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London County Council 1900

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No.	Date of onset of illness.	Date of notification.	Sex and age.	Milk sapply.	Ice-cream.	As to consumption of fish, fried fish, shell fish, &c.	As to use of swimming baths.	Remarks.
38	Sept. 11	Sept. 21	M. 16	Head brand	Never	His mother says the only thing she had ever seen him eat at home, except bread and butter, was a bit of fried fish from X's. This he had on a Sunday, probably September 2nd. He himself corroborates this and says the bit of fish was bought by his sister on Saturday night, i.e., probably September 1st	To X baths, but some time before his illness	Lived away from home, but visited there on Wednesday afternoons and on Sundays.
39	Sept. 11	Oct. 2	M. ll	Head Brand	Never	The family does not obtain its fish from X, but the patient, who runs errands, and thus gets pennies, may have done this. His mother thinks it likely, as he is a friend of a boy (case 42) who is in the habit of obtaining his supper there. Occasionally has winkles from X	Never	Drinks ginger-beer and kaola.
†	Sept. 11	...	M.	...	...	Obtained fried fish and other fish from X frequently for his mid-day meal. A friend of the man referred to in footnote on p. 11	...	Illness said to be "double pneumonia," it proved fatal on Sept. 19.
40	Sept. 12	Sept. 17	F. 12	...	Probably not	Mother deals at X's, and often buys fried fish there. Child may have also bought independently; she spends her pennies in the street. She would not have bought shell fish	Never	...
41	Sept. 12	Oct. 2	M. 7	B. Also Cup Brand	A and B	The family obtain fish and fried fish from X's	Never	See cases 48 and 113.
42	Sept. 12	Sept. 29	M. 16	B.	B	Occasionally purchases winkles, and habitually buys fried fish at X's. On Saturday, Sept. 1, he and the boy case 37, went to the baths and then ate a number of things, including "fried fish and taters" at X's. He was upset next day	To the X baths, "first class," on Sept. 1	Fond of ginger-beer, also of fruit.
43	Sept. 12	Sept. 20	M. 13	Nestle	Yes. From a shop away from the infected area	Obtains fried fish from X's shop quite frequently	To X baths, but not to the swimming bath	...
44	Sept. 12	...	F. 13	Condensed	B., or elsewhere	Mother did not deal at X's. The children, particularly this child, were "terribly fond of fried fish, and they went for the half-penny bit at X's"	...	Case notified in Camberwell. Family lived, however, in infected area up to Sept. 11.
45	Sept. 13	Sept. 17	M. 14	Head brand	"Not lately"	The family obtain winkles and occasionally a haddock from X. The boy often bought "fried fish and taters" from X on bis own account	Nut for more than a month before illness	Never watercress. Occasionally ginger-beer.
46	Sept. 13	Sept. 25	M. 20	Cup brand	Never	Patient often used to buy "fried fish and taters" from X, but about the end of August, during the hot weather, he took a dislike to the fish. The family rarely or never bought fried fish; they still buy "taters" and occasionally wet fish	Never	Never watercress. Mineral water and ginger-beer occasionally.
47	Sept. 13	Oct. 8	F. 19	Squirrel brand	Possibly	Lives at some distance from infected area, but works at premises within it, and was in the habit of bnying fried fish at X's. Other members of the family did not do this	...	...
48	Sept. 14	Sept. 22	F. 13	Cup brand	A and B	The family obtain fish and fried fish at X's	Never	A sister of case 41.