Dr. W. Ogle's report to the Local Government Board on the prevalence of diphtheria in the Llandausaint and the Holyhead registration sub-districts of the Holyhead union ; and on a recent outbreak of small-pox in the town of Holyhead.

  • Ogle, W.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Dr. W. Ogle's report to the Local Government Board on the prevalence of diphtheria in the Llandausaint and the Holyhead registration sub-districts of the Holyhead union ; and on a recent outbreak of small-pox in the town of Holyhead. 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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    garbage, and some feeble idea may be formed of tbe sickening condition of tbe backs of many of the streets visited by me. I am bound to say that I was unable to detect signs of any serious attempt to deal with nuisances, however gross and palpable. Side by side with this state of things, there is a code of byelaws, full and precise, regulating the structure of privies, cesspools, and drains, the removal of rubbish, the keeping of animals, and the like, and these byelaws, approved by Her Majesty’s Secre- tary of State in 1860, were actually reprinted by the Local Board in 1876. One good thing, and one only, was noticeable. The cottages very generally have water laid on from the works; so that however foul may be the air they breathe, the water which the inhabitants drink at any rate is free from excremental pollution. Whether the filthy conditions here described could actually of themselves generate diphtheria may be open to question; but there can be no question that they are in the highest degree prejudicial to health. It is, therefore, not surprising that the death-rate of the Holyhead sub-district has been 23'6 on an average for the last seven years.* Cases of Diphtheria in Kingsland Suburb. Number of Houses. Place or Street, Sex. Age. School. Approximate Date. Result. Remarks. 1 31, Tvnypwll Road - Boy 3 None October 1878 - Died. Girl 16 None Ditto Recovered. 2 4, Old Station Place Boy 5 Dame school - February 1879 - Died Feb. 15 - The boy aged 5 was attacked a Boy 8 National Ditto Died Feb. 17. few days before his brother. Woman ? — Ditto - Recovered. The two deaths were regis- tered as croup. 3 Penllechnest Girl 5 Dame school - February Died March 3 - This was the first death regis- Girl Dame school - March - Recovered. tered as diphtheria. Girl 15 None March - Recovered. 4 2, Old Station Place Boy n None March - Recovered The mother “ believed ” that Girl 4A Dame school - March - Died March 16. the boy was ill before his VV Oman ? — March - Recovered. sister ; and the order is therefore so given, but there was great uncertainty. The fatal case was registered as croup. .5 19, Kingsland Girl 7 Dame school - “ 4 months ago ” Recovered. 6 29, Kingsland Girl 5 Dame school - March - Died March 28 - Death registered as diphtheria. 7 23, Kingsland Girl 7 Dame school - March - Recovered. Girl 5 Dame school - June 2 - Recovered. 8 17, Tynypwll Road - Boy 5 Dame school - April - Died April 17 - The boy aged 5 was ill a week Boy 7 National April - Recovered. before his brother. His death was registered as diphtheria. 9 15, Tvnvpwll Road - Boy 4 Dame school - April - Recovered. 10 Old Station Terrace Man 21 — “ 2 months ago ’’ “ 2 mouths ago ” Recovered Doubtful case. 11 15, Kingsland Boy 7 Dame school - Recovered. 12 10, Old Station Place Girl 4 Dame school - “ 2 months ago ” Recovered The man was attacked after Man ? Kecovered. his daughter. 13 National School- Lad 15 None May 3 - Recovered The lad came home ill from a master’s house. Girl 13 National June 2 - Recovered. ship where he was cabin- boy. 14 Cae Warren - Girl 8 Dame school - May Recovered Just beyond border of Holy- head Local Board district. 15 Chapel Lulo Girl 6 Dame school - May Died May 28 - Death registered as diphtheria. 16 36, Kingsland Girl 5 Dame school- May Kecovered. Girl 2} Dame school - May Recovered. Girl 4 Dame school - May Recovered. 17 24, Kingsland Girl ? Dame school- June 1 - Recovered. 18 14, Kingsland Boy 3 Dame school - June 2 - Recovered. Recent Cases in other Parts of Holyhead Town or Island. 19 6, British Terrace - Boy 8 None March - Died March 19 - Registered as croup. Girl if None March - Recovered. 20 4, Vulcan Street Girl None March - Recovered Registered as diphtheria. Girl 3 None March - Died March 21. 21 Porthsach Street Girl 8 None 2 months ago ” Recovered These people frequented a Mother ? — Ditto Recovered. house in Kingsland where there was diphtheria. 22 15, William Street - Boy 6 British May 11 - Died May 16 - Registered as diphtheria. This boy was at school after he was ill, but before the nature of his disease was recog- nised. * The population of this sub-district fell considerably between the two last censuses, having been 9,235 in 1861, and 8,593 in 1871. The death rate, however, as given above, is calculated on the assumption that the population has remained stationary since last census.