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Shoreditch 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Inasmuch, however, as the dates on which the certificates were received, and the cases certified, were frequently several days subsequent to the dates of the beginning of the attacks , in order to get a clear idea of the association of the stoppage of the suspected milk with the decline in the numbers of the cases, the dates of the beginning of the illnesses have been tabulated, and the results are as set forth in the following table:

Inasmuch, however, as the dates on which the certificates were received, and the cases certified, were frequently several days subsequent to the dates of the beginning of the attacks , in order to get a clear idea of the association of the stoppage of the suspected milk with the decline in the numbers of the cases, the dates of the beginning of the illnesses have been tabulated, and the results are as set forth in the following table:

l.2.3.4.
X's. Milk.Total X's. Milk.No evidence as to X's. Milk.Total Cases.
M.p.J.D.Other Vendors.
A.
April 221............l...l
„ 23........................
„ 241............1...l
,, 253...1......4...4
„ 262............235
„ 2721...1...4...4
„ 28611...19...9
„ 29942...217219
„ 30812......11415
May 1...62......8311
,, 232.........516
„ 33...111617
„ * 4...2......2426
,, 52...18516420
„ 633141021728
„ 7......31812416
„ 81...1...1426
„ 9......1......123
„ 101...1......245
„ 11...............123
Totals462017153112941170
B.
May 12..................22
„ 13............1l...1
,, 14......1......l45
„ 15......1......l23
„ 161............l34
,, 17..................33
„ 18............2213
,, 19......121426
„ 20..................22
„ 21............1112
„ 22..................22
,, 23..................44
,, 24........................
„ 25...............134
„ 26..................44
,, 27..................22
„ 28..................11
„ 29..................11
„ 30..................22
„ 31..................11
Totals1...326124052