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 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 shell-fish. | Remarks. |
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21 | Sept. 10 | Sept. 16 | F. 18 | Condensed | ... | Frequently ate fried fish from Y's shop | Never winkles or shrimps | Sister of case 3. See also case 25. |
22 | Sept. 11 | Sept. 17 | F. 10 | Very little | Never | Fried fish from Y every Saturday night | Winkles from A | ... |
23 | Sept. 11 | Sept. 20 | F. 19 | ... | Occasionally | Fried fish from Y frequently | No other fish. No shell fish | A fatal case. |
24 | Sept. 11 | Sept. 20 | M. 19 | F | Very fond of ice cream | Bought fried fish from Y occasionally | No other fish. No shell fish | ... |
25 | Sept. 12 | Oct. 18 | F. 55 | Condensed | Never | Mother of cases 3 and 21. Frequently ate fried fish from Y's | Never winkles or shrimps | A fatal case. |
26 | Sept. 13 | Sept. 22 | M. 6 | Condensed | ... | Fried fish from Y frequently | No shell fish or other fish | ... |
27 | Sept. 14 | Sept. 20 | F. 26 | Condensed | ... | Fried fish from Y frequently | No other fish or shell fish | Notified as "continued fever." |
28 | Sept. 14 | Sept. 18 | M. 9 | ... | ... | Fond of fried fish and fruit. Had 1d. on a Saturday which he spent, as a rale, on one or the other. Would probably buy his fried fish at Y's; moreover, his mother says he used to frequent the front of Y's shop on the chance of being given a bite of fish by his friends who purchased there | ... | ... |
29 | Sept. 15 | Oct. 1 | M. ]i | ... | ... | All the family fond of fried fish, which they buy at Y's | Shell fish and shrimps from A | See cases 33, 35, 49 and 54. |
30 | Sept. 15 | Oct. 1 | M. 3 | ... | ... | |||
31 | Sept. 15 | Sept. 22 | F. 8 | Nestle | No ice cream | Fried fish from Y's | Winkles from B | ... |
32 | Sept. 16 | Sept. 21 | M. 18 | G | ... | Fried fish from Y frequently | No other fish | Watercress occasionally. |
33 | Sept. 17 | Oct. 4 | F. 14 | ... | ... | See cases 29 and 30 | Shell fish and shrimps from A | Sister of cases 29 and 30. |
34 | Sept. 17 | Sept. 21 | F. 10 | Condensed | ... | Often bought fried fish from Y | A | Sister of case 37. |
35 | Sept. 18 | M. adult | ... | ... | See cases 29 and 30 | See cases 29 and 30 | Father of cases 29, 30, 33, 49 and 54. | |
36 | Sept. 18 | Sept. 25 | F. 9 | ... | ... | Lived some distance from Y's shop, but stayed shortly before her illness with an aunt, who lived close by it. A cousin of the boy, case 6 | ... | See also cases 16 and 18. |
37 | Sept. 19 | Sept. 26 | F. 12 | Condensed | ... | Often bought fried fish from Y | A | Sister of case 34. |
38 | Sept. 20 | Oct. 7 | F. 8 | Name of shop not known | ... | All the family fond of fried fish. They buy it at Y's | Winkles and shrimps very rarely; from A's | ... |
39 | ... | Sept. 22 | M. 9 | ... | ... | Not a case of enteric; notified in error | ... | ... |
40 | Sept. 21 | Sept. 28 | M. 4 | Condensed | Fond of ice cream | Frequently obtained fried fish from Y | A and B for mussels | ... |
41 | Sept. 22 | Sept. 27 | F. 4 | Condensed | ... | Once a week, usually on Fridays, children have fried fish from Y. At the end of August they had it more frequently | Winkles and fish occasionally from A | Sister of case 51. |