Dr. Gresswell's report to the Local Government Board on the prevalence of enteric fever in the registration sub-district of Hebden Bridge / [D. Astley Gresswell].

  • Gresswell, D. Astley (Dan Astley)
Date:
[1885]
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Credit: Dr. Gresswell's report to the Local Government Board on the prevalence of enteric fever in the registration sub-district of Hebden Bridge / [D. Astley Gresswell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    into its customary channels), with a large fall of rain and soakage from the filth deposits lying in and on the hill above. It is probable, in the light of what has been said, that at this time an infectious agent was washed into certain cisterns to give rise to the outbreak of typhoid fever, which commenced in the early days of August. D. ASTLEY GKESSWELL. February 23rd, 1885.