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Lambeth 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Outbreak of Milk-borne Diphtheria in
Upper Norwood.
NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER, 1913.
TABLE V.
Shewing " rounds," numbers of houses served and average amount of milk distributed by each distributor, bacilli found on bacteriological examination in each distributor and the number of notified diphtheria patients allocated to each distributor.
| Rounds and distribution areas. DISTRIBUTORS | No. of houses served. | Average amount of milk in quarts. | Notified cases of diphtheria allocated to each distributor | Bacilli found in Bacteriological Examinations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular. | b Staphylococcus | |||
| No. 1 | 133 | 121 | 10* | b Streptococcus |
| b Hofmanni | ||||
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| b Streptococcus | ||||
| ,, 2 | 264 | 173 | 15* | b Diphtheroides |
| b Klebs-Lœffleri | ||||
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| ,, 3 | 129 | 128 | 10* | b Streptococcus |
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 4 (&E.F.) | 150 | 136 | 2 | b Streptococcus |
| b Hofmanni | ||||
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 5 | 66 | 135 | 3 | b Streptococcus |
| b Hofmanni | ||||
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 6 | 187 | 198 | 9 | b Streptococcus |
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 7 | 78 | 114 | 10 | b Streptococcus |
| „ 8 | 134 | 212 | 15 | b Staphylococcus |
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 9(&E.F.) | 152 | 174 | 23* | b Streptococcus |
| b Hofmanni | ||||
| „ 10 | 98 | 182 | 8 | b Streptococcus |
| b Staphylococcus | ||||
| „ 11 | 131 | 135 | 11 | b Streptococcus |
* Including doubtful cases, i.e., the distributors did not actually
call at the infected houses but passed down the road, or near to,
daily, as follows:—No. 1—8 houses, No. 2—2 houses, No. 3—
2 houses and No. 9 — 11 houses.