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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1903
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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Each individual case was traced to its sourse of infection, and the result is shewn in the accompanying diagram—the disease being introduced into Rowton House by a lodger of the name of Prior :—
| PRIOR (April 22-26). | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.T. (May 10-18). | D.E. (May 14-18). | ||||
| W.B. (May 26-30). | R.E. (May 27-31). | A.W. (May 29-June 3) A.G.P. (June 1-3). T.W. (May 31-June 3). J.c. (June 1-3). W.S. (June 1-3). C.K. (June 13-15) | H.R. (May 31-June 4). G.P. (May 30-June 4). W.H. (June 1-4). R.P. (May 31-June 4). W.H. (May 31-June 4). M.McE. (June 15-19). W.B.A. (June 14-20). W.E. (June 16-22). | A.C. (May 31 -June 5) J.L. (June 2-5). | R.R. (June 2-6). R.G.W. (June 2-6). C.H.T. (June 2-6). A.F. (June 18-20) C.F.D. (June 19-2). |
N.B.—The cases fit into one another like a Chinese puzzle.