London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 | Milk supply. | Ice-cream. | As to consumption of fried fish. | As to consumption of other kinds of fish and shell-fish. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Sept. 23 | Sept. 25 | M. 4 | ... | ... | Lived in same house as case 41. Obtained fried fish from Y | ... | A fatal case. |
| 43 | Sept. 24 | Oct. 2 | F. 6 | ... | ... | Sisters of cases 12, 20 and 52 | ... | A fatal case. |
| 41 | Sept. 24 | Oct. 9 | F. 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 45 | Sept. 24 | Sept. 25 | M. 12 | Condensed | ... | Family dealt at Y's, but these two patients also bought fried fish there " on their own " | A | Very mild case. |
| 45a | Sept. 24 | Sept. 26 | F. 18 | Condensed | ... | A | Said not to be enteric. | |
| 46 | Sept. 25 | Oct. 7 | M. 19 | G | ... | Never fried fish. At Margate first week in September, and while there ate some oysters, to which he attributes his illness | ... | ... |
| 47 | Sept. 26 | Sept. 26 | F. 40 | Cup brand | ... | Not a case of enteric. Discharged a few days after admission to hospital | ... | ... |
| 48 | Oct. 1 | Oct. 9 | F, 17 | ... | ... | Does not care for fried fish | Various sources | ... |
| 49 | Oct. 1 | Oct. 3 | M. 11 | ... | ... | Belonged to same family as cases 29, 30, 33, 35 and 54 | ... | ... |
| 50 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 16 | F. 5 | ... | ... | Case apparently secondary to the case marked f between cases 4 and 5 above. The child (50) played with the boy† during his illness, which was at first thought to be influenza, but was afterwards, on the two children being taken to hospital (after the second child sickened), suspected to have been enteric fever | ... | ... |
| 51 | Oct. 3 | Oct. 9 | F. 6 | Condensed | See case 41 | ... | Sister of case 41. | |
| 52 | Oct. 4 | Oct. 9 | F. baby | ... | Belonged to same family as cases 12, 20, 43 and 44 | ... | ... | |
| 53 | Oct. 5 | Oct. 14 | F. 33 | H | Never | Used to obtain fried fish from Y | A | ... |
| 54 | Oct. 5 | Oct. 13 | F. 8 | ... | Belonged to same family as cases 29, 30, 33, 35 and 49 | ... | ||
| 55 | Oct. 7 | Oct. 14 | M. 17 | Head brand | Never | Bought fried fish, but not from Y... | B | ... |
| 56 | ... | Oct. 18 | M. 9 | ... | ... | Bought fried fish from Y ... | ... |
Kensal-town.
| No. | Date of onset of illness. | Date of notification. | Sex and age. | Source from which milk was supplied* | As to consumption of fried fish. | As to purchase of shell fish and fish other than fried fish. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug. 21 | Sept. 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Only came to live in area three days before she was taken ill. |
| 2 | Aug. 25 | Sept. 4 | M. 26 | A | No fried fish | Dry and wet fish from Z | Fatal case. |
| 3 | Aug. 27 | Sept. 15 | M. 36 | B | Fried fish from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | Fatal case, |
| 4 | Aug. 28 | Sept. 1 | F. 16 | B |
* The supply of seven of the local vendors lettered A to K was in large or small part derived from one large dairy company. A second dairy
company supplied milk to a few of these vendors, and there were one or two other sources of supply in the case of individual vendors. The first
mentionod company supplied directly or indirectly A, B, C, F, H, I and J.