ASTON LOCAL BOARD

... over eight wevr, and it hoad already enabled the Board to greatly limit the spread of the smallpox epidemic in the district. The total number of cases of smallpox reported in the dis- trict during the past nine weeks was 78, and 67 had been reuoveed to ...

Published: Wednesday 07 November 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
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OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

... report stated that 21 cases of smallpox, 3 of typh us, and 1 of typhoid fever had been admitted; 16 cases of smallpox and 2 of typhus fever had been dis- charged ; 2 cases of smallpox had died ; leaving 33 cases of smallpox, 5 cases of typhus, 2 cases of ...

Published: Friday 28 December 1883
Newspaper: Northern Echo
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 1046 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LETTER CCLXXVI

... boy with smallpox, without producing any effect at all. The experiment was repeated with the same result, and' the efficiency of vaccina, tion as a security azainat smallpox *as esta- blished on the solid foundation of fact. At that time smallpox was a national ...

Published: Saturday 23 June 1883
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2542 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

HEALTH COMMITTEE

... were obliged to send smallpox cases to Mill-road, E where there were at the same time a great number s of fever patients. As had been stated, some fever i patients had been sent home convalescent, but had been seized with smallpox, and returned to the ...

Published: Friday 23 November 1883
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1234 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

WOLVERHAMPTON TOWN COUNCIL

... and the division resulted in 17 votes for and 15 against.- The M\fedical Officer of Health reported that during the quarter smallpox hsad been epidemic in the town, 32 cases having occurred that were not confined to any particular area. The number of deaths ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 623 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

ASTON BOARD OF GUARDIANS

... year ended Mlareh 5, 1881.-The CHAIRMAN, in ?? to qucetione from the Guardians, stated that there bad been' no new oases of smallpox during the past seven days. IHe was sorry to say, however, that ecarlet fever of a very bad type had broken out in several ...

Published: Wednesday 16 May 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 589 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

PILFERINGS FROM PUNCH

... one that bas been proved beyond the reach of cavil or coo. troverey, it is the efficacy of vacfination as a preventive of small-pox. Thus, when Mr, Peter Taylor got up le the Homue of Commons, one day last week, and sald tiot there was a mars of testimony ...

Published: Thursday 28 June 1883
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 698 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

VACCINATION

... As yet the evidence of a decrease of smallpox is not very clear. We are building or. extending hospitals without ever considering the con. ditions under which the people live. We know very little as yet about smallpox, how far it is explained by the germ ...

Published: Sunday 24 June 1883
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1036 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

HEALTH OF BRISTOL

... annum 21' cv Bate of mortality from zvinotic diseases 12 DI Died aged 60 and upwards 82 TV Under one year old 22 v Of ?? 2 Small-pox ?? D ji Scarlet fewer .--0 Measles D.-- -- e Whooping cough - ?? a ?? ?? 0 Diphtheria- ?? -- -- Violence - -- -- - , Other ...

Published: Wednesday 07 March 1883
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 307 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE HEALTH OF BRADFORD DURING 1882

... outbreak in our own ai borough, but mauterialy assisted in preventing the spread 1i of smallpox in Leeds anti oter disitricts. It was objetted a3 that by thhs acting smallpox was unneceisarily introduced c into the borough. But we had to choose between having ...

Published: Tuesday 15 May 1883
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2095 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

WEDNESBURY LOCAL BOARD

... contact with fellow-workmen wiho re- sided there, where smallpox still prevailed. There was accommodation at the hospital for sixteen patients at the least, and considering the prolonged existenee of smallpox in surrounding towns, it was well for Wednesbury ...

Published: Wednesday 10 October 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 945 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

WEST BROMWICH TOWN COUNCIL

... The deaths from zymotic discascs, wbich nulin- bored 20, included 7 from smallP)ox. Tile medical officer was please(d to be able to report more favourably with regardl to thi smallpox epidemic. Since thfe last mceting of tel Council 48 patients hadl eel ...

Published: Friday 08 June 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 619 | Page: 7 | Tags: News