Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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No. | Date of outset of illness. | Date of modification. | 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. |
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30 | Sept. 28 | Oct. 3 | M. 21 | A | No fish | No fish | Visited at house in which case 2 resided. |
31 | Sept, 29 | Oct. 9 | F. 2 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
32 | Sept, 30 | Oct. 17 | F. 25 | K | Fried fish occasionally, not from z | Never wet fish | Sister of case 19. A fatal case. |
33 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 16 | M. 15 | Condensed | Fond of fried fish, not from z | Rarely have any other kind of fish | A fatal case. |
34 | Oct. 2 | Oct. 9 | M. 12 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
35 | ... | Oct. 21 | F. 30 | D and E | See case 17 | See case 17 | Sister of case 17, whom she nursed up to within a few weeks of being herself attacked. |
36 | Oct. 10 | Oct. 15 | F. 14 | Condensed | See case 5 | See case 5 | Same family as case 5. |
Three more members of this family were subsequently taken ill— F. 37, notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 17. M. 38, notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 20. M. notified Oct. 21, attacked Oct. 20. The mother of case 3, and grandmother of cases 4, 7 and 9 was attacked on Oct. 20, and notified on Oct. 26. An aunt of the child, case 5, was notified on Nov. 20, she had then been ill some time. |