Report on the epidemic of enteric fever in 1893, in the borough of Worthing, in Broadwater, and in West Tarring / by Charles Kelly.

  • Kelly, Charles
Date:
1894
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Credit: Report on the epidemic of enteric fever in 1893, in the borough of Worthing, in Broadwater, and in West Tarring / by Charles Kelly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVIOUS HISTORY. Enteric fever prevailed in Worthing in the year 1865, due, it was then thought, to defective sanitary arrangements. It was again prevalent in the autumn of 1880, when the outbreak in November occurred specially on those who drank milk from a certain dairy, at which dairy there was a shallow well which had become polluted with sewage. In September of that year, other cases were also met with due to sanitary defects and following upon a very heavy thunderstorm on August 26th, when 1‘45 in. of rain fell in rather more than hour, and at a time when there was a high tide and the main sewer was tide-locked. The history of that epidemic is given in my 7th annual report. Since 1880 there has been nothing to record in the four areas of any special intei’est. The number of deaths smee 1880 in each area are here given .— Year. Worthing. West Worthing. tWest Tarring. Broadwater 1881 1 . . — — . . 1882 1 — — . . — 1883 2 2 — . . — 1884 2 — — . . — 1885 3 , . — . . — 1886 1 . . — . . 1887 1 — — . . — 1888 — — 1889 2 1890 2 — ___ 1891 . . — i !. — 1892 9 • • 1 2 . . — 1893(lstqrtr.) 2 — 3 . . — This table shows that during 1892, and again early in 1893, there was some prevalence of enteric fever in West Tarring, and the f:ccts are seen more clearly when the number of cases are taken into account The notifications received from August 3rd, 1890, when the Act came into operation, were thus recorded :— Y ear. Worthing. 1890 (5 months) . . 9 1891 . . . . 6 1892 . . . . 4 1893 (1st quarter). . 1 West. Worthing. West Tarring. Broadwater. 16 15 . . 2 It is important to note that early in 1892 the adjacent districts of West Worthing and West Tarring were affected, and this small out- break has been duly reported in my 19th annual report. Again in the winter of 1892-93 another series of cases were met with, few in number, but occurring in the same area of new houses in which the previous cases were recorded, and which later in the year was to be the scene of a more serious invasion. After February 18th, 1893, no cases of enteric fever were notified in any one of the four areas up to the month of May. Worthing was at that time very free from the disorder. No case had been notified from September 28th, 1892, up to February 18th, 1893, when one case was recorded in the centre of the town, and the