The natural history and epidemiology of cholera : being the annual oration of the Medical Society of London, May 7, 1888 / by J. Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1888
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Credit: The natural history and epidemiology of cholera : being the annual oration of the Medical Society of London, May 7, 1888 / by J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    32P II in March it was reported in Sicily, but did not acquire serious proportions till July. In that month it attacked Rocella on the Calabrian coast, and increased in Sicily and on the mainland. In Sicily its range was limited to the provinces of Palermo, Messina, Caltanesetta and Catania ; its severity fluctuated slightly, but there was no distinct abatement in the island generally till the beginning of October. In August there were cases at Malta ; cholera began to increase in range in the south of Italy, and attacked Naples, Resina and other places along the Bay of Naples. It increased in range along the Bay and in the extreme south till about the middle of September, and then Naples, Reggio and their surroundings became its chief seat. From that time it ceased to increase, and by the middle of October there were no further returns from Italy. The greatest severity of the epidemic was at Malta ; it was there steadily maintained during September and October, but then the decline began, and after the middle of November there were no further returns. The total number of deaths in Italy (including Sicily) was 2,200, in Malta 429. In South America, the epidemic, which began in November 1886 at Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, attacked the provinces of Uruguay, the Argentine Republic and Paraguay, and in the west Chili (for the first time), where it was limited to Santiago. By the middle of May it had ceased as an epidemic, but Santiago was again attacked in the middle of November, and Valparaiso be- came infected. In India there was a severe epidemic in the north-west, and 70,000 deaths are reported in the North-West Provinces during June and July=i per cent. In Peshawar city there were 280 deaths during the month ending in the middle of August. From this period cholera seems to have been dormant in Europe. Whether there may be a recrudescence in the spring, time will shew. Cholera has visited our islands several times as an epi- demic, with the following results :— Date. Deaths. 1831-32 1848-49 1853.54 52,547 53,293 20,057
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