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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.
23	Sept. 9	Sept. 27	M. 10	A	Very rarely	The family usually deal at a fish shop named, not X's, but occasionally a piece of fish is procured from X	Never	Sometimes drinks lemonade.
24	Sept. 10	Sept. 16	M. 15	D	Very seldom.	Fish and fried fish obtained from X	To X baths occasionally	No ginger-beer, &c.
25	Sept. 10		M. 11	B	A's man	Fried fish from X, also from another source. Occasionally winkles and shrimps from X	To X baths	A doubtful case of enteric.
26	Sept. 10	Sept. 16	F. 10	G	A's man	Fried fish and winkles habitually obtained from X	Never	Occasionally ginger-beer.
27	Sept. 10	Sept. 23	F. 12	B	Never	Bought "fried fish and taters" at X's shop on a Saturday night, about 5 weeks before the 8th Oct. (i.e., probably Sep. 1st). Sometimes obtains winkles from X	...	...
28	Sept. 10	Sept. 20	F. 13	H	B	Mother does not deal at X's shop and the fried fish consumed by the family is not obtained there. The girl herself, who is very fond of fried fish, bought from X occasionally just before her illness	To X baths	Ginger-beer frequently.
29	Sept. 10	Sept. 15	F. 11	Condensed	Possibly, but not certainly	Fried fish from X on Saturday nights. The patient was a "dreadful child for fish and taters."The others, father, mother and five children, rarely had any. Never shell fish or shrimps	Never	Watercress on Saturdays. Never lemonade, ginger-beer or kaola.
30	Sept. 10	Sept. 19	F. 13	...	B	Fried fish from X frequently. Never shell fish or shrimps	...	Lemonade, sometimes.
31	Sept. 10	Sept. 23	M. 5	B	B	Very fond of " fried fish and taters " from X's shop. Never buys winkles	To X baths	Very fond of fruit.
32	Sept. 11	Sept. 22	F. 14	B	B or C	Fried fish, wet fish, and winkles from X	...	See cases 91,32 and 126.
33	Sept. 11	Sept. 27	M. 14	Goat brand	Occasionally, probably from A	Fried fish and winkles habitually obtained from X	Not to X baths but swims occasionally	Drinks kaola.
34	Sept. 11	Sept. 17	F. 24	G	B	Frequently obtained fried fish and winkles from X	...	...
35	Sept. 11	Sept. 20	F. 12	Head and goat brands	B	The family obtain fried fish from a particular source, not X's shop. The girl herself has been in the habit of buying from X. All eat winkles and eels from X occasionally	To X baths	Ginger - beer and lemonade frequently.
36	Sept. 11	Sept. 26	F. 9	B	D or C	"On a Friday, about a fortnight before she began to be ill" (probably August 31st), bought a bit of fried fish at X's. She remarked at the time how nasty it was, and indeed it gave her " a shuddering against fish." None of the other members of the family had any. They buy winkles, mussels and shrimps from X occasionally	Never	Never eats watercress. Drinks kaola.
37	Sept. 11	Sept. 24	M. 16	I	B	The family do not eat fish. The boy and a friend (case 42) obtained "fried fish and taters" from X on night of September 1st	To X baths, the "first - class swim" on September 1st	No ginger-beer, lemonade, &c.