Dr. G.S. Buchanan's report to the Local Government Board upon epidemic enteric fever in the Urban District of Hucknall Torkard and upon sanitary administration by the District Council / [G.S. Buchanan].

  • George Seaton Buchanan
Date:
1897
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Credit: Dr. G.S. Buchanan's report to the Local Government Board upon epidemic enteric fever in the Urban District of Hucknall Torkard and upon sanitary administration by the District Council / [G.S. Buchanan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OFFICIAL COPY. Dr. G. S. Buchanan’s Report upon Epidemic Enteric Fever in the Urban District of Hucknall Torkard, and upon Sanitary Administration by the District Council. R. Thorne Thorne, Medical Officer, February 1st, 1897. On August 4th, 1896, the Board was informed by the Medical Officer of Health of the Urban District of Hucknall Torkard that enteric fever was prevalent in his district, and later, on August 29th, they received, through the Registrar-General, a report from the Registrar of the Bulwell sub-district which stated that ten deaths from enteric fever in Hucknall Torkard had been registered from July 10th to August 26th. As the Board had not received, by September 16th, the detailed information on the subject which they had asked the District Council to supply, I was directed to make local inquiry into the circumstances attending the fever prevalence. Accordingly, I visited Hucknall Torkard on September 18th, and certain following days, and again in the middle of October. I.—GENERAL DESCRIPTION. The character of the district was described twm years ago by Dr. Horne in his report to the Board on scarlatina prevalence in Hucknall Torkard and on Administration by the Sanitary Authority. I may quote his description here :— “ The Hucknall Torkard Urban Sanitary District, a portion of the Regis- “ tration sub-district of Bulwell, is situated in North Notts, about seven miles “ north-west from Nottingham, and eight miles south from Mansfield. It “ extends from east to west about three, and from north to south about two, “ miles. Its area is 3,270 acres. At the census of 1891 its population was “ 13,094 persons, but during the last three years the number has been much “ augmented.” The Medical Officer of Health estimates the number of inhabi¬ tants in 1896 as quite 15,000. “ It is computed that 6,000 men and boys “ are engaged in coal mining ; two thirds of them working at pits just “ beyond the Urban Sanitary District, while the remaining 2,000 are “ employed at two pits within the district itself. Besides the coal industry, “ there are hosiery factories, in which about 300, and a cigar manufactory, “ in which perhaps 200 hands, mainly girls, are employed. The physical “ aspect of the country is undulating, and the subsoil throughout is magnesian “ limestone.” A Local Board, constituted in 1867, was the Sanitary Authority of the district until 1894, when its functions were transferred to the Hucknall LONDON: PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Fleet Street, E.C.; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; or HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co., Limited, 104, Grafton Street, Dublin.__ _ I WELLCOME 1897 1 LIBRARY Price Threepence. No. 114.
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