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

London County Council 1894

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Anthrax cases in recent years (continued).

Download table as:

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.
96	Guy's Hospital	J. M.	M.	26 .	April 4, 1890	2	Under chin	No œdema	Nil	Messrs. Dyster, Nalder and Co.	Skin factor	Hides	Excision	Cured
97	St. Thomas's Hospital	W. H. C.	M.	20	May 16, 1890	5	Left cheek	Much oedema	Nil	Lived at Chertsey	Painter	Lived in same house as a butcher, and he did odd jobs in a slaughterhouse, not however during fortnight preceding illness	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
98	Guy's Hospital	H. T.	M.	18	May 10, 1890	3	Right forearm	Brawny œdema, axillary glands enlarged	Temp. 100.4°	...	Hide sorter	Hides	Excision, cautery	Cured
99	Guy's Hospital	W. B.	M.	30	March 8, 1891	6	Left cheek	Œdema	Headache, Temp. 101°	...	Butcher	Does not work in the slaughterhouse	Excision, cautery, ipecacuanha externally	Died	P. M. Anthrax of stomach.
100	St. Bar-holomew's Hospital	J. D.	M.	41	May 6, 1891	7	Front of left elbow	Considerable œdema	Shivering, headache, insomnia	...	Dock labourer	Working lately among hides from Calcutta	Excision	Cured	Bacilli abundant in blood from wound, in vesicles, and blood of right arm.
101	Guy's Hospital	R. N.	M.	31	May 28, 1891	2	Left temple	Œdema and enlarged glands	Temp. 100°	...	Horse slaughterer	Diseased horse	Excision, dressed with ipecacuanha	Cured
102	St. Bartholomew's Hospital	D. S.	M.	51	Nov., 1891	3 weeks	Middle of right forearm	Not much swelling	Nil	Messrs. List and Son	A sorter of horsehair	" China hair " A.	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
103	Guy's Hospital	G. H.	M.	28	Nov. 30, 1891	12	Left forearm and hand, 3 pustules in all.	Slight œdema	Nil	...	Cowman	Cow supposed to have died of apoplexy	Excision	Cured	A very doubtful case. No bacilli found.
104	South Eastern Hospital	C. H.	M.	32	Mar. 25, 1892	7	Back of neck	Surrounding parts inflamed and indurated	Temp. 104°-104.6°	Lived in Rotherhithe	Dock labourer	...	Fomentations applied to neck	Died	Case was notified as one of typhus. Patient was only in South Eastern Hospital 15 hours.
105	Guy's Hospital	J. L.	M.	33	Oct. 23, 1892	6	Left side of neck	Redness and oedema	Vomiting, Temp. 101.6°	...	Broker's office-man	Cape hides which he sorted	Excision, dusted with powdered ipecacuanha	Cured
106	Guy's Hospital	J. G.	M.	48	Dec. 14, 1892	2	Right side of neck	Hypeæmic	Headache, Temp. 99.8°	...	Waterside labourer	Hides	Excision, cautery, ipecacuanha internally	Died	P. M. Meningeal and cerebral haemorrhage, bacilli found in blood from meninges.
107	London Hospital	...	M.	17	1892	3	Over left eye	Marked œdema of left eye and side of face	Temp. 100° on admission	...	Van boy	Has nothing to do with hair or wool	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
108	London Hospital	...	M.	42	1892	5	Right malar bone	Much surrounding inflammation	Temp. 103° on admission	...	Wool porter	...	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
109	London Hospital	H. J.	M.	27	1893	3	Left malar bone	Marked œdema	Temp. 99.8° on admission	Co-operative Stores, Leman-st.	Brushmaker	Engaged in passing hair through a comb to get rid of waste. Arsenicated China bristles.	Excision	Cured