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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.	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.
110	London Hospital	G. A.	M.	34	1893	12	Right side of neck	Marked oedema, which spread even after the pustule was excised	Temp. sub-normal on admission	Co-operative Stores, Leman-st.	Brushmaker	Employed in "pitching on" the bundles of hair to the backs of brushes. Arsenicated China bristles.	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
111	London Hospital	G. N.	M.	19	1893	5	Angle of lower jaw	...	Temp 99.2° on admission	Messrs. Tom-kins & Son	Horsehair dresser	Sorted horsehair to send to brush-makers	Excision	Cured	Bacilli found.
112	Royal Free Hospital	W. B.	M.	24	Mar. 14, 1893	4	Left cheek	Swollen and hard	Slight rigors	Royal Veterinary College	Assistant in bacteriological laboratory	A pimple appeared on cheek and he opened it with a scalpel, which had been employed for cutting diseased tissues, but had been subsequently put in carbolic acid solution	Excision	Cured	No bacilli found.
113	St. Bartholomew's Hospital	J. L.	M.	15	April 16 1893	3	Chin	Front of neck, from jaw to sternum, œdematous swelling	Temp. 104° on admission	Messrs. List and Son	Upholsterer	Engaged in stuffing chairs with Russian horsehair	Excision	Cured	Secretion from wound injected into guinea pig which died same evening. Blood swarming with bacilli.
114	Guy's Hospital	G. T. B.	M.	31	April 20 1893	2	Below right ear	Much œdema	Nil	...	Riverside hand	Was carrying dry hides on 18th	Excision, injection of carbolic acid	Cured
115	Gay's Hospital	E. W.	M.	17	Aug. 15 1893	3	Left cheek; also scattered vesicles elsewhere	Not much oedema	Nil	...	Leather dresser	...	Excision, ipecacuanha	Cured	Bacillus found.
116	Guy's Hospital	F. W. M.	M.	32	Sept. 1, 1893	3	Right side of neck	Much œdema	Restless, then collapsed	Sun wharf	Hydraulic crane worker	Had been sorting goat skins from Aden	Excision, ipecacuanha	Died	In small intestine, a raised patch with haemorrhage in mucous tissue.
117	Guy's Hospital	W. P.	M.	23	Oct. 26, 1893	3	Right side of neck	Much œdema	...	Messrs.Lucas and Spencer's wharf	Waterside labourer	No connection with hides traced	Excision, injection of carbolic acid	Died on 30th	Bacilli found.
118	Poplar W orkhouse	J. W.	M.	64	Dec. 4, 1893.	...	Right forearm	Much oedema	Comatose when seen by medical man	Aberdeen wharf	Carter	No hide infection traceable	Nil	Died	Bacilli said to have been found.
119	Guy's Hospital	J. M.	M.	28	Dec. 16, 1893	5	Left angle of mouth	Not much oedema	Nil	...	Wharfinger	Carrying hides	Excision, dusted with powdered ipecacuanha	Cured