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5.—The fried fish vendor states that no difference was made in
the quality of the fish served at mid-day and in the evening.
Only one quality fish was bought, and the hampers containing
them were used indiscriminately. No fish and no hampers of fish
were specially put by for the evening's frying. It is, therefore,
difficult to explain the immunity of the large number of Finsbury
non-residents who took their mid-day dinners daily at this shop.
6.—It is practically certain that some of the patients did not
eat fried fish, and some others ate fried fish from shops other
than the impugned shop.
Measures.—The following measures were adopted in dealing
with the epidemic :—
1.—All the cases except one were removed to hospital.
2.—The tenement, the bedding and the patient's clothes were
disinfected.
The premises were inspected and notices served for
sanitary defects.
3.—The contracts wee kept under supervision and enquiry
made for missed, suspected, or carrier cases, both in the
affected tenement, and in the whole house.
4.—Lists of contacts known to be ailing and resident elsewhere,
were sent to the Medical Officers of other
boroughs.
5.—Enquiry was made at the large general hospitals, and
especially at the Italian Hospital to find out whether there
had been any Finsbury cases of diarrhoea, enteritis, or
suspected typhoid in attendance at the out-patient department.