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ENTERIC FEVER.
At 10 B.-Rd. (house immediately abutting rear of the above)—
A. N., m., aetat. 30 ; sickened 8th September.
At 1b B.-Rd.
— C., f., aetat. 51 : sickened 12th September ; died October 1st. (Patient's daughter, not reported
to have the disease, much with W. B., the first case of this group.)
At 34 Q.-Rd.
M. H., f., aetat. 33; sickened 9th September.
A. H., f., aetat. 9 ; sickened 19th October.
At 73 Q.-Rd.
— C., f., aetat. 47 ; sickened 25th September.
At 1 M.-Av.
J. C., m., aetat. 12; sickened 18th August.
— C., f., aetat. 45 ; sickened 27th August. Widal reaction.
At 27 C.-Av.
— W., f., aetat. 62 ; sickened 15th August. Widal reaction.
In addition to the above reported cases, to which a suspicion of connection with A. F.,
more or less intimate, attached, there were four others in the family of Mrs. B. (24 Q.-Rd.),
namely, Mrs. B., S. F. (brother of A. F.), A. B. and F. B., husband and son of Mrs. B. The
Widal reaction was obtained in all four patients.
A. N., of 10 B.-Rd., was emploved at the Kensington Disinfection Station, and had
handled bedding, &c., infected with enteric fever, on 17th August. The bedding had not
been "fouled," as the patient had laid up for 2 davs only prior to removal to hospital.
In addition to the case of M. S. referred to above, the following cases occurred:—
At the Institution—
E. M*, f., aetat. 13 ; admitted to Medical Ward for heart disease on 13th August; transferred to Surgical
Ward 18th idem, and re-transferred to Medical Ward on 1st September ; sickened with enteric
fever 7th idem ; Widal reaction 28th idem ; died 16th October.
A. L., m., aetat. 2 ; admitted to Surgical Ward for mastoid disease on 24th August ; sickened 13th
September; Widal 29th idem ; to isolation 29th idem.
F. S., m., aetat. 11 ; admitted for heart disease to Surgical Ward 29th August; transferred to Medical
Ward 1st September; sickened 1st October; Widal 15th idem ; to Fever Hospital 20th idem.
The above cases and M. S. were all in the Surgical Ward with A. F„ who was in bed No.G,
A. L. and F.S. occupying adjacent beds (Nos. 7 and 5, left and right of A. F.). and E. M.
bed No. 8, on the left of A. L. It was this side of the Ward that Nurse C. G. had
charge of.
At the Convalescent Home the following cases occurred:—
E. E., f., aetat. 8; admitted Institution 31st July ; to Home 15th August; sickened 17th September.
M. A., f., aetat. 10; admitted Institution 17th July ; to Home 8th August ; sickened 22nd September.
E. C., f., aetat. 4 ; admitted Institution 16th August; to Home 18th idem ; sickened 24th September.
N. A., f., aetat. 9 ; admitted Institution 2nd June ; to Home 15th August; sickened 26th September.
W. L., m., aetat. 9 ; admitted Institution 31st July ; to Home 15th August; sickened 26th September.
E. L., f., aetat 10 months ; admitted Institution (Surgical Ward) 31st July; to Home 29th August;
sickened 30th September.
T. P., m., aetat. 10 ; admitted Institution 19th September; to Home 18th August; sickened 3rd October.
I.G., f., aetat. 6 ; admitted Institution (Surgical Ward) 31st July; to Home 5th September ; sickened
14th October.
Onlv two of the above patients (viz., E. L. and I.G.) were in the same ward with A. F. at
the Institution, between 21st August and 5th September, all being, however, at the
Convalescent Home with A. F.,—E. E., M. A., N.A., and E. C. occupying the same room,
and W. L, played with her.
Two (2) cases occurred among patients discharged from the Institution, viz.:—
B. W., f., aetat. 6 ; admitted Institution 2nd August; to Home 13th idem ; discharged 5th September;
sickened 22nd idem.