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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1936
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936
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SUMMARY.
SUMMARY.
| Notifield as | Age and Sex | Intials of Patient | Date Of Onset | Date Notified | Hospital and date admitted Bacteriological results | Occupation or School | Observation as to (1)Enteric or other similar recent illness in home; (2) Food supply of infection, and (3) Movements if away at that time | Result |
| Enteric Fever | 14 F. | P.C. | 14/8/36 | 27/8/36 | St. Olave's Hospital 26/8/36 Park Hospital— 27/8/36 Blood Culture: B. Typhosus present Faeces and urine: B. Typhosus present | Biscuit Packer | With the exception of D.C. (who contracted the disease from her sister P.C.) all the definite cases were members of a party of the Rotherhithe Girl Guides, who stayed at Brighton during the period 23rd July to 8th August After careful investigation, including the bacteriological exam | Died in Park Hospital 11/9/36 Certified cause of death : 1. a General Peritonitis b Perforated intestinal ulcer c Typhoid Fever |
| Enteric Fever | 42 F. | B.C. | 12/8/36 | 27/8/36 | St. Olave's Hospital —22/8/36 Park Hospital— 27/8/36 Blood Culture— B. Typhosus present Widal— B. Typhosus "H" 1 in 2000 B. Typhosus "O" 1 in 2000 Faeces and urine-Negative for B. Typhosus Sputum— Negative for B. Typhosus | Tinned Fruit Packer | Died in Park Hospital 31/8/36 Certified cause of death :— 1. a Broncho pneumonia and toxaemia b Typhoid Fever |