Bradford Disease

 The first recorded occupational anthrax case in the UK was in a textile mill in 1847, with subsequent increases linked to the importation of finer wools. 

 

 

                                                              "Bradford Disease"

The disease became known as "Bradford disease" or "woolsorter's disease" due to its prevalence in mills in Bradford, where workers often opened and sorted bales of imported animal fibers.

Woolsorters' Disease:

This refers to a form of anthrax that was particularly prevalent in the wool trade, especially in the city of Bradford, UK. Woolworkers would inhale the spores, leading to a deadly pulmonary form of anthrax.

 

 Dr. J.H. Bell and Dr. Fritz Eurich played crucial roles in identifying and researching the disease, eventually finding a method to disinfect wool and prevent its transmission

 

 

 

Snapshot 

 

 "Bradford Disease"

 

    Pulmonary form of Anthrax

 

 Characterized by a rapid and often fatal development of respiratory symptoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Bradford Disease":

The disease became known as "Bradford disease" or "woolsorter's disease" due to its prevalence in mills in Bradford, where workers often opened and sorted bales of imported animal fibers