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

London County Council 1900

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Continued from previous page...

Download table as:

Continued from previous page...

No.	Date of onset of illness.	Date of notification.	Sex and age.	Milk supply.	Ice-cream.	As to consumption of fried fish.	As to consumption of other kinds of fish and skell-fi'h.	Remarks.
†	Aug. 31		M. adult	Condensed	...	Frequently ate fried fish obtained from Y	Other fish from A	This man was supposed to have "congestion of the lungs and bronchitis." He lived in the same house as case 27.
7	Sept. 1	Sept. 21	M. 16	B	Never	Often bought fried fish from Y, as did also his brother, case 15, other members of the family rarely did so	Shell fish from A	See case 15.
8	Sept. 1	S ep t. 10	F. 11	Various sources		See case 4	...	Sister of case 4.
9	Sept. 1	Oct. 4	F. 24	C	Never	Early in September was staying at a friend's house where she frequently had fried fish from Y's shop	...	...
10	Sept. 3	Sept. 15	F. 5	...	Never	Family obtained fried fish from Y frequently	Winkles from various sources	...
11	Sept. 3	Sept. 21	F. 50	D	...	Family obtain fried fish from Y	Winkles occasionally	Eats watercress.
12	Sept. 3	Sept. 17	F. 11	...	...	Mother does not buy fried fish. This girl and her two sisters, cases 20 and 43, often buy "fish and taters" at Y's, more often on a Friday than any other day	Winkles and shrimps from various sources	...
13	Sept. 4	Sept. 14	M. 25	E	Never	Has eaten some 6 pieces of fried fish since February last. Two of these he remembers buying from Y on two Saturday evenings, probably in 2nd and 3rd weeks of August. He bought l½d. pieces	A, but very rarely. No shell fish	...
14	Sept. 4	Sept. 14	F. 8	Condensed	...	The child used to buy fried fish from Y ; her mother very rarely did so	B	Drinks kaola and lemonade.
15	Sept. 4	Sept. 21	M. 18	B	Never	See case 7	Shell fish from A	...
16	Sept. 4	Sept. 14	F. 34	...	...	Often ate fried fish obtained from Y	...	Mother of ease 6.
17	Sept. 7		M.	...	...	Fond of fried fish but it is not known where he obtained it	...	A fatal case, his relatives cannot be traced.
18	Sept. 8	Sept. 15	F. 32	...	...	Says she did not eat fried fish. This case was found, at the hospital to which she went, not to be one of enteric fever	...	A lodger in the house where cases 6 and 16 lived.
18a	Sept. 8		F. 2	...	...	This child stayed during the daytime when her mother was at work with her grandmother who lived in the affected area. She played in front of Y's shop, and almost certainly ate fried fish purchased there	B	Played frequently with the boy, case 28.
19	Sept. 9	Sept. 19	F. 28	Nestle	At a shop close by	Used to buy fried fish from Y on a Saturday night but does not remember doing so for some few weeks before Sept. 19. Other members of family never bought from Y.	A, but very rarely
20	Sept. 10	Sept. 17	F. 4	...	...	See ease No. 12	See above	Sister of cases 12, 43, 44 and 52.