Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898 page 30

Paddington 1898

Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1898

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Table: TABLE 9. Particulars of groups of cases of Enteric Fever.

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TABLE 9. Particulars of groups of cases of Enteric Fever.

Group.	Patient's Sex. Age.	Date of Sickening.	Treated.	Date of		Water Co.	Notes.
Group.	Patient's Sex. Age.	Date of Sickening.	Treated.	Removal to Hospital.	Disinfec tion.	Water Co.	Notes.
1	m. 33 m. 2	? 7 iii. 9 iii.	Hospital „	15 iii. 18 iii.	15 iii. 18 iii.	G. J.	Diagnosed firet as Influenza: had diarrhea, and used chamber utensil without precautious.
2	f. 13 f. 11f. 36* m. 36	18 vi. 14 vii. 16 vii. 24 viii.	„ „ „	2 vii 19 vii. 31 viii.	2 vii. 19 vii. 31 viii.	W. M.	First patient in habit of using W.C. as place for study: disease not recognised for upwards of three weeks and no precautions taken: washing done by *.
3	f. 15 m. 11 m. 3	28 viii. 14 xi. 14 xi.	„ „ „	7 ix. 16 xi.	8 ix. 21 xi.	W. M.	Family A Apparently indeFamily B pendent source of Family A infection for 2nd and 3rd case.
4	m. 12 f. 34	? viii. 11 X.	Home „	– –	9 xi.	W. M.	First patient's case not notified until after recovery: had been bathing in Serpentine: 2nd patient mother of 1st.
5	m. 11 m.. 9 f. 30	25 x. 23 xi. 24 xi.	Hospital „ „	3 xii.	3 xii.	W.M.	Family moved in from Hampstead in Sept. : not been well since: no diagnosis of first case, and no precautions.
6	m. 15 f. 3 f. 43	21 z. 23 xi. 8 xii.	Hospital " "	4 xi. 14 xii.	4 xi. 15 xii.	G. J.	Works out and feeds anywhere. This child ill but case not diagnosed until after cases 3 and 4 when Widal's test was used: no precautions.
	f. 14	9 xii.					Came to nurse mother and sister : failed within few days.
	m. 1	Notified as ill with enteric fever, but died of tubercular meningitis: error of diagnosis.