Some calculations of the number of accidents or deaths which happen in consequence of parturition; and of the proportions of male to female children, as well as of twins, monstrous productions, and children that are dead-born : Taken from the midwifery reports of the Westminster General Dispensary. With an attempt to ascertain the chance of life at different periods, from infancy to twenty-six years of age; and likewise the proportion of natives to the rest of the inhabitants of London. In a letter to Samuel Foart Simmons, M.D.F.R.S. By Robert Bland, M.D. physician-man-midwife to the Westminster general dispensary read at the Royal Society, May 10, 1781, and published in the philosophical transactions, vol. LXX[.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bland, R. (Robert), 1730-1816.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor (Obstetrics)--Statistics.

Labor (Obstetrics).

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

19 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates : illustrations ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. Nichols, MDCCLXXXI. [1781]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Read at the Royal Society, May 10, 1781, and published in Phil. Trans. vol. LXX.

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English Short Title Catalog, T49248.

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