 59 68│East. East. │Fine. │ │ 18│ 14│ 0│ 66 56│ 63 69│East. West. │Fine. │ │ 19│ 10│ 5│ 66 59│ 60 76│East. East. │Rainy. │ │ 20│ 9│ 1│ 65 59│ 63 68│East. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 21│ 12│ 1│ 73 66│ 60 68│N-East. N-East. │Fine. │ │ 22│ 18│ 2│ 74 68│ 63 90│West. East. │Fine. │ │ 23│ 20│ 1│ 74 65│ 80 95│East. North. │Fine. │ │ 24│ 15│ 1│ 78 74│ 65 86│East. South. │Cloudy. Fine. │ │ 25│ 14│ 2│ 78 74│ 66 76│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 26│ 14│ 0│ 74 74│ 53 79│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 27│ 17│ 2│ 74 62│ 66 76│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 28│ 14│ 1│ 78 67│ 61 72│North. East. │Fine. │ │ 29│ 18│ 4│ 78 68│ 59 75│East. North. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 30│ 10│ 3│ 73 49│ 61 92│North. North-East. │Rain. Fine. │ │ 31│ 19│ 2│ 84 55│ 60 84│East. North-East. │Variable. │ │ 32│ 16│ 1│ 78 55│ 65 84│North-East. West. │Variable. │ │ 33│ 20│ 1│ 73 65│ 59 79│West. South-West. │Variable. │ │ 34│ 15│ 4│ 85 60│ 50 72│West. South-West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 35│ 15│ 2│ 79 57│ 65 75│West. South-West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 36│ 14│ 3│ 73 40│ 69 91│West. South-West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 37│ 19│ 2│ 69 47│ 71 88│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 38│ 19│ 2│ 71 51│ 73 93│East. North-East. │Fine. │ │ 39│ 15│ 1│ 69 44│ 74 91│East. South-West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 40│ 12│ 3│ 70 41│ 75 88│S-West. S-West. │Foggy. │ │ 41│ 14│ 1│ 67 42│ 75 89│S-West. S-West. │Foggy. Rain. │ │ 42│ 14│ 2│ 66 45│ 76 96│South. South-West. │Foggy. Cloudy.│ │ 43│ 12│ 5│ 69 40│ 80 96│West. North-West. │Foggy. Rain. │ │ 44│ 17│ 1│ 56 40│ 78 98│West. West. │Foggy. Rain. │ │ 45│ 10│ 2│ 50 31│ 78 98│West. North-West. │Foggy. │ │ 46│ 10│ 4│ 53 33│ 82 97│West. North-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 47│ 13│ 1│ 47 38│ 75 93│East. North-East. │Rain. │ │ 48│ 8│ 1│ 50 30│ 74 93│West. South-West. │Fine. Foggy. │ │ 49│ 18│ 3│ 54 33│ 82 98│West. North-West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 50│ 16│ 4│ 54 45│ 87 99│S-West. S-West. │Fair. Foggy. │ │ 51│ 14│ 3│ 49 33│ 85 98│East. North-East. │Foggy. Fair. │ │ 52│ 11│ 3│ 52 34│ 85 98│N-East. N-East. │Foggy. │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ Total│ 676│ 110│ │ │ │ │ └──────┴──────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────┴────────────────────┴──────────────┘

_Meteorological Table, with reference to Admissions and Deaths, for
1827._

┌──────┬──────┬───────┬─────────┬─────────┬────────────────────┬──────────────┐ │Weeks.│Admis-│Deaths.│ Heat. │Moisture.│ Wind. │ Weather. │ │ │sions.│ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Max. Min.│Max. Min.│ 〃 │ 〃 │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 1│ 10│ 1│ 49 18│ 98 74│West. North. │Fair. │ │ 2│ 7│ 2│ 53 31│ 98 85│West. South-West. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 3│ 14│ 0│ 53 25│ 96 76│West. North-East. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 4│ 8│ 1│ 42 18│ 95 81│West. North-East. │Cloudy. Foggy.│ │ 5│ 12│ 3│ 46 27│ 98 75│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 6│ 6│ 1│ 41 28│ 93 75│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 7│ 9│ 3│ 40 19│ 87 80│East. North-East. │Fine. │ │ 8│ 13│ 1│ 40 29│ 89 72│East. North-East. │Fair. Cloudy. │ │ 9│ 10│ 0│ 50 30│ 98 82│West. South-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 10│ 10│ 1│ 56 32│ 93 78│West. South-West. │Fair. Rain. │ │ 11│ 12│ 0│ 56 32│ 88 77│West. North-West. │Fair. │ │ 12│ 4│ 0│ 48 35│ 97 75│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 13│ 10│ 1│ 58 35│ 89 76│West. West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 14│ 2│ 0│ 67 46│ 98 75│West. North-East. │Fine. │ │ 15│ 8│ 0│ 58 41│ 92 72│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 16│ 19│ 4│ 52 39│ 92 78│East. North-East. │Cloudy.Rain. │ │ 17│ 6│ 2│ 71 34│ 88 68│Variable. Variable. │Fair. │ │ 18│ 11│ 1│ 72 44│ 95 79│West. South-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 19│ 14│ 1│ 59 34│ 94 72│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 20│ 16│ 0│ 70 46│ 88 75│East. South-West. │Fair. │ │ 21│ 12│ 2│ 72 45│ 90 73│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 22│ 21│ 0│ 70 45│ 92 78│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 23│ 9│ 0│ 70 48│ 92 74│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 24│ 23│ 2│ 75 52│ 92 71│East. West. │Fair. │ │ 25│ 13│ 1│ 74 50│ 87 73│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 26│ 23│ 5│ 72 58│ 98 77│West. West. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 27│ 13│ 1│ 79 55│ 92 74│Variable. Variable. │Fair. │ │ 28│ 15│ 0│ 80 53│ 82 70│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 29│ 15│ 2│ 76 56│ 82 68│East. East. │Cloudy. │ │ 30│ 17│ 1│ 84 57│ 92 78│West. West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 31│ 17│ 3│ 80 53│ 84 72│West. West. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 32│ 17│ 2│ 72 50│ 86 74│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 33│ 16│ 2│ 72 54│ 93 74│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 34│ 18│ 5│ 78 52│ 90 75│East. North-East. │Fair. │ │ 35│ 20│ 2│ 78 53│ 93 78│East. North-East. │Cloudy. Fair. │ │ 36│ 14│ 6│ 68 51│ 96 80│East. Fair. │Cloudy. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ North-East. │ │ │ 37│ 17│ 6│ 71 51│ 91 78│East. Fair. │Cloudy. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ North-East. │ │ │ 38│ 16│ 1│ 64 49│ 91 81│West. Fair. │Cloudy. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ South-West. │ │ │ 39│ 14│ 0│ 64 52│ 100 87│West. South-East. │Cloudy. │ │ 40│ 16│ 2│ 61 47│ 100 95│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 41│ 13│ 2│ 64 43│ 98 86│West. West. │Fair. Cloudy. │ │ 42│ 15│ 2│ 63 57│ 98 85│West. South-East. │Foggy. │ │ 43│ 16│ 2│ 60 37│ 100 89│S-East. S-West. │Fair. Cloudy. │ │ 44│ 23│ 2│ 57 39│ 99 78│West. North-West. │Foggy. │ │ 45│ 13│ 3│ 60 39│ 98 92│West. North-West. │Fair. Cloudy. │ │ 46│ 5│ 0│ 52 40│ 100 86│East. South-East. │Foggy. │ │ 47│ 12│ 1│ 45 25│ 100 83│N-West. N-West. │Fair. │ │ 48│ 15│ 3│ 53 41│ 100 96│West. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 49│ 9│ 0│ 56 36│ 97 80│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 50│ 9│ 2│ 55 38│ 98 86│West. West. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 51│ 9│ 3│ 55 39│ 98 97│West. West. │Rain. │ │ 52│ 17│ 1│ 52 31│ 98 87│West. South-West. │Foggy. │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ Total│ 676│ 87│ │ │ │ │ └──────┴──────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────┴────────────────────┴──────────────┘

_Meteorological Table, with reference to Admissions and Deaths, for
1828._

┌──────┬──────┬───────┬─────────┬─────────┬────────────────────┬──────────────┐ │Weeks.│Admis-│Deaths.│ Heat. │Moisture.│ Wind. │ Weather. │ │ │sions.│ │ │ │ │ │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 〃 │ 〃 │ 〃 │Max. Min.│Max. Min.│ 〃 │ 〃 │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ 1│ 8│ 3│ 50 33│ 98 96│East. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 2│ 9│ 0│ 47 28│ 99 85│East. South-East. │Cloudy. Snow. │ │ 3│ 11│ 1│ 56 38│ 99 86│East. North-East. │Rain. Cloudy. │ │ 4│ 14│ 3│ 53 40│ 98 90│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 5│ 11│ 1│ 54 39│ 96 90│West. West. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 6│ 8│ 2│ 54 28│ 98 90│West. East. │Cloudy. Snow. │ │ 7│ 11│ 0│ 41 28│ 98 90│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 8│ 13│ 2│ 52 36│ 98 90│East. West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 9│ 7│ 1│ 57 38│ 98 94│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 10│ 11│ 1│ 55 31│ 98 76│East. North-West. │Fair. │ │ 11│ 18│ 2│ 62 44│ 94 86│West. West. │Fine. │ │ 12│ 5│ 0│ 64 36│ 98 92│West. West. │Fair. Hail. │ │ 13│ 13│ 2│ 52 33│ 98 92│East. North-East. │Foggy. Rain. │ │ 14│ 8│ 3│ 53 35│ 98 82│East. North. │Cloudy. │ │ 15│ 15│ 1│ 61 38│ 98 95│East. South-West. │Rain. Fine. │ │ 16│ 14│ 4│ 61 43│ 98 94│West. West. │Rain. │ │ 17│ 14│ 2│ 65 39│ 97 80│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 18│ 16│ 3│ 68 45│ 98 75│West. East. │Fair. │ │ 19│ 10│ 0│ 66 43│ 98 80│East. West. │Fair. │ │ 20│ 16│ 2│ 68 47│ 92 85│East. South-East. │Fair. │ │ 21│ 8│ 2│ 68 47│ 98 90│East. South-East. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 22│ 8│ 1│ 71 52│ 98 78│West. West. │Fair. │ │ 23│ 3│ 0│ 70 51│ 94 77│West. West. │Fair. Rain. │ │ 24│ 13│ 1│ 73 54│ 78 75│N-West. N-West. │Fair. │ │ 25│ 13│ 1│ 73 56│ 96 75│S-East. S-East. │Rain. Fair. │ │ 26│ 12│ 1│ 80 55│ 96 79│N-West. N-West. │Fine. │ │ 27│ 8│ 1│ 79 56│ 100 91│West. West. │Cloudy. │ │ 28│ 18│ 0│ 77 65│ 74 43│S-West. S-West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 29│ 11│ 1│ 73 55│ 66 48│N-West. N-West. │Cloudy. │ │ 30│ 24│ 2│ 73 51│ 50 49│N-West. N-West. │Fine. │ │ 31│ 13│ 0│ 72 66│ 51 49│East. East. │Rain. Fine. │ │ 32│ 14│ 2│ 74 53│ 50 49│S-East. S-East. │Fine. │ │ 33│ 18│ 3│ 74 44│ 52 40│West. South-West. │Cloudy. Rain. │ │ 34│ 12│ 2│ 68 42│ 50 47│S-East. S-East. │Fine. │ │ 35│ 22│ 1│ 73 56│ 54 50│S-West. S-West. │Foggy. Fine. │ │ 36│ 11│ 4│ 66 45│ 55 51│West by North. West.│Foggy. Rain. │ │ 37│ 16│ 1│ 63 48│ 56 51│West. West. │Foggy. Fine. │ │ 38│ 10│ 3│ 63 39│ 55 50│N-West. N-West. │Foggy. Fine. │ │ 39│ 17│ 4│ 63 38│ 68 52│East. South-West. │Foggy. Fine. │ │ 40│ 14│ 4│ 53 39│ 68 55│East. South-East. │Fine. │ │ 41│ 8│ 0│ 53 26│ 67 55│S-East. S-East. │Fine.Foggy. │ │ 42│ 13│ 2│ 56 26│ 75 55│S-East. S-East. │Fine. │ │ 43│ 8│ 1│ 63 42│ 64 55│East. North-West. │Fine. Foggy. │ │ 44│ 5│ 5│ 54 39│ 68 58│East. North. N-East.│Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 45│ 4│ 0│ 44 35│ 67 53│S-East. South. │Fine. Foggy. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ S-East. │ │ │ 46│ 12│ 3│ 54 28│ 74 63│East. South-East. │Rain. Cloudy. │ │ 47│ 7│ 1│ 56 41│ 68 56│S-West. S-West. │Fine. │ │ 48│ 13│ 0│ 59 35│ 68 56│West. North-West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 49│ 13│ 1│ 53 38│ 65 64│West. S. South-West.│Foggy. Rain. │ │ 50│ 10│ 1│ 56 40│ 68 65│West. West. │Fine. Cloudy. │ │ 51│ 9│ 0│ 57 41│ 65 65│N-West. W. N-West. │Fine. │ │ 52│ 9│ 0│ 45 36│ 69 65│S-West. S-East. │Foggy. Rain. │ ├──────┼──────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼────────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ Total│ 597│ 81│ │ │ │ │ └──────┴──────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────┴────────────────────┴──────────────┘

Occupation of Patients, with reference to Susceptibility, for one year.

Servants 150
Labourers 126
Shoemakers 18
Tailors 17
Fruiterers 13
Carpenters 10
Weavers 10
Bricklayers 8
Bakers 6
Dress Makers 6
Painters 5
Plasterers 5
Sailors 5
Printers 3
Sawyers 3
Butchers 3
Porters 3
Sweeps 3
Chair Women 3
Pot-boys 3
Shop-boys 3
Silversmiths 2
Grocers 2
Furriers 2
Curriers 2
Woodmen 2
Grooms 2
Skinners 2
Fishmongers 2
Gardeners 2
Corkcutters 2
Farmers 2
Braidmakers 2
Watchmakers 2
Cagemakers 1
Guncapmakers 1
Blacksmiths 1
Combmakers 1
Coppersmiths 1
Firemen 1
Distillers 1
Masons 1
Cabinetmakers 1
Milkmen 1
Saddlers 1
Ferulemakers 1
Coachbuilders 1
Mercers 1
Bargebuilders 1
Cheesemongers 1
Sawmakers 1
Clockmakers 1
Upholstresses 1
Poulterers 1
Destitute 230
———
Total 679

Sex of Patient, with reference to Susceptibility.

┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
│ 1825. │ 1826. │ 1827. │ 1828. │
├────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│Males 289│Males 325│Males 337│Males 278│
│Females, 299│Females, 351│Females, 339│Females, 319│
│ ———│ ———│ ———│ ———│
│ Total, 588│ Total, 676│ Total, 676│ Total, 597│
└────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘

Sex of Patient, with reference to Mortality.

┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
│ 1825. │ 1826. │ 1827. │ 1828. │
├────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┤
│Males 53│Males 56│Males 48│Males 33│
│Females, 51│Females, 54│Females, 38│Females, 48│
│ ———│ ———│ ———│ ———│
│ Total, 104│ Total, 110│ Total, 86│ Total, 81│
└────────────┴────────────┴────────────┴────────────┘

Locality of Patient, with reference to Susceptibility.

Country Unhealthy. Town Unhealthy. Town Healthy.

Servants 12 31 96
Labourers 0 88 48
Destitute 0 43 50

Table of Ages, with reference to Susceptibility.

┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
│ Age, for │ Age, for │ Age, for │ Age, for │
│ 1825. │ 1826. │ 1827. │ 1828. │
├────────┬───┼────────┬───┼────────┬───┼────────┬───┤
│Under 10│ 42│Under 10│ 27│Under 10│ 25│Under 10│ 31│
│ 15│ 67│ 15│ 87│ 15│ 70│ 15│ 80│
│ 20│172│ 20│170│ 20│163│ 20│136│
│ 25│133│ 25│143│ 25│164│ 25│107│
│ 30│ 81│ 30│102│ 30│107│ 30│ 84│
│ 35│ 29│ 35│ 46│ 35│ 35│ 35│ 47│
│ 40│ 28│ 40│ 37│ 40│ 50│ 40│ 45│
│ 45│ 10│ 45│ 28│ 45│ 20│ 45│ 21│
│ 50│ 10│ 50│ 13│ 50│ 13│ 50│ 17│
│ 55│ 10│ 55│ 7│ 55│ 8│ 55│ 6│
│ 60│ 1│ 60│ 5│ 60│ 13│ 60│ 14│
│ 65│ 1│ 65│ 3│ 65│ 2│ 65│ 6│
│ 70│ 2│ 70│ 3│ 70│ 4│ 70│ 1│
│ 75│ 1│ 75│ 4│ 75│ 2│ 75│ 2│
│ 80│ 1│ 80│ 1│ 80│ 0│ 80│ 0│
│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│
│ │———│ │———│ │———│ │———│
│ Total │588│ Total │676│ Total │676│ Total │597│
╘════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╛

Table of Ages, with reference to Mortality.

┌────────────┬────────────┬────────────┬────────────┐
│ Age, for │ Age, for │ Age, for │ Age, for │
│ 1825. │ 1826. │ 1827. │ 1828. │
├────────┬───┼────────┬───┼────────┬───┼────────┬───┤
│Under 10│ 3│Under 10│ 1│Under 10│ 5│Under 10│ 4│
│ 15│ 5│ 15│ 10│ 15│ 5│ 15│ 5│
│ 20│ 29│ 20│ 35│ 20│ 16│ 20│ 12│
│ 25│ 25│ 25│ 14│ 25│ 17│ 25│ 11│
│ 30│ 17│ 30│ 20│ 30│ 18│ 30│ 12│
│ 35│ 2│ 35│ 3│ 35│ 1│ 35│ 4│
│ 40│ 7│ 40│ 7│ 40│ 10│ 40│ 7│
│ 45│ 6│ 45│ 4│ 45│ 5│ 45│ 5│
│ 50│ 4│ 50│ 5│ 50│ 4│ 50│ 7│
│ 55│ 3│ 55│ 1│ 55│ 2│ 55│ 1│
│ 60│ 0│ 60│ 3│ 60│ 1│ 60│ 4│
│ 65│ 0│ 65│ 2│ 65│ 0│ 65│ 3│
│ 70│ 2│ 70│ 1│ 70│ 0│ 70│ 0│
│ 75│ 1│ 75│ 2│ 75│ 2│ 75│ 1│
│ 80│ 0│ 80│ 2│ 80│ 0│ 80│ 0│
│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│ 85│ 0│
│ │———│ │———│ │———│ │———│
│ Total │104│ Total │110│ Total │ 86│ Total │ 76│
╘════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╧════════╧═══╛

_Relation between Date of Attack, Admission and Cure, in 600 Cases._

┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ Admitted on. │ Dismissed on │Duration of Disease.│
├────────────────┬───┼────────────────┬───┼────────────────┬───┤
│1st Day of Fever│ 2│11th Day │ 11│11 Days │ 11│
│ │ │12 │ 2│12 │ 2│
│2 │ 6│13 │ 6│13 │ 6│
│ │ │14 │ 8│14 │ 8│
│3 │ 29│15 │ 4│15 │ 4│
│ │ │16 │ 9│16 │ 9│
│4 │ 47│17 │ 7│17 │ 7│
│ │ │18 │ 15│18 │ 15│
│5 │ 54│19 │ 14│19 │ 14│
│ │ │20 │ 15│20 │ 15│
│6 │ 43│21 │ 18│21 │ 18│
│ │ │22 │ 11│22 │ 11│
│7 │138│23 │ 19│23 │ 19│
│ │ │24 │ 27│24 │ 27│
│8 │ 35│25 │ 15│25 │ 15│
│ │ │26 │ 17│26 │ 17│
│9 │ 25│27 │ 24│27 │ 24│
│ │ │28 │ 22│28 │ 22│
│10 │ 20│29 │ 25│29 │ 25│
│ │ │30 │ 13│30 │ 13│
│11 │ 4│31 │ 13│31 │ 13│
│ │ │32 │ 15│32 │ 15│
│12 │ 7│33 │ 12│33 │ 19│
│ │ │34 │ 12│34 │ 12│
│13 │ 4│35 │ 16│35 │ 16│
│ │ │36 │ 13│36 │ 13│
│14 │ 71│37 │ 24│37 │ 24│
│ │ │38 │ 14│38 │ 14│
│15 │ 11│39 │ 12│39 │ 12│
│ │ │40 │ 10│40 │ 10│
│17 │ 3│41 │ 8│41 │ 8│
│ │ │42 │ 7│42 │ 7│
│18 │ 2│43 │ 7│43 │ 7│
│ │ │44 │ 15│44 │ 15│
│19 │ 1│45 │ 7│45 │ 7│
│ │ │46 │ 6│46 │ 6│
│21 │ 43│47 │ 7│47 │ 7│
│ │ │48 │ 3│48 │ 3│
│28 │ 8│49 │ 8│49 │ 8│
│ │ │50 │ 6│50 │ 6│
│30 │ 2│51 │ 7│51 │ 7│
│ │ │52 │ 4│52 │ 4│
│42 │ 2│53 │ 2│53 │ 2│
│ │ │54 │ 5│54 │ 5│
│56 │ 1│55 │ 1│55 │ 1│
│ │ │56 │ 1│56 │ 1│
│60 │ 1│57 │ 4│57 │ 4│
│ │ │58 │ 3│58 │ 3│
│Unknown │ 21│59 │ 2│59 │ 2│
│ │ │60 │ 5│60 │ 5│
│ │ │62 │ 1│62 │ 1│
│ │ │Beyond 62 │ 24│Beyond 62 │ 24│
│ │ │Unknown │ 16│Unknown │ 16│
└────────────────┴───┴────────────────┴───┴────────────────┴───┘

Relation between date of Attack, Admission, and Death, for one year,
comprehending 84 Cases.

Admitted on

3d day of fever 5
4 4
5 2
6 4
7 11
8 6
9 3
10 3
11 2
13 1
14 13
17 1
21 16
28 5
30 1
42 3
Unknown 4

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Died on

7th day of fever 1
8 2
9 2
10 4
11 7
12 2
13 1
14 6
15 2
16 2
17 2
18 1
19 1
20 5
21 3
22 1
23 2
24 4
25 2
26 1
27 3
28 3
29 1
30 3
31 4
32 1
33 1
35 4
36 2
37 2
40 1
41 1
42 1
60 2
Unknown 4

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Died on

1st day after admission 4
2 5
3 11
4 8
5 5
6 8
7 5
8 2
9 1
10 5
11 4
12 4
13 1
14 7
15 1
16 3
18 1
19 2
20 1
28 1
30 1
34 2
44 1

Proportions of Type out of 300 Cases.

Synochus 235
Typhus Mitior 21
Typhus Gravior 1
Scarlatina 40
Intermittent 1
Remittent 2

Proportions of Internal Characteristic Affection out of 300 Cases.

Cerebral 66
Thoracic 79
Abdominal 60
Mixed 95

Proportions of External Accidental Affection out of 300 Cases.

Erysipelatous 11
Glandular 6
Cynancheal 5
Herpetic 3
Laryngeal 1
Phlegmatial 1
Rheumatic 1
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Miscarriage 7
Preternatural Cutaneous Sensibility 4

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PRINTED BY G. HAYDEN, LITTLE COLLEGE STREET, WESTMINSTER.

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Footnote 1:

Observations on the Treatment of Epidemic Fever, &c. By Henry
Clutterbuck, M.D., p. 3–9.

Footnote 2:

Sydenham’s Works, p. 1, 2, &c.

Footnote 3:

Cullen, First Lines, S. 46.

Footnote 4:

Pathological Observations, Part II. on Continued Fever, &c. By W.
Stoker, M.D. p. 32.

Footnote 5:

Ibid. p. 34.

Footnote 6:

Pathological Observations, &c. pp. 73, 74.

Footnote 7:

A Practical Treatise on the Typhus or Adynamic Fever, by John Burne,
M.D.

Footnote 8:

Pathological Observations on Continued Fever, &c. p. 110.

Footnote 9:

Practical Treatise, &c. p. 161.

Footnote 10:

A Lecture upon Typhus Fever, by W. R. Clanny, M.D. p. 12.

Footnote 11:

Ibid., p. 16.

Footnote 12:

Observations on the Prevention and Treatment of the Epidemic Fever, by
Henry Clutterbuck, M.D. p. 5, 6.

Footnote 13:

See a paper in the Medico-Chirurgical Review, for 1828, entitled An
Eclectic Review on Fever.

Footnote 14:

Broussais’ exposition of his own doctrine in his own words is as
follows. On doit regarder comme nécessairement affectés, dans une
maladie, les tissus dont l’irritation est constante durant la vie, et
qui en offrent toujours des traces après la mort. Or, les phénomènes
de la sur-excitation des muqueuses, et surtout de la gastrique, ne
manquent jamais, dans le typhus fébrile, puisque leurs symptômes sont
identiques avec ceux des gastro-entérites sporadiques; tandis que ceux
des autres phlegmasies ne s’y montrent qu’accidentellement. Ensuite,
lorsque les personnes affectées de typhus out le malheur de succomber,
on trouve toujours ces membranes rouges, brunes ou noires, pendant que
les autres tissus n’offrent d’alteration que dans certaines
circonstances accidentelles: done l’irritation des membranes muqueuses
est inséparable du typhus fébrile.

Les typhus fébriles sont donc des gastro-entérites, ordinairement
compliquèes de catarrhes pulmonaires; ces deux phlegmasies sont le
résultat d’un véritable empoisonnement, plus ou moins analogue à celui
des champignons et des poissons gâtées, et qui en a tous les
caractères.

Le foie, principal annexe du canal digestif, est irrité
secondairement, et sa sécrétion est plus ou moins augmentée. Plus le
miasme est actif, plus cette lésion est marquée le typhus carcéraires
plus la chaleur est intense, plus l’irritation du foie est
inflammatoire (la fièvre jaune.)

Le cerveau n’est inflammé primitivement que par l’effet de certaines
circonstances qui ont fait prédominer l’action dans son tissu; telles
sont les affections morales, la nostalgie, les chaleurs, etc.; mais il
souffre toujours beaucoup par sympathie et quelquefois au point que
son irritation passe au degré de la phlegmasie, et devient aussi grave
que si elle était primitive.—_Examen. de la Doctrine Medicale, par F.
J. V. Broussais, p. 112–114._

Il n’y a de difference entre les gastrites qui sont ici dépeintes et
ces fièvres, que celle qui dépend du degré; car les gastrites aigües
qu’on ne peut pas arrêter arrivent toujours ou à l’ataxic ou a
l’adynamic, dont les symptômes ne different pas de ceux du typhus.
D’ailleurs, la gastrite dont il est ici question est déjà pour les
ontologists, une fièvre ataxique.—_Histoire des Phlegmasies, par F. J.
V. Broussais, Vol. III. p. 39._

Footnote 15:

Observations on the Prevention and Treatment of Epidemic Fever, &c.
pp. 11–12.

Footnote 16:

Thus Dr. Stoker states that the remedies “may be arranged according to
their relative importance in the treatment of fever, in the following
order; viz. In mixed fever, 1. Cleanliness. 2. Ventilation. 3. Cool
regimen. 4. Plentiful dilution. 5. Purgatives. 6. Topical bleeding. 7.
Antimonial or James’s Powder. In Typhoid Fever. 1. Yeast or barm. 2.
Wine. 3. Aperients. 4. Emetics. 5. Blisters. 6. Tepid or cold
affusion. 7. Peruvian bark.”—_Pathological Observations &c., p. 111._
In neither of these catalogues is general bleeding mentioned at all:
in the first, topical bleeding is mentioned, but it is placed the last
but one in the list, while in the second, allusion even to topical
bleeding is wholly omitted. And Dr. Clanny states that the first
proposition relative to the cure is how to restore sanguification, or
how to afford fresh chyle to the blood; that although in full habits,
at the commencement of typhus fever, general blood-letting is often
attended with good effects, yet we should remember that if we take one
ounce too much, we may thereby prevent sanguification altogether; that
therefore it is better to have a sufficient quantity of lymphatic
blood in the system them to run the risk of having too little of the
pabulum vitæ, for the purpose of carrying on the functions of life,
and that in fact venesection is not called for in nine cases out of
ten of typhus fever. Let me caution young practitioners, he adds,
against the repeated use of the lancet, when the buffy coat shews
itself, for in many cases, which have come under my notice, I have
observed the buffy coat to be present after repeated bleedings, AND
WHICH COULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER CAUSE THAN
DEBILITY.—_Lecture on Fever, pp. 21–2–3._

Footnote 17:

It is remarkable that the word which expresses fever, both in the
Greek and the Latin languages, signifies to burn or to boil, and it is
probable that this state of the system is denoted in most modern
languages by some term bearing a similar meaning.

Footnote 18:

A Treatise on Fevers, &c. By A. P. Wilson Philip, M.D. p. 10.

Footnote 19:

Treatise on Fever, &c. By A. P. Wilson Philip, M.D. p. 12.

Footnote 20:

Sydenham’s Works, Chap. 3, p. 11.

Footnote 21:

Sir John Pringle on the Diseases of the Army, p. 66, &c.

Footnote 22:

In scarlatina the affection of the skin modifies the febrile symptoms,
as has just been said, considerably: in small-pox exceedingly. If, on
this account, any one enamoured of nosological distinctions should
wish to separate these varieties of disease, it might be done by
dividing continued fever into—

1. Continued fever without an eruption;

Synochus mitior, Typhus mitior,
—— gravior, —— gravior:

2. Continued fever with an eruption;

Scarlatina, Variola,
Synochodes, Synochodes,
Typhodes, Typhodes:

and so on of all the Exanthemata.

Although the eruption may, and without doubt does give rise to some
peculiar symptoms and so modifies the fever, yet the true character of
the disease, or _the disease as a subject of medical treatment_,
depends entirely on the nature, that is in truth on the intensity of
the fever. If, therefore, the Exanthemata can find no place under the
genus fever consistently with the principles of nosological
arrangement, it appears to me that these artificial distinctions ought
to be abandoned: because it is better to reject nosology, than to
overlook or to mistake pathology.

Footnote 23:

Observations on the Prevention and Treatment of Epidemic Fever, by
Henry Clutterbuck, M.D. p. 15.

Footnote 24:

See pathology—chest cases. John Potter.

Footnote 25:

See page 107.

Footnote 26:

See page 163, 1.

Footnote 27:

See page 163, 2.

Footnote 28:

Those morbid appearances which, not being constant in fever, must be
considered as accidental, are placed in brackets throughout this
chapter.

Footnote 29:

See Case L.

Footnote 30:

See page 51. et seq.

Footnote 31:

Observations on the Diseases of the Army, by Sir John Pringle, Bart.,
p. 11. et seq.

Footnote 32:

Observations on the Diseases of the Army, by Sir John Pringle, Bart.,
p. 36.

Footnote 33:

See a Memoir on Contagion, more especially as it respects the Yellow
Fever, &c., by N. Potter, M.D., Baltimore.

Footnote 34:

In pursuing these researches, I hope to have the advantage of the
co-operation of my friend Dr. Dill.

Footnote 35:

It would be trifling, while treating of so momentous a subject as the
proper management of fever, which requires the prompt, vigorous, and
yet cautious exhibition of the most powerful remedies, to spend any
time in discussing the merits of saline, refrigerant, diaphoretic,
antimonial medicines, and the rest of the apparatus, which
unfortunately continues to hold the place of direct, honourable, and
well-earned (if any thing can be well-earned) remuneration to the
practitioner.

Footnote 36:

Watchful of the convalescence as experience had taught us it is
necessary to be after so severe an attack, still he was allowed to put
himself too forward. When to all appearance recovered, though still
weak, he undertook a journey of fifty miles, that he might the more
completely re-establish his health in the country. He had not arrived
at his journey’s end an hour before he relapsed. He was again bled,
and the cold dash was applied a second time with success. From the
commencement to the termination of the disease, 120 pounds of blood
were abstracted in this case.

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