Epidemic diphtheria : a research on the origin and spread of the disease from an international standpoint / by Arthur Newsholme.

  • Arthur Newsholme
Date:
1900
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Credit: Epidemic diphtheria : a research on the origin and spread of the disease from an international standpoint / by Arthur Newsholme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIPHTHERIA. Death-rates per 100,000. Place. Years of observa- Diphtheria plus Croup. Diphtheria alone. Mean Death- rate. tion. Highest. Lowest. Highest. Lowest. Diph- theria plus Croup. Diph- theria alone. Trieste . . 1865-96 /251 in 1 1873 27 in) 1877 / — — 130 — Buda Pesth. 1874-96 f 194 in \ 1878 46 in 1895 140 in 1891 29 in ) 1884-5/ 108 68 Vienna . . Prague . . 1865-96 1865-95 f177 in \ 1878 42 in 1873 (144 in 1878)* 110 m 1888 (19 in ) 1884) / 1 in \ 1876 ] 77 — * The “ Diphtheria alone ” returns for Vienna refer to the years 1865-89. Russia. St. Petersburg suffered from, a severe epidemic of diphtheria in 1881-83, which in 1882 caused a death-rate of 1*52 per 1000 of population. A later epidemic cul- minated in 1894. At Moscow the disease appears to have been continuously present in greater amount than at St. Petersburg, but there were epidemics about the same time as at St. Petersburg. The 1882 maximum corresponds to the 1883 maximum in Berlin. (There is some doubt as to whether the height of the latter part of the curve for Moscow is not exaggerated, in consequence of doubt as to its true population. The oscillations alone must, therefore, be regarded, and not the general upward direction of the curve.) In Warsaw, judging by such records as are available, there is a large amount of diphtheria. The death-rate from diphtheria plus croup in 1885 was 101, and in 1887 was 72 per 100,000 of population. These figures are de- rived from the annual summaries of the English Registrar-