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London County Council 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Anthrax cases in recent years—(continued).

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Anthrax cases in recent years—(continued).

No.	Place of treatment.	Patient. i	Sex.	Age.	Date of attack.	No. of days before applying for treatment.	Seat of Charbon.	Condition of adjacent parts.	Constitutional symptoms.	Where employed.	Occupation.	Apparent source of infection.	Treatment.	Result.	Remarks.
26	Mr. Marshall	s. —	M.	52	March 4 (about), 1882	9 (about)	Neck	Swollen and dark	Vomiting, restlessness, slight delirium	Messrs. Barrow	Tanyard labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Poulticing	Died March 17	Constitutional symptoms first appeared on 12th. No post-mortem.
27	...	C. B.	M.	50	April 6, 1882	2	Under chin	Glands on each side swollen	Headache only	Messrs. Barrow	Tanyard labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Poulticing	Cured	In bed two days, off work five weeks.
28	Guy's Hospital	M. S.	M.	22	April 17, 1882	3	Neck	Extensive oedema	Dyspnoea. Temp. 101.6°	Messrs. Barrow	Tanner	(?) Chinese hides	Excision without cauterisation	Died. Swelling increased after operation	Died from dyspnoea. No bacilli in blood or serum. No post-mortem.
29	Guy's Hospital	J. J.	M.	29	July 25, 1882	1	Neck	Diffused redness and oedema.	Faint, profuse sweats. Temp. 102-4°	Butler's wharf	Labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision and cauterisation	Cured	During convalescence pain in legs with bluish red patches ; slight diarrhoea.
30	Guy's Hospital	T. E.	M.	28	Aug. 8, 1882	8	Cheek	Face, neck and cervical glands swollen	(Before admission) headache, shivering	Butler's wharf	Labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision	Cured	The pustule developed at seat of old wound that had healed about six weeks before.
31	Guy's Hospital	D. C.	M.	18	Oct. 27, 1882	3	Neck	Much swelling	On admission Temp. 102.2°. Oct. 31, Temp. 104.6°	Gun and Shot wharf	Labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision and cauterisation	Cured
32	Guy's Hospital	G. B.	M.	31	Dec. 10, 1882	3	Neck	A few small glands	Shivering, headache. Temp. 101.8°	A Thames wharf	Labourer	Carrying dry hides	Excision, caustic potash	Cured
33	Dr. Douglas	J. W.	M.	30	Dec. 10 (about), 1882	6	Neck	Swollen	Headache, shivering	Butler's wharf	Foreman	(?) Chinese hides	Poultices	Cured	Came to work every day, but felt very ill.
34	Dr. Gittins	D. T.	M.	44	Jan. 9, 1883	3	? Internal Anthrax	...	Profuse and foetid perspirations, great restlessness, vomiting, dyspnoea, cyanosis, tetanic spasms	Messrs. Anning and Cobb	Sorter's labourer	(?) Chinese hides		Died Jan. 13	Jan. 9. Shivering, nausea, pain in back. Jan. 10. Went to work. Jan. 11. Felt very unwell, neck seemed a little puffy. Jan. 12. Perspirations, &c.,setin. Jan. 13. Died, apparently asphyxiated. Mr. Spear regarded the case as probably one of internal anthrax.
35	Guy's Hospital	G. P.	M.	50	Feb. 1, 1883	1	Left lower eyelid	Œdema	Temp. 99° to 102°	Messrs. Barrow	Carries the skins, after undoing the bales, to the pits	(?) Chinese hides	Excision	Cured	Considerable inflammation and sloughing, which resulted in ectropion, followed operation. ft
36	Guy's Hospital	A. B.	M.	43	Feb. 15, 1883	5	Cheek	Puffy swelling, enlarged glands	Rigor, delirious at night, cough	Messrs. Flack and Chandler	Sorter's labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision and cauterisation	Cured	Bacilli found in all the excretions.
37	Guy's Hospital	W. S.	M.	33	Feb. 22, 1883	4	Cheek	Enlarged glands beneath jaw; oedema down to clavicle	Shivering, lividity of extremities. Temp. 100.2°	Messrs. Flack and Chandler	Sorter's labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision and cauterisation	Died Feb. 26 .	Secondary affection of intestine, stomach, and lungs.
38	Guy's Hospital	B. M.	F.	14	May —, 1883	6	Upper lip	Swollen and brawny glands enlarged	None	...	Unhairer	English and Australian rabbit skins	Excision and cauterisation	Cured	The centre of the pustule was black, but there was no secondary ring of vesicles. No organisms discovered in blood or serum.
39	Guy's Hospital	E. W.	M.	37	July 23, 1883	4	Cheek	Swollen red and tense. A few enlarged submaxillary glands	None	Messrs. Flack and Chandler	Sorter's labourer	(?) Chinese hides	Excision and cauterisation	Cured	Bacilli found.