[Report 1881] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County.

  • Newcastle upon Tyne (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1881
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Credit: [Report 1881] / Medical Officer of Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XIIL Admissions to and Deaths at the Newcastle Fever Hospital from 1st January to 31st December, 1881. DISEASES. Admissions. Deaths. ' ri 4 Mar. April May. June. July. Sept. O o > C Dec. Total Cu Mar. April May. June. July. bS) < Sept. o o > o 1^ d <v ft o H Scarlet Fever 1 1 2 ... 2 6 1 ] 2 Typhus Fever ... 3 .. . * • 1 ... 10 20 23 6 4 2 69 1 3 3 9 2 1 19 Enteric Fever ... 4 5 5 5 ... 1 1 4 2 3 30 1 2 Small-pox^ 4 3 9 9 3 4 1 16 16 7 72 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Febricula 1 1 Syphilis 1 1 Simple continued 2 9 Fever Chicken-pox 1 ... 1 Catarrh... ... 1 1 Pustular Acrid... ... 1 1 Roseolat 1 1 Pneumonia 1 1 2 Total ... 8 6 10il2 11 i 9 14 26 26 28 22 15 187 1 L 1 1 1 1 3 3 10 3 2 3 32 * The state of the Small-pox patients as to Vaccination is shown in Appendix C, page 50. t Sent as a case of Small-pox. TABLE XIY. Return of Suspected and Unwholesome Provisions Examined during 1881. Condition. Bad—How Disposed of. SUSPECTED PROVISIONS Amount. EXAMINED. Destroyed Destroyed ' Fit for Food. Food. by Order of with Consent Justice. of Owner. Carcases of Beef... 188 143 45 45 Quarters „ 11 2 9 5 4 Carcases of Veal... 9 5 4 • » • 4 ,, Mutton 238 116 122 6 116 „ Pork. 156 105 51 • • * 51 Sides of Bacon ... 12 1 11 • • • 11 Bacon, Hams 33 • • • 33 • • • 33 Tins of Preserved Roast) Beef ... ... • • • ) 58 58 58 ... Turkeys. 27 • • * 27 • • • 27 Geese 16 • • • 16 16 Ducks 11 • • • 11 • • • 11 Barrels of Oysters 1 ... 1 ... 1 Of the 143 carcases of beef returned as fit for food, 71 of the animals had been bruised more or less during transit. All the bruised portions were cut ofi; and destroyed. Three persons have been summoned before the Magistrates for being the owners of unsound meat intended for human food. Each was fined £5 and costs. WM. HEDLEY, Inspector.