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City of London 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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LEIGH-ON-SEA COCKLES.

No. of sample.Date of collection or receipt of samples.Where obtained.Original source.If relaid in Leigh Creek.Cooked or Uncooked.Result of Dr. Klein's examination.
1902.
16th Dec.Nicholson's Gateway, BillingsgateMaplin SandsYesCookedShowed evidence of sewage pollution.
213th „DittoDittoYesCookedDitto.
3„ „DittoBrain's PitYesCookedDitto.
4„ „DittoShoeburyness Sands.YesCookedDitto.
514th „Leigh Creek Cockle LayingOff the Maplins, 9 miles East of Shoeburyness.YesUncookedDitto.
6„ „Cooked cockles, same as No. 5 after preparation for market.DittoYesCookedDitto.
720th „Nicholson's GatewayMaplin SandsYesCookedDitto.
1903.
81st Jan.Sent by Fishmongers' Company, 1st Jan., 1903.Lower part of the Blythe, opposite the Chapman Lighthouse; collected on 31st Dec., '02NoUncookedDitto.
93rd „Sent by Fishmongers' Company, 3rd Jan., 1903.Maplin Sands, abreast of the Mouse Lightship; collected on 1st Jan., 1903.NoUncookedDitto.
10„ „Leigh Creek, collected by Dr. H. Williams, Medical Officer of Health, Port of London.(?) had been lying in CreekYesUncookedDitto. The bacillus of typhoid fever found to be present.
11„ „Leigh CreekSample of water in which No. 10 cockles were lying.Practically dilute sewage.
12„ „DittoSample of mud on which No. 10 cockles were lying.Sewage polluted.
2216th „Sent by Fishmongers' Company, 17th Jan., 1903.Taken direct from Maplin Sands and boiled for 3½ minutes.No bacillus coli communis. No spores of bacillus enteritidis sporogenes.
23„ „DittoTaken direct from Maplin Sands and boiled for one minute.One cockle only contained something like bacillus coli communis(?)* Half the cockles contained no spores of bacillus enteritidis sporogenes.

* This is being further examined by subcultures.