Report of the London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington, for the year ending 31st December 1865.

  • London Fever Hospital.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Report of the London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington, for the year ending 31st December 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The frequency and fatality of the various complications of typhus have been as follows:— Typiius : with and without complications... Cases. 2129 Deaths 402 ft complicated with considerable 'j bronchitis, congestion of lungs v or pneumonia ... ... J „ diarrhooa 610 241 f> 302 78 tt a dysenteric ulceration ... 2 1 t> tt obstinate vomiting- 15 7 tf tt parotid bubo, single ... 22 10 a a „ „ double 6 4 a tt submaxillary bubo 2 1 a a erysipelas or pyaemia 17 9 a tt convulsions... 26 25 a tt brain disease, presumably ) 9 4 n it organic ... ) gangrene ... 5 2 tt tt cancrum oris 3 3 a tt abscess 2 1 >• tt oedema of glottis 1 1 a a various hoemorrhages 10 7 a it jaundice 7 5 a it pregnancy 13 3 tt it „ (of whom aborted 6 3) Enteric Fever has this year a special interest. In 1864 the cases of this fever numbered 252, or 18 in excess of the largest number ever before admitted into the Hospital in one year. In 1865, they more than doubled this largest number, and the admissions for enteric fever reached 520. The excessive prevalence of this disease in London in 1865 is in a great measure to be ascribed to an exaggeration of the climatic conditions that habitually favour its developement. Up to June there were very few cases of enteric fever in Hospital, but then during several weeks of dry hot weather, they began to increase in frequency, and more and more were admitted as the summer advanced. In October, after six weeks’ want of rain, and with a mean temperature through two of those weeks of 66 J°, the disease acquired a new power, and 91 patients suffering from it were admitted into the Hospital. In November this number increased to 128, and in December it was 101.