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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—(continued).
| Notified as | Age and Sex | Initials of Patient | Date of Onset | Date Notified | Hospital and date admitted Bacteriological results | Occupation or School | Observations as to (1) Enteric or other similar recent illness in home; (2) Food supply at presumed time of infection, and (3) Movements if away at that time | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | 11 F. | O.P. | 6/8/36 | 27/8/36 | St.Olave's Hospital -27/8/36 Park Hospital-27/8/36 Faeces and urine both negative, but shows following agglutinating:- B. Typhosus "H" and "O" 1 in 240 | Redriff School | ination of the persons who handled the food of the party 1. No source of this epidemic has been traced in this borough | Recovered |
| Enteric Fever | 15 F. | H.W. | 21/8/36 | 27/8/36 | Park Hospital— 27/8/36 Blood Culture— B. Typhosus present Faeces and urine— B. Typhosus negative Widal— B. Typhosus "H" 1 in 240 B. Typhosus "0" 1 in 480 | Clerk | 2. Cockles and whells purchased from the beach stalls at Brighton were consumed by several members of the party, and | Recovered |
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