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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
Holborn 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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The following table gives particulars of the cases notified in Holborn:—
| Case. | Age. | Sex. | Occupation. | Date of Notification. | Notified as. | Nature of Laboratory Examination. | Final Diagnosis. | Contracted in Borough. | Probable Source of Disease. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.H.W. | 51 | M. | Medical practitioner | 16th Jan., 1928 | Paratyphoid ... | Agglutination tests ... | Typhoid | Yes | ... |
| E.P. | 22 | F. | Hospital nurse | 20th Jan., 1928 | Typhoid | Nil | Typhoid. | Yes | Nursed cases of typhoid at hospital |
| J.P.R. | 33 | M. | Civil servant | 25th March | Enteric | Agglutination tests | Typhoid. | No | Sporadic cases of paratyphoid B in Belfast |
| S.E. ... | 40 | F. | Hospital nurse | 9th April | Typhoid | Agglutination tests | Typhoid... | Yes | Nursing typhoid patient |
| Z.S. ... | 20 | M. | Not ascertained | 2nd June | Typhoid | Agglutination and bacteriological examinations negative | ? Typhoid | Yes | - |
| S.M. ... | 35 | F. | Hospital nurse | 13th June | Typhoid | Agglutination tests | Typhoid. | Yes | Had nursed case of typhoid at hospital |
| F.E.C. | 71 | M. | American visitor | 3rd August | Paratyphoid B | Organisms isolated | Para-typhoid B | No | Had been travelling in Home Counties during outbreak of paratyphoid B |
| A.C.. | 3 | F. | Attended school | 9th August | Paratyphoid B | - | Paratyphoid B | No | - |
| U.W. | 26 | F. | Not ascertained | 11th August | Paratyphoid B | Agglutination tests | Paratyphoid B | No | Contracted in France |
| C.J. | 54 | F. | Nil | 22nd Sept. | Paratyphoid | Agglutination tests | Paratyphoid B | No | Probably contracted in Paris (mussels) |