Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on vital and sanitary statistics, 1894
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Confirmatory Evidence, Case IV.
A child recovering from Scarlet fever was fed on milk
from Dairy B. Typhoid supervened. This case was notified
on April 6th.
Confirmatory Evidence, Case V.
A person living at Acre Lane had been notified on
March 24th, as suffering from Continued fever. Removed
to the hospital, within a few days she died. The household
in which she lived was supplied from Dairy B. Although
the case was notified as Continued fever, the rapid and
fatal termination of the attack points to the probability of
Typhoid infection.
Confirmatory Evidence, from Cases outside the Boundaries
of the Parish.
Evidence was now being received of cases attacked by
Typhoid in adjoining Parishes, whose households were
supplied from Dairy B. Elms Road, Kingswood Road,
Leppoc Road, and Christchurch Road, situated in Wandsworth;
and Camberwell Grove, Church Street, and Dagmar
Road, in the Camberwell District, severally returned
cases.
From the Midlands a case was notified. The patient
had come from Somerleyton Road, Brixton, where she was
drinking milk from Dairy B. She was attacked in Birmingham
three days after arrival.
Confirmatory Evidence from other Cases in Lambeth.
On April 3rd a case occurring in Barrington Road, who
had been supplied from Dairy B, was notified. On April 4th