Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland.

  • Acland, Henry W. (Henry Wentworth), 1815-1900.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Fever in agricultural districts : being a report on cases of fever occuring in the parish of Great Horwood, in the county of Buckingham / by Henry W. Acland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    the risk in which some people live, who are apparently leading healthy out-of-door lives. 4. The number of cases which have occurred in the parish up to the present date, July 9, whether under the care of the Union officer, Mr. Wynter, or under that of Mr. Newham of Winslow, are 125 The deaths have been eighteen. The population was computed in 1851 at 704*': therefore out of every six persons one has already fallen ill: and of those who have had it one of every seven has died. Not only the numbers of cases of disease from this cause alone, but its hitherto unabated character, and the simultaneous high rate of mortality from other causes, constitute the ground for anxiety. To you, who have instituted this inquiry, I need not comment on the loss of time, inconvenience, suffering, distress, depression, and anxiety which such a visitation entails on a whole population. Description of the District. 5. The part of the parish of Great Horwood in which the village is situate, occupies a ridge of the Oolite which runs down from Whaddon Chase in a westerly direction, is bounded on either side by a moderate valley, and terminates by a gentle fall a mile to the south-west of the township. In each valley a small rivulet runs, generally from east to west; the two rivulets unite at the base of the slope just named, and the joint stream enters the Oiise between Padbury and Buckingham. There is, therefore, a natural fall to the North, the * In this estimate Mr. Wynter does not include mUd cases, which might be termed Febricula. ^ Singleborough is excluded: there is at present one case in that distant hanuet, whose population was 130 in 1851.