Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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No. | Date of outset of illness. | Date of modification. | Sex and age. | Source from which milk was supplied. | As to consumption of fried fish. | As to purchase of shell fish and fish other than fried fish. | Remarks. |
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30 | Sept. 28 | Oct. 3 | M. 21 | A | No fish | No fish | Visited at house in which case 2 resided. |
31 | Sept. 29 | Oct. 9 | F. 2 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
32 | Sept. 30 | Oct. 17 | F. 25 | K | Fried fish occasionally, not from z | Never wet fish | Sister of case 19. A fatal case. |
33 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 16 | M. 15 | Condensed | Fond of fried fish, not from z | Rarely have any other kind of fish | A fatal case. |
34 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 9 | M. 12 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
35 | Oct. 21 | P. 30 | D and E | See case L 7 | See case 17 | Sister of case 17, whom she nursed up to within a few weeks of being herself attacked. | |
36 | Oct, 10 | Oct. 15 | F. 14 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
Three more members of this family were subsequently taken ill— F. 37, notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 17. M. 38, notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 20. M. 8/12, notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 20. The mother of case 3, and grandmother of cases 4, 7 and 9 was attacked on Oct. 20, and notified on Oct. 26. An aunt of the child, case 5, was notified on Nov. 20, she had then been ill some time. |