Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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| Case No. | Initials and Age. | Locality. | History of Case. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | W. H., 48 | Fairfax Mews | Notified 29th July. No history of infection could be ascertained, but the drains of the house were found to be exceedingly defective, and the premises generally in an insanitary state. |
| 10 | H. B., 19 | Frognal | Notified 29th July. The patient had been working for a railway contractor in Islington, and had been known to have drunk considerable quantities of mineral waters, which were alleged to be the cause of his illness. |
| 11 | B. W., 24 | Finchley road | Notified 22nd August. The patient had been very ill for some weeks prior to the development of the disease, and had been sucking ice obtained from a local butcher. The drains of the house were found to be defective. |
| 12 | L.P., 19 | Winchester Road | Notified 29th August. The patient was a domestic servant. No history of infection could be ascertained, but the drains of the house were found to be defective. |
| 13 | F. H., 30 | Lithos Road | Notified 21st September. The patient had been spending a holiday in Moscow, and only returned to this country three days prior to the onset of the illness. |
| 14 | E. H., 29 | Carlingford road | Notified 23rd September. The patient arrived in London six days previously from Toronto,and was then suffering from what ultimately proved to be Enteric Fever. |
| 15 | B.J., 40 | Goldhurst Terrace | Notified 3rd October. The patient had returned six days previously from Germany. The disease was probably contracted at Frankfort. |
| 16 | M. L., 40 | Carlingford Road | Notified 21st November. The patient had been travelling in England for the past month, and arrived in Hampstead two days previous to the onset of the illness. |
| 17 | A. H., 24 | South End Green | Notified 11th December. Patient was a van dweller travelling with an itinerant auctioneer, and had suffered for a week before coming to Hampstead from what ultimately proved to be Enteric Fever. |