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Southwark 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| No. of Case. | Age. | Sex. | Date of Notification. | How long ill before Notification. | Interval between eating of Shellfish and onset of illness. | Kind of Shellfish eaten. | Where eaten. | Original source of Shell-fish if known. | Whether any additional reason for suspecting Shell-fish as a source of disease. | Whether any particular reason for excluding Shell-fish as a source of disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 493 | 41 | M | 22/2/02 | A few days | 14 days | Mussels | At home | Unknown | None | No |
| 536 | 23 | M | 27/2/02 | 5 days | 10 „ | Oysters | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 1073 | 33 | M | 12/4/02 | 4 „ | 12 „ | „ | Barrow in strreet | „ | Had lived at home and eaten no other suspected food | „ |
| 1404 | 25 | M | 9/5/02 | 14 „ | 14 „ | „ | At home | „ | None | „ |
| 2124 | 20 | F | 1/7/02 | A few days | Uncertain | Mussels | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 2219 | 17 | M | 8/7/02 | Several days | Rather more than a wk. | Whelks | Barrow in street | „ | „ | „ |
| 2221 | 15 | M | 9/7/02 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 2246 | 14 | M | 11/7/02 | „ | About 14 days | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 2290 | 25 | F | 16/7/02 | „ | „ 7 days | Crab | At home | „ | „ | „ |
| 2444 | 9 | M | 28/7/02 | „ | Uncertain | Cockles | Southend | Southend | „ | „ |
| 2482 | 16 | M | 31/7/02 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | Brought some of the cockles home | „ |
| 2524 | 5 | F | 5/8/02 | A few days | 14 days | Oysters | Battersea | Unknown | Had taken the usual food except oysters | „ |
| 2593 | 26 | M | 12/8/02 | Several days | 10 „ | Cockles | At home | „ | None | „ |
| 2648 | 12 | M | 18/8/02 | 10 to 14 days | 10 to 14 days | „ | Southend | Southend„ | „ | „ |
| 2649 | 14 | M | 18/8/02 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 2650 | 16 | M | 18/8/02 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 2723 | 38 | F | 27/8/02 | Several days | 9 days | Crab | At home | Unknown | „ | „ |
| 2889 | 35 | F | 3/9/02 | A few days | About 14 days | Whelks | In a public house | „ | „ | „ |
| 2907 | 28 | F | 5/9/02 | 7 days | 7 days | Mussels | At home | „ | „ | „ |
| 2945 | 6 | M | 10/9/02 | About 14 days | 14 „ | Cockles | Southend | Southend | „ | „ |
| 3048 | 21 | M | 24/9/02 | 3 days | 12 „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 3216 | 37 | F | 13/10/02 | Several days | About 15 days | Mussels | barrow in street | Unknown | „ | „ |
| 3279 | 5 | F | 17/10/02 | „ | 11 days | „ | Commercial road, Pkhm. | „ | „ | |
| 3326 | 34 | M | 21/10/02 | A few days | 10 „ | „ | At home | „ | „ | „ |
| 3327 | 27 | M | 21/10/02 | „ | 10 „ | Oysters | Blackpool | „ | „ | „ |
| 3400 | 32 | M | 28/10/02 | About 14 days | 10 to 14 days | „ | At home | „ | „ | „ |
| 3661 | 20 | M | 21/11/02 | Several days | 11 days | Mussels | „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 3901 | 11 | M | 11/12/02 | A few days | 14 „ | Oysters | „ | „ | „ | „ |