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 Leyton]
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The following table illustrates in brief the salient features of the notified cases:—
Case | Sex. | Age. | Where Treated. | Result. | Remarks. |
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Yrs. | |||||
1 | M. | 45 | At home | Died | Not traceable. |
2 | M. | 4 | At. Eastern Hospital | Recovered | Occurred in Bethnal Green Schools. |
3 | F. | 32 | At London Hospital | " | Not traceable. |
4 | M. | 32 | At West Ham Infirmary | " | Endocarditis, not Enteric Fever. |
5 | M. | 35 | At London Hospital | Died | Not traceable. |
6 | M. | 3 | At home | Recovered | Doubtful case. |
7 | M. | 12 | At Walthamstow Hospl | " | Not traceable. |
8 | F. | 18 | At home | Died | Doubtful case. |
9 | F. | 30 | At West Ham Infirmary | Recovered | Not Enteric Fever. |
10 | F. | 18 | " " | " | Not traceable. |
11 | M. | 43 | " " | " | |
12 | M. | 32 | " " | ||
13 | M. | 22 | " " | ||
14 | F. | 7 | At home | Had been in the habit of eating raw carrots. | |
15 | F. | 12 | " | Had stayed at Ramsgate three weeks prior to notification, but had not eaten any shell fish. Has been in the habit of eating raw watercress procured from divers sources | |
16 | At Walthamstow Hospl. | Not traceable. | |||
17 | M. | 43 | At home | Visited Ramsgate and partook of oysters there about a month previous to his ailing. | |
18 | M. | 35 | At West Ham Infirmary | Not traceable. | |
19 | M. | 7 | " " | Occurred in same house as case 18. | |
20 | F. | 18 | At home | Doubtful case. | |
21 | M. | 7 | |||
22 | M. | 27 | At West Ham Infirmary | Died | Not traceable. |
23 | F. | 8 | At home | Recovered | In the habit of eating fried fish. |
24 | M. | 8 | At West Ham Infirmary | Not traceable. | |
25 | F. | 12 | At home | In contact with case 18. Eats fried fish. | |
26 | M. | 32 | Died | Had been in the habit of eating oysters in various shops in London. | |
27 | F. | 45 | Recovered | Occurred in same house as case 21. | |
28 | M. | 12 | At London Hospital | Died | On P.M. examination case provad to be "Appendicitis," and not Enteric Fever. |
29 | M. | 10 | At West Ham Infirmary | Recovered | Not Enteric Fever. |
One case, viz.:—No. 25 was notified as Continued Fever.