Report on the outbreak of the plague at Sydney, 1900 / by the Chief Medical Officer of the Government and President of the Board of Health.
- Thompson, J. Ashburton (John Ashburton), 1848-1915.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Report on the outbreak of the plague at Sydney, 1900 / by the Chief Medical Officer of the Government and President of the Board of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![Table 1 showing tlie number of times the symptoms mentioned occurred as the earliest observed symptoms of illness 293 whites, divided into three arbitrary groups containing—in Group A, 100 cases, 20th January to 12th April; Group B, 100 cases, 12th April to 9th May ; and in Group C, 93 cases, 9tli May to 9th August;—together wi the number of Deaths which occurred among patients having the symptoms as specified. Symytoms cccuriiig at tlie onset uf illness. Group A. Group B. Group C. Totals. No. of Cases in Hiiiuh the Syiiiptoms mentioned occurred at onset. No. of Deaths amony: Cases in preceding column. Per- centage of Deaths. No. of Cases in wliich tlie Symptoms mentioned occurred at onset. No. of Deaths amonjr Cases in prece<lin<f column. Per- centage of Deaths No. of Cases in which the symptoms mentioned occurred at onset. No. of Deaths among Cases in preceding colunui. Per- centage of Deaths. No. of Cases in which the symptoms mentioned occurred at onset. No. of Deaths among Cas.es in preceding column. Per- cental. ..f Dcatl * 55 20 47-3 57 23 40-4 49 14 28-5 161 63 39-] Pain.s in the back, bod}' and chest 23 11 47-8 30 11 36-6 13 3 23- 66 25 37! hones. 72 20 36- 04 20 31-2 49 10 20-4 185 56 30-.' 32 10 31-2 50 17 34- G2 14 22-5 144 41 28-J Symptoms referable to the Lym- 29 11 37-9 43 11 25'G 34 5 14-7 106 27 25-f phatic Glandular System, as pain or swelling. Table 2 showing the number of times the symptoms mentioned occurred as the earlie.st observed symptoms of illness i thirteen patients who had been inoculated with HafFkine's prophylactic, at dates before attack, which varie between one day and thirteen weeks, for comparison with Table 1, in which they arc also included. 26 37 41 42 44 47 51 57 66 103 115 214 285 Total • • • • 4 ... • 1 e e 0 • • A • • • • • 11 Rigors • • • 3 Symptoms referable to the Lympathic Glandular c • O • • • • 10 System, as pain or swelling. All the patients referred to in Table 2 recovered. Table 3 showing the number of times that one or more of the following symptoms, indicating derangement of th Nervous System, were observed in the patients constituting each of the three Groups at admission to hospita and the percentage of the total number in each Group who were alfected thereby. Group A (First 100 Whites). Symj torn. No. ct times observed. No. of Deaths among Patients in whom the respective symptoms were observed. Group B (Second 100 Whites). No. of Deaths among Patients in whom the respective mptoms were observed. Group C (Remaining 93 Whites). No. of Deaths among Patients in whom the respective symptoms were observed. Totals. 6-g No. of Deaths among Patients in whom the respective symptoms were observed. Ph Coma.., Semi-coma (not end- ing in Coma) Delirium (ordinary).. ,, (furious) ... Getting out of bed ... Hebetude Affections of speech.. gait ... Trismus Furious screaming ... Convulsions Insomnia 17 12 8 6 0 11 1 1 .2 U o a S o S = 5b o .2 & S -= S «^ •-' 60 !_ M O O ^ I'K o n 2 10 10 13 8 O g u ^ <^ o w tl a 0) R to 3 c C sis .2 S a .5 = a — CD a> ^ Si S o ^ ° o S « g g 0) ^2 r .2 a< 33 I G ■» ^ bD t. \ VI P O 4-( O II c £ o 16 a. I II Ph 56-2 36 21 58-3 84 29 34-5 38 21 55-3 34 21 61-8 19 6 31-6 50 21 42 0 9 5 55-0 2 1 50-0 6 2 33-3 9 7 77-7 15 5 33-3 fa i:: a .2 O > o in m n ■2° B tS g 3 (3 0) C tor 3 to S 5 4^ CM](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21298968_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
