Observations on typhus : abridged from an essay submitted to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1840 / by Andrew Anderson.

  • Anderson, Andrew, 1818-1870.
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[1840]
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Credit: Observations on typhus : abridged from an essay submitted to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1840 / by Andrew Anderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    33 Townhead 8 Ingram Street and vicinityi Y / 1? Dempster Street and neighbourhood. 21 Trongate and Argyll Street. 21 Duke Street and vicinity. 45 Bridgegate. 116 High Street, its offsets, and Salt- 20 Clyde Street and Broomielaw. market. 6 West End. 82 Wynds, Stockwell, and King Street. jt -\j12 Gallowgate and vicinity.jj^ ^t: u.^ jJj. iu44l lU— dl ^ 72 Anderston. , vfno fenoisiiOOC 32 Bridgend. rf T ^noi^.SoizO^ eblAiV/i...: GFinnieston. r -^-r 59 Bridgeton. 3 od itenni 24 Cowcaddens. ^4.:^r,-,j 5 Rutherglen Loan, f 15 Port-Dundas. -' - 43 Gorbals. 09E 20 Woodside. 13 Hutchesontown. 150 Calton. 6 Laurieston. , C^j mo on jJ 19 Mile-end. . odcT io «fljOI 47 Tradeston. q .gndr v![r 4 Dalmarnock. . g^^r^g Q^f^ ^^.,10 Port-Eglinton. ^ ' )rffYOla , l5Camlachie. ^^,^^1^^^^ g^gg^-T^^^^^ Royal Infirmary, - - r - r At Sea, - - - . 8 Barracks, ' pif* .^^Iw (^.Idnc Travelling, - - - 2 ' Town's Hospital, - - I jA j j Ui 1 :to efC* , J« ^7 15 Villages and Towns to the North, » _ - Do. do. South, - - - 15 Do. do. East, . . - 35 k^^^^'^ Do. do. West, ... 32 1 Oiit UB RUU:1\ 94 i (,i[rr Very nearly i, then, inhabited the Suburbs, exactly 1-10th the Town proper, and nearly 1-11th Villages and Towns around Glasgow, some being at a considerable distance. Within the Town, the centres of disease will be seen to be the localities which are most densely peopled, and where the greatest misery is known to exist. ' In connection with the question of residence, the duration of the stay in Glasgow, previous to seizure, is a question of some interest. Of 828 cases, of both sexes, 90 did not reside in Glasgow. obSiiOaiD 10 OOHOl 610 had lived in Glasgow for above a year. T - i 128 had lived in Glasgow for a year, or less;—of this number, 3 had been only a week in Town. 4 from a week to a fortnight. ' 4 %t 13 from a fortnight to a month. -..•oo» «i.8iX- 48 from one to threis months. '' 'gnl'I^BqmoD 29 from three to six months. >mjn ffj OOf f 31 from six months to a year. i Hence it would seem, that recent immigration to Town has some influ- ence in rendering persons obnoxious to contagion or the other causes of fever, or we should not find that of the 738 residing in Glasgow when attacked, 128 (or above I) had been inhabitants of the City for less than thirteen months; and this would seem to support the opinion, I that from the disease occurring once only in a lifetime, the liability of the inhabitants of any one place to be affected, is, after a certain time, worn out; so that the fuel for the maintenance of the disease must be in part supplied from without. Lastly, the question of Contagion falls to be considered; and we may divide the cases of fever into those which had the eruption, those