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OUTBREAK OF ENTERIC FEVER.
During the first two months of the year an
outbreak of Enteric Fever occurred in a large
retail drapery establishment in Holborn Circus,
occupying an area of 30,674 square feet.
In all, 620 persons of both sexes (339 men
and 77 women) were engaged in the business;
of these—
416 Sleep and take their meals,
71 Dinner and Tea only,
133 Employed in the building during
ordinary working hours, but obtain
their meals and sleep elsewhere.
The premises are of modern construction, and
the general health of the inmates up to last year
good, as shown by the fact that during 1897
only two cases of notifiable infectious disease
(Scarlet Fever) were reported, and none in 1898
until the 5 th December.
On the last named day, a case of Enteric
Fever was notified, and the patient, a male of
24 years, at once removed to St. Mary's Hospital.
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