Report from the select committee on contagious fever in London.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Contagious Fever in London.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Report from the select committee on contagious fever in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE exhibiting the number of patients admitted in the House of Recovery in Manchester since its opening in 1796, to 1808; with the numbers of cures and deaths for each year. The Number of Patients, Proportion of YF ARS Admitted. Cured. Dead. Remamuig at the end of each year. Deaths From 1796 to 1797 371 324 40 7 1 in Q *** y 17Q7 - 17q8 339 300 10 23 - - 20 17q8 - 17QQ ^1* 1yy 39^ 360 27 11 - - 14. 17QQ - 1800 364 315 41 0 0 - Q y 1800 - 1801 7d7 64.'1 J oy - 11 1801 - 1802 - 1,070 956 84 30 - - 12 1802 - 1803 - 601 53 Q - - 11 1803 - 1804 - 256 215 33 8 - - 7f 1804 - 1805 - 184 144 34 6 - - 5i 1805 - 1806 - 268 235 29 4 - - 9. 1806 - 1807 - 307 258 33 20 - 9^ 1807 - 1808 - 188 191 15 2 - - 124 Total from 1796'1 to 1808 - -/ 5,093 4,482 468 1 in 11 Has no officer of the establishment been affected from the contagion of fever during that time?—Not at all, at any time. Do you consider that circumstance to have originated from the system of ventila- tion and fumigation therein established, which according to your opinion has prevented the contagion from being communicated?—I should think it owing partly to that cause, and partly to the great space which the wards of the building contain. Can you state to the Committee what is the extent of the space to each ward, and the number of beds contained therein ?—I cannot from memory. In point of fact, is that space more considerable than in the ordinary wards of Hospitals with which you are acquainted in London?—From recollection I think it is; but I can only speak vaguely to that point. From what you have heard of that institution since you have quitted it, can you inform the Committee whether it continues at present to answer the purposes of its establishment, as fully as it did during the time you attended there ?—I understand it does perfectly. Do you know whether there has been any great influx of fever cases within the last twelve months ?—I am not able to answer that question, not having suf- ficient information upon that point. Were fevers very prevalent in Manchester, prior to the establishment of this institution?—Fevers were very prevalent at Manchester prior to its establishment, and the contagion, at all times prior to the establishment of that institution, was constantly kept up. It appears from the reports, that during the eight winter months, from September to May, that is from September 1793 to May 1794, there were 400 patients in one street only ill with fever, on the books of the infirmary. At where ?—At Manchester. In a similar period, from 1794 to 1795, there were 389 ; from 1795 to 1796, 267 ; from 1796 to 1797, only 25 ; this was immediately after the establishment of the House of Recovery, and the numbers from that period have been very small. 332. I To
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