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 ot 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 ether than fried fish. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Aug. 29 | Sept. 26 | F. 16 | Condensed | No fried fish | Does not remember where fish is bought(see case 29) | See cases 24, 29, 31, 34, and 36. |
| 6 | Aug. 30 | Sept. 8 | M. 19 | A | Does not buy fish from Z | At Yarmouth from Aug. 4th to 7th; did not eat shell fish but had shrimps there. | |
| 7 | Aug. 30 | Sept. L | F. 8 | B | Fried fish from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | Same family as cases 3, 4 and 9. |
| 8 | Ang. 31 | Sept. 11 | F. 18 | Not known | Ate no fried fish so far as is known when in affected area | Ate fish while on one of her visits, but it was not obtained from Z | Only visited in affected area; did not live there. |
| 9 | Aug. 31 | Sept. 4 | M. 10 | B | Fried fish from z | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | Same family as cases 3, 4 and 7. |
| 10 | Aug. 31 | Sept. 9 | F. 25 | A | Fried fish not from z | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | |
| 11 | Sept. 1 | Sept. 10 | M. 44 | C | Fried fish not from z | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | A fatal case. |
| 12 | Sept. 3 | Sept. 12 | F. 9 | Various† | No fried fish | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z, and also from another source | ... |
| 13 | Sept. 4 | Sept. 15 | F. 19 | A | Fried fish from z, bnt very rarely | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | ... |
| 14 | Sept. 6 | Sept. 11 | M. 20 | H and. I | ... | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | ... |
| 15 | Sept. 6 | Sept. 12 | M. 16 | C | Fried fish, not from z | Dry and wet fish and possibly shell fish from Z | |
| 16 | Sept. 7 | Sept. 23 | F. 18 | D and G | Fried fish from z | Wet and dry fish and possibly shell fish from Z | ... |
| 17 | Sept. 8 | Sept. 14 | F. 14 | D and E | Fried fish from z | Wet and dry fish and possibly shell fish from Z | |
| 18 | Sept. 11 | Sept. 20 | M. 25 | J | No fried fish | Passes close to Z's shop on his way to work, but said not to buy wet fish | Out of town for three days at beginning of September. A fatal case. |
| 19 | Sept. 12 | Oct. 17 | F. 25 | K | Fried fish, but not from z | Passes close to Z's shop on her way to work, but said not to buy wet fish | Not notified until her sister, case 32, was attacked. |
| 20 | Sept. 12 | Oct. 18 | F. 10 | No milk | No fried fish | Dry fish from Z | |
| Sept. 14 | Oct. 3 | M. 50 | Condensed | Often ate fried fish; not from z | Does not eat wet fish as a rule | Lived just on boundary of area. | |
| 22 | Sept. 17 | Sept. 24 | F. | B | ... | Buys from Z occasionally | |
| Sept. 18 | Sept. 29 | F. 11 | H and I | Not from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | A sister of case 14. | |
| 24 | Sept. 21 | Sept. 26 | M. 4 | Condensed | No fried fish | They buy from Z at times | Same family as case 5. |
| 25 | Sept. 23 | Sept, 27 | M. 9 | H and I | Not from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | Brother of case 14. |
| 26 | Sept, 25 | Sept. 27 | M. 5 | H and I | Not from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | Brother of case 14. |
| 27 | Sept. 25 | Oct. 2 | M. 14 | A | From z but very rarely | Dry and wet fish from Z | Brother of case 13. |
| 28 | Sept. 26 | Sept. 29 | F. 13 | C | Not from z | Dry and wet fish from Z | Visited at house in which case 14 lived. |
| 29 | Sept. 26 | Sept. 26 | F. 10 | Condensed | See case 5 | This child remembers having some winkles which were bought from Z. They usually obtain wet fish from a shop further away | Same family as case 5. |
†May on occasion have purchased from a local vendor F, supplied by the first of the two companies above referred to.