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The Frequency, Causation, Prevention, and Treatment of Phthisis Pulmonalis in Asylums for the Insane; Essay for which was awarded the Bronze Medal of the Medico-Psychological Association, 1899

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

F. G. Crookshank*
Affiliation:
Northampton County Asylum

Extract

We are, for obvious reasons, forced to gauge the prevalence of phthisis in asylums by its mortality. Several questions at once present themselves:

What is the mortality from phthisis at the present time in the British Islands ? What is the mortality from phthisis in the asylums of the British Islands ?

Are these mortalities diminishing or increasing ? And what relation do they bear to one another ?

It is easy to propound these questions; it is extremely diffi cult to properly appraise the available data. For, first, if it be desired to compare the mortality from phthisis of asylum inmates with that of the general population, the comparison must be made on the basis of the ratio, in each case, of the annual deaths from phthisis to the average populations in volved. In other words, the phthisis death-rate, and not the percentage of deaths assigned to phthisis, must be estimated.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1899

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