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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
oysters stated to be the same kind as those supplied to the local
dealers. The oysters were known as Gann's Princesses and came
from the Pollard bed at Whitstable. The sample was examined
by Dr. Klein who reported that the oysters were distinctly sewage
polluted and unsafe for consumption.
The particulars of the second case were also sent to the
Medical Officer of Health to the City, who purchased another
sample and these also on being examined by Dr. Klein were
reported to be decidedly polluted.
The Medical Officer of Health for the City then seized 100
oysters at the dealers in Lower Thames Street and took them to
the Mansion House to obtain an order for their condemnation.
The oysters were examined by Dr. Klein and found to be polluted
and an order was made for their condemnation.
These two last cases had partaken of oysters from the same
source as Case 2, but in that case, as reported, no action was at the
time taken.
The seven cases in which mussels were suspected were also
the subject of special inquiry, and the following are the particulars
of each case: —
(1). G. B., notified on the 26th October, first symptoms a week
previous. Patient was in France at a seaside resort during
the month of September and had raw mussels which were
collected on the beach.
(2). J. N., notified on the 29th October, first symptoms on the
15th October. Patient had mussels about a fortnight previous
to the onset of the illness.
(3). L. B., notified on the 7th December, first symptoms about the
16th November. Patient had a quart of mussels, stated to
be cooked, from an itinerant street vendor.
(4). G. G., notified on the 18th December, first symptoms on the
4th December. Patient had mussels about a fortnight
previous to the onset of the disease. These had been purchased
at a shop in Manchester where the patient was at
that time residing.
(5). W. F., notified on the 21st December, first symptoms about
six weeks previous. Patient partook of mussels about a
fortnight before the first symptoms appeared.