Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1902
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Fish and Enteric Fever.
| No. of Case. | Age. | Sex. | Date of Notification. | How long 111 before Notified. | Interval between Eating and Illness. | Kind of Fish Eaten. | Where Eaten. | Source of Fish. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | F. | 1902. February 7 | 6 days | 14 days | Mussels | Home ... | Unknown |
| 2 | 12 | F. | May 2 | 11 „ | 14 „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 3 | 15 | M. | June 13 | 12 „ | 17 „ | Cockles, and fried fish | „ | „ |
| 4 | 14 | M. | 20 | 5 „ | 15 „ | Shell-fish (General) | » | »» |
| 5 | 11 | F. | 23 | 13 „ | 15 „ | Fried fish aud cockles | „ | „ |
| 6 | 8 | F. | September 1 | 6 „ | 14 „ | Cockles | Leigh | Leigh, Essex |
| 7 | 19 | F. | 11 | 9 „ | 18 „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 8 | 9 | F. | 16 | 19 „ | 19 „ | „ | Southend .. | Southend |
| 9 | 13 | M. | „ 16 | 19 „ | 19 „ | „ | „ | „ |
| 10 | 12 | M. | 19 | 21 „ | 21 „ | Mussels | Home | |
| 11 | 9 | M. | 21 | 20 „ | 21 „ | Cockles | Southend | Southend |
| 12 | 17 | M. | 21 | j 20 „ | 21 „ | „ | High Street, | High Street, |
| 13 | 35 | F. | 22 | 8 „ | 13 „ | Oysters | Southend Southend | Southend Southend |
| 14 | 18 | M. | 28 | 15 „ | 17 „ | Fried fish and cockles | At friend's house | Local |
| 15 | 36 | M. | October 6 | 11 „ | 13 „ | „ „ „ | Home | „ |
| 16 | 7 | F. | 25 | 12 „ | 14 „ | Mussels | „ | Unknown |
| 17 | 26 | F. | 26 | 12 „ | 24 „ | Cockles | Sonthend | Southend |