Report on a Prevalence of Infectious Diseases in District of Ovenden near Halifax
Thorne, Thorne
Book
Total copies: 1
Report on an outbreak of typhoid fever in Ovenden, Halifax.
Author:
Imprint:
Foreign Office : Medical Department of the Local GOvernment Board, 1873
Collation:
Pamphlet : Report
Notes:
The infectious disease mentioned in the title of this document is typhoid, referred to throughout the report as "enteric fever". The report attributes the spread of infection to the very poor sanitary conditions in that area, describing conditions in detail, and providing the results of an analyis of a sample of well water taken from the district.
Dewey class:
614
Language:
English
BRN:
243748