Diphtheria : its natural hstory and prevention being the Milroy Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1891 / by R. Thorne Thorne.
- Thorne R. Thorne (Richard Thorne), Sir, 1841-1899.
- Date:
- 1891
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Diphtheria : its natural hstory and prevention being the Milroy Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1891 / by R. Thorne Thorne. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![haviour of diphtheria in large urban centres as opposed to the more rural areas, or again, to the circumstance that the data relate only to such throat disease as has been recognised to be unmistakable diphtheria, I am, as yet, not prepared to say. TABLE No. VI. i DIPHTHERIA. Notified Attacks and Registered Deaths in 15 Large Towns and Cities of England. 1888-90. Months. OO CO CO M 1889. 1890. Total. Attacks. Deaths. Attacks. Deaths. Attacks. Deaths. Attacks. Deaths. January 94 34 191 65 163 54 44SJ CO 1531 February . 93 3i 164 59 147 48 404 , k-O cs 138 \ c? March . . 103 34 152 52 HI 46 406 I32j April . . ss 23 93 37 159 44 337] IO4 1 May 89 21 151 34 152 48 392 L 0 r ° 103 h J une 74 13 75 26 127 3i 276 - 70 J July . . 5i 21 165 56 172 47 3881 0 124] August. . 95 26 121 27 IOI 33 317 r» S6 [ September 92 21 167 37 176 42 435 - 100 J October . 125 56 229 56 207 57 561 N 169 ) November 161 52 143 42 176 42 480 -3 136 I December. 134 51 145 52 122 40 401 143 J Total . 1196 383 1796 543 1853 532 4845 1458 1 Diphtheria: Attacks and Deaths during the three years 1S8S, 1889, and 1890, in the following 15 towns :— Birkenhead. Halifax. Nottingham. Blackburn. Huddersfield. Oldham. Bolton. Leicester. Preston. Bradford (Yorks). Manchester. Salford. Derby. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sunderland. [Attach taken from Weekly “Notification” Returns. Deaths from the Registrar-General’s Weekly Returns].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21720137_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
