Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899 page 70

City of London 1899

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899

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The dormitories of the persons attacked were situated as under:—

P Corridor, on 3rd Floor	5 cases in	5 rooms	(all women)
B „ „ 3rd „	9 „	4 „	(all men)
C „ 4th „	19 „	13 „
D „ „ 5th „	14 „	11 „
E „ „ 6th „	5	3 „
Waiters' Dormitory	1	1 „
Hatton Garden—additional sleeping accommodation rented by the Firm	1 „	1 „
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Distribution of patients in various departments:—

Department.	No. of persons attacked.
Linens	8
Porters, Waiters and Carmen	7
Counting House and Apprentices	6
Fancy Goods	5
Hosiery	4
Mourning	3
Laces	2
Underclothing	2
Mantles	2
Parcels	2
Dresses	2
Furnishing	2
Lace Curtains	2
Silks	1
Haberdashery	1
Millinery	1
Counter	1
No information	1
Show Rooms	2
Total	54

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These figures show that the incidence of
infection was not confined to any special portion
of the establishment, and point to a central cause.