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Excerpt from A System of Medicine, by Many Writers, Vol. 3
Prevalence. - Taking the statistics Of the British Army, which con sists for the most part Of men at the period Of life most subject to acute rheumatism, I find that the deaths ascribed to rheumatic fever in the years 1889 - 91 amounted to twenty-seven; that is to say, 101 in every In the Native Army Of India the death-rate is still lower, being 061 in every Among our general population the Registrar General's returns for the five years 1881-85 give ninety - seven per million living as the death-rate from this disease; in the five succeeding years (1886 the rate hadfallen to eighty-nine per million living. The mortality from the disease, as given in the Registrar - General's returns, is therefore no measure Of its frequency, nor Of the injury in?icted by it; a very large proportion Of the deaths attributed to heart disease being due to lesions caused by acute rheumatism. Rheumatic fever is a ubiquitous disease, and is met with from arctic to torrid zones; but it is more frequent in subtropical and temperate climes. N 0 race Of men is exempt, although Europeans in the subtropical and warmer temperate regions appear to suffer more frequently than the natives.
Mortality. - The actual mortality caused directly by rheumatic fever varies but little in the returns I have been able to consult. I find that in our own registrar-general's returns the average number Of deaths ascribed to rheumatic fever and rheumatism Of the heart for the Six years 1887-92 is per thousand Of deaths. In Scotland from the returns Of mortality in the eight principal towns for the last seven years I find it In Ireland it is in Paris in New South Wales in Queensland in New York City and Brooklyn 7 per thousand Of deaths from all causes.
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