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Table of Deaths at Grosse Isle From 1833 - 1847

Table shewing the number and percentages of diseases and of death, at the Quarantine Hospital Grosse Isle from 1833 to 1847, both years inclusive

Year
Emigrants Arrived
Adm. to Hospital (%)
Number of Deaths (%)
Diseases
Cholera (%)
Fever & Dysentary (%)
Smallpox (%)
Other (%)
Total
1833
22,062
239 (1.03)
27 (11.3)
 
159 (0.72)
34 (0.45)
46 (0.21)
239
1834
30,982
884 (2.72)
264 (31.16)
290 (0.95)
404 (1.30)
12 (0.07)
138 (1.45)
844
1835
11,580
126 (1.05)
10 (7.93)
 
34 (0.21)
48 (0.41)
54 (0.46)
126
1836
27,986
454 (1.62)
58 (12.78)
 
338 (1.21)
50 (0.18)
66 (0.24)
454
1837
31,894
598 (1.87)
57 (9.53)
 
481 (1.51)
104 (0.33)
13 (0.04)
598
1838
2,918
65 (2.23)
6 (9.31)
 
42 (1.44)
17 (0.51)
6 (0.21)
65
1839
7,214
189 (2.62)
9 (4.76)
 
147 (5.04)
1 (0.01)
41 (0.57)
189
1840
22,065
561 (1.54)
41 (7.31)
 
485 (2.15)
60 (0.27)
16 (0.07)
561
1841
28, 060
290 (1.03)
38 (13.13)
 
184 (0.65)
32 (0.11)
9 (0.08)
290
1842
44,374
488 (1.09)
54 (11.07)
 
340 (0.76)
56 (0.12)
74 (0.16)
488
1843
20,714
245 (1.18)
19 (7.75)
 
173 (0.83)
26 (0.12)
46 (0.22)
245
1844
20,149
388 (1.92)
17 (4.38)
 
322 (1.59)
11 (0.05)
55 (0.25)
388
1845
24,640
465 (1.88)
30 (6.45)
 
362 (1.47)
73 (0.29)
30 (0.12)
465
1846
32,753
892 (2.72)
66 (7.40)
 
613 (1.87)
106 (0.32)
173 (0.33?)
892
1847
98,106
8,691 (8.86)
3,238 (37.26)
 
8,574 (8.74)
92 (0.09)
25 (0.03)
8,691
Total:
425,490
14,533
3,934
290
4,648
722
726
14,533
G.M. Douglas M.D.
Medical Superintendant
 
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