Mr. W. H. Power's report to the local government board on prevalence of diphtheria and other throat illness at Radwinter, in the Saffron Walden Rural Sanitary District.

  • Power, W. H.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Mr. W. H. Power's report to the local government board on prevalence of diphtheria and other throat illness at Radwinter, in the Saffron Walden Rural Sanitary District. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    The progress month by month of throat illness in the parish during the year 1876-7 is given in Table II. Table II, Throat Illness in Rad winter Parish in 12 Months ending May 1877. Month. Presh Cases in Month. Houses newly attacked. Deaths. Month. Fresh Cases in Month. Houses newly attacked. Deaths. June 1876 - 2 1 Dec, 1876 19 10 July „ - 9 4 2 Jan. 1877 18 5 2 Aug. „ - 4 1 — Feb. „ - 15 6 2 Sept. „ - 3 3 — Mar. „ - 3 2 1 Oct. „ - 4 2 2 Apr. „ - 3 — 2 Nov. „ - 16 9 1 May „ - 1 — Table III. shows month by month the distribution of the disease in certain localities of the parish, the date at which each locality first became invaded, and its distance from the “ village.” It gives also for each locality the number of families and of persons resident; the number, as well as time of invasion, of the several households attacked, with the number of cases of throat illness, inclusive of diphtheria, and the deaths from diphtheria. Table III. Date of Locality invaded. Distance Number in Locality Number of Households Number of Cases of Throat Rlness. Deaths from Diph- theria. first Invasion. from “ Village.” Of House- holds. Of Persons. attacked in each Month. June 22 District of Maple Lane 5 furlongs 23 104 ^ In June, „ July, 1 „ Dec., 1 „ Jfii)., L ^ „ Feb., 1_ r 12 2 July 1 - “ Village ” - - - - 42 179 < „ July, 2‘ „ Nov., 3 . „ Feb., 3. „ July, r „ Dec., 1 „ Jan., 1 . „ Mar., 1. 16 1 July 6 ^ District of Radwinter End 2-3 miles 34 155 1 6 — August 1 Old Mill House (outlying dwellings) 4 furlongs 3 19 r „ Aug., 11 L „ Nov., IJ 6 — September 15 - „ 28 Hempstead Road (outlying dwell- ings). District of Chapel End 1 mile - 2-4 furlongs - 2 20 13 75 „ Sept., 1 „ Sept., 2' „ Oct., 1 „ Dec., 1 „ Jan., 2 . „ Feb., 1_ 1 .7 3 14 1 5 October 8 District of Tile Kiln 1-1^ miles - 12 56 ] [ „ Oct., r „ Nov., 1 . „ Dec., 1_ >- 3 5 — November 6 - District of Water Lane 3-6 furlongs - 17 78 ] „ Nov., 3' „ Dec., 3 „ Jan., >■ 7 20 1 „ 11 - District of Stocking Green 1-1^ miles - 10 43 ] „ Nov., 1' „ Dec., 2 „ Mar., 1, ► 4 9 2 December 25 - Grange Farm (solitary outlying) - 5 furlongs 1 7 ,, Dec., 1 1 2 — February 14 - Brodditch Farm (outlying) 2 miles 6 20 „ Feb., 1 1 4 — As to Fropar/ation of the Diphtheria.—There can be no doubt that to a very large extent diphtheria with its allied throat complaints has spread in Radwinter by infection from person to person. In the 43 houses into which it got entry 56 persons besides the original suflPerers were attacked. Between the occurrence of the first case in each house, and succeeding ones, an interval, an “incubation period,” of two to four days was commonly apparent. The 43 houses had besides the original sufferers, 208 inmates, and the incidence A 2 42359.