Typhoid Epidemic in Wentworth

In December 1889, Typhoid Fever broke out in Wentworth. The Local Government Board inquired if Wentworth patients could pay £1 weekly during their stay in the Workhouse Hospital. Dr. Hardwicke pointed out that when they were not paupers he was not bound to attend them without additional payment. Mr. Walker said the medical officer should be paid and he thought the rural authority should take steps to provide an infectious hospital at Wentworth.

He had been told that the Wentworth cottage hospital on Main Street  was not fit for a dog. Mr. J.T.Twigg, relieving officer of the workhouse received a cheque from Mr. G.P.Talbot for £6.5s.6d in payment for four cases receiving treatment in the workhouse. The Typhoid epidemic broke out in a number of places around Rotherham, most severely in Rawmarsh and Ulley. Rotherham and Kimberworth alone had 50 to 60 cases and of several deaths four of these were remove to the Workhouse Hospital.

Previous

Next

Home

© Neil and Janet Croft 2005