Reports and papers on suspected cases of human plague in East Suffolk and on an epizootic of plague in rodents.
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Reports and papers on suspected cases of human plague in East Suffolk and on an epizootic of plague in rodents. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Report to tlie Local Government Board upon the Occurrence in the Autumn of 1910 of Four Deaths at Freston near Ipswich, from a rapidly fatal and infectious malady diagnosed as Pneumonic Plague, and upon the Prevalence of Plague in Rodents in Suffolk and Essex. Together with a report upon two localised outbreaks of disease in East Suffolk in 1909-10 and 1906-7 which may have been instances of Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague respectively; by H. Timbrel! Bulstrode, M.A., M.D. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Part I. PAGE. 1. Introductory Remarks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 2. Topography of the first Invaded Area ... ... ... ... ... 2 3. History of the Illness ... ... ... ... ... 3 4. Some Features of the Malady ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 5. The Bacteriological Findings ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 6. Theories as to the Source of the Outbreak ... ... ... ... 7 7. The Bacteriological Evidence of Plague amongst Rodents... ... 11 8. Opportunities for the Introduction of Rat Plague into East Suffolk (a) by Merchandise, (b) by Manure ... ... ... 12 9. Considerations as to ])oints of Introduction of Rat Plague ... 15 10. Discussion as to the Manner in which the Epizootic Spread ... 16 11. The Immunity of the Human Population in relation to the Diffusion of the Epizootic ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 12. The Seasonal Prevalence of Plague in Great Britain ... ... 22 Part II. Administrative Measures ... ... ... ... 25 Rat Destruction Order ... ... ... 27 Medical Officer’s Memorandum on Plague ... ... ... ... 28 Arrangements for Rat Examination ... ... ... ... ... 28 Work of East Suffolk County Council ... ... ... ... 29 Precautions as regards the future ... ... ... ... ... 29 Part III. The Trimley Outbreak of Illness in 1909-10 ... ... 31 The Shotley Outbreak of Pneumonia in 1906-7 ... ... ... 38 Ordnance Map showing area involved ... ... ... ... 40 1898.3 A](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22431937_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
