Association Intelligence
1893; BMJ; Volume: 2; Issue: 1703 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/bmj.2.1703.439-a
ISSN0959-8138
Tópico(s)Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence
Resumoprogress of the Association, on tlle meetinlg at Newcastle in 1870, a history of the University of Durliam College of Medi- cine in Newcastle, notes on the medical curriculum of the University, a description of the College buildings, and of the local hospitals and infirmaries.The volume forms an interesting memento of the 61st annual meeting. SMALL-POX IN GREAT BRITAIN.THE small-pox admissions to hospital in London last week did not mliuch exceed 20, whilst the number of patients remaining under treatment oni Saturday were onily 221, a still further decrease on previous totals.The deaths were 2. In West Ham only a couple of fresh attacks were re- corded, but northward there were numerous occurrences in the Edmonton Union, more especially at Tottenham.In the Midlands, the centres last week were Birmingham and Leicester, with somiie half dozen cases between them; Bradford, with nearly a score of attacks, and Wakefield being the Yorkshire towns chiefly iimiplicated: in the north Tynemouth again had multiple cases; and in Lancashire, Salfolrd had 5 cases and 3 deaths, Manchester a single attack and onie death, and Oldham aind Stalybridge a couple of cases each.The decrease in the Manchester epidemlc is plainly shown in Dr. Tatham's report for the second quarter of this year, wherein 89 attacks occurred in April, 102 in May, and 34 only in June, a total of 215, against 385 in the first quarter of the year, whilst tlle fresh weekly occurrences during July and the present miionth have been quite insignificant in number.
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