Dr. H. F. Parson's report to the local government board on the sanitary condition of the Stourbridge registration district, and on the late prevalence of scarlet fever therein.

  • Parsons, H. F.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Dr. H. F. Parson's report to the local government board on the sanitary condition of the Stourbridge registration district, and on the late prevalence of scarlet fever therein. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    The number of deaths began to rise again in the last quarter of 1877, and steadily increased till it reached a maximum of 110 in the third quarter of 1878, when it gradually declined, until in the second and third quarters of 1879 it was but little higher than in non-epidemic years. The following tables show the number of deaths in each district in the three years 1877-79, distributed approximately among the several months :— Year 1877. Districts. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Rural District. Worcestershire division - _ — — — — — 2 7 5 1 15 Staffordshire „ - 1 1 3 — 2 — 1 — 1 2 1 1 13 Urban Districts. Stourbridge - _ — 1 1 1 — 1 3 7 3 1 18 Brierley Hill - 1 2 3 Quarry Bank — — 1 1 — — — — — — — — 2 Total - 2 3 3 2 3 — 2 — 6 16 9 3 51 Year 1878. Districts. Jan. Feb. Mar. J April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Rural District. Worcestershire division 3 2 4 5 8 9 14 21 25 20 17 1 135 Staffordshire ,, 4 4 7 8 — 1 1 9 2 — 2 3 41 Urban Districts. Stourbridge - 4 4 5 1 — — 1 — — 2 — 17 Brierley Hill — — 5 4 3 2 5 6 6 11 6 6 54 Quarry Bank — — — — 4 1 2 7 11 7. 6 5 43 T otal 11 10 21 18 15 13 22 44 44 38 33 21 290 Year 1879. Districts. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year. Rural District. Worcestershire division 7 2 1 1 1 3 6 4 3 5' 33 Staffordshire „ 6 — 7 3 1 2 1 1 — — — — 21 Urban Districts. Stourbridge - 1 1 Brierley Hill 1 2 — 2 — l — 1 — — 2 1 10 Quarry Bank 3 4 4 1 — 12 Total 17 8 12 5 2 3 2 5 6 5 6 6 77 Of the origin of the epidemic nothing was ascertained beyond the fact that scarlet fever was prevalent in the latter part of 1876 and in 1877 in neighbouring districts in Staffordshire. It is not, however, necessary to suppose that it was imported from elsewhere, for as before remarked the district is never entirely free from scarlet fever, and the late outbreak may be looked on as merely a more intense development of a disease chronically present therein. Such outbreaks are known to occur periodically in populous communities, the