Report on the influenza epidemic of 1889-90 / by Dr. Parsons.

  • Parsons, H. Franklin (Henry Franklin), 1846-1913
Date:
1891
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Credit: Report on the influenza epidemic of 1889-90 / by Dr. Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IX -BEHAVIOUR OF THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Page, In Forest Gate district schools , „ ^ ' Ini In South Metropolitan district schools, Sutton - - - In Asylum for Imbeciles, Darouth - - - - ' i^^ In Schools for Imbecile Childi-en, Darenth - - - - ^il On Exmouth training ship, Grays - - - ' pjt On Shaftesbury training ship, Grays - - - ' t]^ On Mount Edgcumbe training ship, Saltash - - -2,17 At St. Mary's Orphanage, North Hyde, and St. Marylebone Schools At London Orphan Asylum, Watford At Gordon Boys' Home, Chobham - . - - At Wormwood Scrubs Prison ------ 223 At Wandsworth Prison 226 At Pentonville Prison - - - - - 228 At Birmingham Prison ------ 230 At Winson Green Asylum, Birmingham - - - - 234 At Western Fever Hospital, London ----- 235 At Kerrison Reformatory, Thorndon, Suffolk - ' - 236 At King Edward's Schools, Southwark - - - - „ At Smnton Industrial Schools, Manchester - - - - 237 General observations and table ----- 238 220 222 CHAPTER X.—NOTES ON CERTAIN INQUIRIES BY Db. BRUCE LOW. Early reported occurrences of Influenza in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire in 1889 ------ 240 Possible importation of contagion from the Continent - - 242 The methods by which Influenza has spread from place to place in this country ------- Z4:6 Notes on outbreaks of Influenza in certain villages - - - ,, East Keal - Nocton ------- 248 New Somerby ...... 250 Langtoft - - - - . - - - 254 General illustrations of the importation of contagion - - 257 Horse influenza ------- 259 Miscellaneous notes on supposed influenza in the lower animals 263 CHAPTER XL—LOCAL REPORTS ON INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. At Windsor, by Dr. Casey 265 In West Herts Combined District, by Dr. T. W. Thompson - 268 In East Herts Combined District, notes by Mr. George Turner - 271 In Melton Mowbray Rural District, by Mr. W. Tibbies - - 274 In Nottingham, by Dr. Boobbyer - . - . . 275 In Leeds, by Dr. Spottiswoode Cameron - - « . 277 In Reading and Wokingham, by Dr. A. Ashby - - . 278 In Manchester, by Dr. Tatham ----- 280 In Salford, by Mr. C. B. Paget 283 Extracts from returns of various Medical Officers of Health, illus- trating the incidence and mode of spread of the epidemic - 284-295 Observations as to the duration of the incubation period of Influenza 296