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on the ordinary or "pudding" rounds, or on both) by
one or other of the suspected distributors was definite,
it was found that special roads were infected as follow:—
Notified cases of Notified cases
Diphtheria and the showing special
Distributors. Milk Kounds in localisation in certain
connection with which roads (numbers of
they occurred. cases in brackets).
Ordinary. "Pudding" Total.
Belvedere Road 6)
No. 12 12 8 20 Hamlet Road (2)
Sylvan Road (3)
{Beulah Hill (5)
No. 19 4 11 15 .Church Road (4)
Harold Road (5)
Central Hill (5)
College Road (2)
No.9 Crystal Palace and
"Od.1" man E.F.J Laurie Park
Roads (2)
Essex Road (3)
The above figures are based on cases about which
the evidence was satisfactory as to the infected houses
having been served by the distributors named. There
was also evidence (much less satisfactory) that, in
addition, 24 other notified cases might be connected with
the "pudding" rounds of regular distributors Nos. 12 and
19 (6 and 20 cases respectively) and "odd" man E.F. (12
cases, it being possible for such distributors to have
supplied occasionally milk on emergency to the infected
houses.
The following further details are noteworthy: —
1. Of the 20 infected persons (notified cases) connected
with the rounds of regular distributor No. 12,
8 occurred in houses at which he called daily (all
"pudding" rounds), and the other 12 in houses at
which there was a history of his having called, but
not daily;
2. Of the 15 infected persons (notified cases) connected
with the rounds of regular distributor No.
19, 11 occurred in houses at which he called daily
(all "pudding" rounds), and the other 4 in houses at
which there was a history of his having called, but
not daily;
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