[Report 1875] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough.

  • Great Yarmouth (England). Borough Council. nb2008007343.
Date:
1875
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Credit: [Report 1875] / Medical Officer of Health and Port Medical Officer of Health, Great Yarmouth Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1873, Mean Temperature 60 3 Diarrhoea Death rate6'5 1874, „ „ 6o°9 „ „ „ 2-i 1875, „ „ 6o°f „ „ „ 7'3 It will be noticed that with a somewhat lower tempera- ture last year, we had an increase in the Diarrhoea death rate of 5 2 per 1000 upon that of 1874. Twenty deaths resulted from Typhoid Fever, of which one was in February, 1 in March, 2 in May, 1 in June, 3 in August, 4 in September, 6 in October, 1 in November, and 1 in December. Many more deaths would in all probability have occurred, had it not been noticed that the Fever followed the track of a milkman, who had just recovered from Typhoid, and in whose neighbourhood, two Typhoid deaths had then re- cently occurred. Upon analysis, the water he made use of, was found to be contaminated with sewage, and quite unfit for drinking purposes. The immediate closing of this unwholesome well was ordered. The table below contain the results of analyses of water from Yarmouth wells. Typhoid Fever has hovered over the localities from which samples, No. 1, 2, and 3 were obtained. Parts per 100,000 (No. 1) (No. 2) (No. 3) (No. 4) Free Ammonia 0-035 0-008 0-320 0-040 Albuminoid ) 0-017 o-o 18 o-oi6 0012 Ammonia J Chlorine I0'200 109-500 53-400 4710 Nitrates Large Large Large Moderate Total Solid Matters 404-600 184-000 Natural hardness 33-6° 32-4° Many more analyses have been made, and the results are so similar, that the above may be taken as a fair sample of the natural waters of Yarmouth.