[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell].

  • St. Giles Camberwell (Parish : Surrey, England)
Date:
1870
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    49 and from that time onwards during the remainder of the year several other cases of the same disease were admitted from the same neighbourhood into the Fever Hospital and into the German Hospital. Almost all of the patients were Polish Jews, and most of them were attacked shortly after their arrival in London. The disease was obviously imported into London by emigrants from infected locali ties abroad. In March, 1869, another Polish Jew, suffering from relapsing fever, was admitted from Whitechapel into the German Hospital; and by May it became evident that the disease was spreading from its original seat to other parts of London. Between March and the 31st of August, 39 cases were received into different Metropolitan Hospitals; and between 1st September and 15th October, 104 more. The above facts are extracted from a memorandum issued by the Medical Officer of the Privy Council on the 23rd October: which I read to the Vestry at its next ensuing meeting. The memorandum showed also that between March and the 31st August one case of relapsing fever had been sent from the Camberwell Workhouse to the Fever Hospital; and that between the latter date and the 15th October, 4 more cases had been transferred thither from our parish The well-founded fear that a serious epidemic of relap sing fever was impending, and the fact that scarlet fever was actually at the same time manifesting a very marked tendency, not only in Camberwell, but throughout London, to become unusually prevalent and severe, induced the Vestry to instruct me to put myself in communication with
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