At the end of September 1893, Lanarkshire was counting the cost of a significant outbreak of typhoid. The ‘fever’ had broken out in a number of villages and towns, and Blantyre didn’t escape it. In September, numbers were growing, with 39 new cases reported that month alone, higher than Cambuslang and neighbouring Bothwell! The outbreak […]
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 […]