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London County Council 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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No.	Date of onset of illness.	Date of notification.	Sex and age.	Milk supply.	Ice-cream.	As to consumption of fish, fried fish, shell fish, &c.	As to use of swimming baths.	Remarks.
8	Sept. 6	Sept. 17	F. 14	Condensed	A	Fish and shell fish practically never consumed at home, but the girl herself often buys fried fish and winkles from X	Never	...
9	Sept. 6	Sept. 18	M. 12	C	Frequently from A's man, also from B	The lad, who is very fond of fried fish, buys it from X ; he also buys winkles there. Other members of family obtain fried fish from another source	To X baths on Mondays	...
10	Sept. 6	Sept. 17	F. 10	D	Frequently from B	Frequently obtained fried and other fish, shrimps and winkles from X	...	...
11	Sept: 7	Sept. 22	F. 23	...	Never	This patient and her brother used often to buy fried fish for supper from X, the rest of the family not obtaining it. Occasionally fish was eaten at home, source then uncertain	Never	...
12	Sept. 7	Sept. 22	M. 13	...	From B		To X baths	...
13	Sept. 8	Oct. 13	M. 17	Condensed. Head brand	...	No fried fish ; wet and dry fish from a source named. Not from X	To X baths	"Hopping" from Aug. 25 to Sept. 3; probably infected then.
14	Sept. 8	Sept. 16	M. 14	...	Probably, if so from B	The family deal at X's shop. Three of the children, according to the mother, viz., this boy, an elder brother and a younger brother (case 66) often obtain fried fish there on their own account for supper	Never	...
15	Sept. 8	Oct. 5	M. 8	Condensed. Cup brand	Occasionally, but source not ascertained	Fish and shell fish from X. The boy often has fried fish obtained from same source	Never, an elder brother goes	Drinks ginger-beer and lemonade occasionally, obtained from a shop named.
16	Sept. 8	Sept. 16	M. 15	None	C	Fried fish, shrimps and winkles obtained from X. The first-named often	To X baths "on a Saturday night"	Lemonade occasionally from a shop named.
17	Sept. 9	Sept. 18	F. 17	B Also condensed milk	Never	Family deals at X's, but the patient rarely eats fish and does not care for fried fish	Never	At Southsea for 14 days, returned at end of Aug. Probably infected there.
18	Sept. 9	Sept. 21	F. 6	E	B	Sister of cases 14 and 66. Her mother does not think she would have money to buy fried fish on her own. account, as her brothers did, but they might have given her some and she would in any case have obtained it at home.	Never	There is some doubt as to the diagnosis in this case.
19	Sept. 9	Sept. 14	F. 14	Various sources	On one occasion from a source some distance away from the area	Plaice and shell fish and fried fish on Fridays from X	•••	...
20	Sept. 9	Sept. 17	F. 12	B F. sometimes	A's man	Fish generally from a source named, not X ; but often obtains fried fish from X and occasionally winkles and shrimps also	To X baths, but only rarely	...
21	Sept. 9	Sept. 22	M. 16	B	Never	Had a penny piece of fried fish almost every night from X. The others would not have this. Also shrimps occasionally from X	To X baths, but not for a month prior to beginning of illness	Never eats watercress or drinks mineral waters, ginger-beer, &c.
22	Sept. 9	Sept. 21	F. 18	...	Probably not	Used to obtain fried fish for supper at X's and almost certainly did so on night of Friday, Aug. 31st Other members of the family die not buy from X	To X baths on Friday, Aug 3lst	A fatal case. Lived at some distance from affected area, but, passed through it on her way to work.