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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
St George (Southwark) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Street, Gun and and other neighbouring streets. Several of the patients,
too, live in houses in Lant Place, Goldsmith Place, King's Court, Sturge
Street, and Great Suffolk Street, officially represented by me in 1899
under part I. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, as constituting
an unhealthy area, but not yet taken by the London County
Council.
Of the 102 cases of enteric fever notified it is a noteworthy fact that
a large proportion are those of children of school age.
Thus of this number 24 are under 10 years of age, 63 are between the
ages of 10 and 20, and 15 are 20 years of age and upwards.
The following table gives the daily incidence of cases forming the outbreak up to date:—
| Date of Notification. | Number of Attacks. |
|---|---|
| Sept. 14 | 1 |
| „ 15 | 2 |
| „ 16 | 3 |
| 17 | 6 |
| „ 18 | 3 |
| „ 19 | 3 |
| „ 20 | 4 |
| „ 21 | 11 |
| „ 22 | 9 |
| „ 23 | 4 |
| „ 24 | 4 |
| „ 25 | 8 |
| „ 26 | 5 |
| „ 27 | 6 |
| „ 28 | 5 |
| „ 29 | 5 |
| „ 30 | 1 |
| Oct. 1 | 7 |
| „ 2 | 5 |
| „ 3 | 3 |
| „ 4 | 1 |
| „ 5 | 1 |
| „ 6 | 1 |
| „ 7 | 1 |
| „ 8 | 3 |
| Total | 102 |