Enteric Fever (later known as Typhoid) took hold of Blantyre in the 1890s. That decade, typhoid fever was a common disease that affected people of all social classes , but there was still uncertainty then about what caused it. In September 1893, a report was submitted by the Blantyre Water and Drainage Committee. Mr Whyte […]
In September 1895, an outbreak of “fever” occurred in Blantyre. Several cases of enteric and typhoid fever were being reported with serious implications to the health of Blantyre residents. In the Village, two families were affected and in Stonefield, quite a number of people had been removed to hospital. The “talk” throughout the district was […]
In September 1901, a serious outbreak of fever swept through Dixon’s Rows, at the terraced miners homes at Stonefield, Blantyre. Most of the 170 reported cases in the newspapers were considered ‘enteric’ i.e relating to intestines, but some fever had developed into a more serious scarlet fever, resulting in hospitalisation. Some residents had been taken […]