A Treatise on Fever

by Southwood Smith

Age, for 1825.		Age, for 1826.		Age, for 1827.		Age, for 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 1825.		Age, for 1826.		Age, for 1827.		Age, for 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
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
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.