Wellingborough News, 28th January 1882, transcribed by Kay Collins

Health Reports in the Wellingborough Rural Sanitary Authority
VARIOUS—As to the rest of your district, there has been one death from scarlet fever at Finedon; also two cases of sporadic typhoid fever in Rushden. Both these cases are doing well. The cause of these cases was miasmatic. The case of small-pox at Wymington was discharged on January 7th.

A Collection, taken in Rushden on behalf of Mr W Johnson, who has been ill for some time, by Messrs A Green, E Cox, J Pearson, and W Knight, realised £7 18s. 4d. Mr J Bull was treasurer.

A Benefit Concert was given at the Athletic Club on Sunday evening for Mr Driver, who has been ill for upwards of three years and is now in the last stage of consumption. The following kindly gave their services—Chairman, Mr J Willmott; vice-chairman, Mr H Willis; pianist, Mr H Betts (from the Eden Theatre).

£23 was realised by a flag day, held in Rushden on Monday, in aid of the Rushden clinic of the Manfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Northampton.

The committee of the Orthopaedic Hospital, wish to thank all helpers for the flag day last Monday.

Skin graft breakthrough
A RUSHDEN teenager's fight to return to normal life was boosted this week.

Teresa Marsden (14) had a skin graft at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. And for the first time this operation was successful on Teresa.

"She could have had no better Christmas gift," said Teresa's mother, Mrs. Lillian Marsden. Teresa of 8 Balmoral Avenue, Rushden, was injured more than a year ago in a motor cycle crash.

Her leg was broken in four places and she spent five and a half weeks in the intensive care unit at Kettering General Hospital.

She was moved to Stoke Mandeville and two weeks before Christmas doctors performed a skin graft operation. Their efforts were successful. [...continued on page 16 of the paper]