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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Anthrax cases in recent years (continued).
| No. | Place of treatment. | Patient. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | Guy's Hospital | J. S. | M. | 43 | Dec. 10, 1884 | 3 | Forehead | Slight oedema, glands enlarged | Temp. 102.7° | Gun and Shot wharf | Labourer on wharf | Skins from Australia and Japan | Excision, thermocautery, caustic potash | Cured | |
| 55 | Guy's Hospital | J. McS. | M. | 34 | Dec. 19, 1884 | 3 | Right side of neck | Inflammatory swelling | Nil | Messrs. Culverwell, Brooks and Co. | Hide sorter | Calcutta hides | Excision | Cured | |
| 56 | Guy's Hospital | W. B. | M. | 59 | Jan. 1, 1885 | 4 | Left side of neck | Œdema | Shivering, nausea, febrile pains | ... | Hide broker's labourer | Hides | Excision, chloride of zinc, injection of carbolic acid | Cured | |
| 57 | Guy's Hospital | C. A. | M. | 29 | Jan. 19, 1885 | 2 | Left temple | Œdema | Shivering and depression, headache | Messrs. Anning and Cobb | Hide sorter | Hides | Excision and cautery | Cured | |
| 58 | Guy's Hospital | J.D. | M. | 19 | Jan. 30, 1885 | 4 | Chin | Slight glandular enlargement | Nil | Messrs. Anning and Cobb | Hide packer | Hides from Bombay or rabbit skins from Australia | Excision, thermocautery | Cured | |
| 59 | Guy's Hospital | G. B. | M. | 56 | Jan. 30, 1885 | 5 | Left cheek | (Edema. Large glands in neck | Nil | ... | Works in a hide warehouse | Hides | Excision, thermocautery | Cured | |
| 60 | Guy's Hospital | M. M. | M. | 38 | Mar. 26, 1885 | 3 | Neck | No oedema or glandular enlargement | Weak and giddy | ... | Labourer, unloading foreign hides | Hides | Excision | Cured | |
| 61 | Guy's Hospital | H. J. | M. | 53 | Aug. 13, 1885 | 5 | Right forearm | (Edema, supracondyloid and axillary glands enlarged | Nil | ... | Leather dresser | ... | Excision, chloride of zinc | Cured | |
| 62 | Guy's Hospital | W. H. | M. | 53 | Aug. 19, 1885 | 2 | Neck | Hypersemic | Nil | ... | Foreign hide sorter | Hides ... | Excision, chloride of zinc | Cured | |
| 63 | Guy's Hospital | J. N. | F. | 30 | Sept. 6, 1885 | 3 | Left cheek | Slight oedema and enlarged sub-maxillary glands | Nil | ... | Married. Housework | Not known | Excision | Cured | There is some doubt whether this was really a case of anthrax. No bacilli found. |
| 64 | Guy's Hospital | J. M. | M. | 50 | Oct. 27, 1885 | 4 | Angle of jaw, left side | Œdema | Nil. Temp. 104° after operation | ... | Waterside labourer | ... | Excision, carbolic acid | Cured | |
| 65 | Guy's Hospital | A. H. | F. | 25 | Oct,. 31, 1885 | 5 | Chin | Œdema | Nil | ... | Married. Husband dresses skins | ... | Excision | Cured | |
| 66 | Guy's Hospital | W. H. | M. | 51 | Jan. 16, 1886 | 5 | Right cheek | Œdema, enlarged glands | Nil | ... | Hide broker's labourer | Hides from China, Australia, Bombay or the Cape | Excision, pure carbolic acid | Cured | |
| 67 | Guy's Hospital | J. D. | M. | 32 | April 8, 1886 | 6 | Left side of neck | Œdema | Nil | ... | Dresser of foreign skins | Hides | Excision, pure carbolic acid | Cured | |
| 68 | Guy's Hospital | W. H. H. | M. | 54 | June 9, 1886 | 1 | Right side of cheek | Hypersemic, glands enlarged | Nil | ... | Hide broker's labourer | Hides | Excision, cautery | Cured |