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The following cases occurred at 105, P- Street:—
(1) Charles M-, aged 53, a wireworker by trade, was taken ill about the
middle of June; he kept at his work until the middle of July; he suffered
from diarrhoea. About July 15th he was obliged to give up his work and
began to be delirious. He was certified to be suffering from enteric fever
on July 18th.
(2) Alice M-, aged 16, daughter of above patient, worked at the same place
with her father; she was taken ill about the middle of June, but continued
at her work until July 17th. She suffered from diarrhoea, and was certified
as suffering from continued fever (enteric?) on July 18th.
(3) Elizabeth M-, aged 19, sister to Alice M-, was taken ill during the
first week in July, and was certified to be suffering from enteric fever on
July 18th. This patient slept in the same bed as her sister.
No. 105, P- Street, apart from not being kept is as cleanly a condition as it
might have been, had nothing markedly wrong with it from a sanitary point of view.
The following cases occurred at No. 62, E- Road:—
(1) Mrs. D- was taken ill about September 11th, and was removed to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital about September 25th. She was not certified to
be suffering from enteric fever. From enquiries subsequently made of this
patient there is no doubt that her illness was enteric fever.
(2) Lizzie D-, aged 13, daughter of above patient, was taken ill about
October 1st.
(3) Florence D-, aged six, sister to Lizzie, was taken ill about October 2nd
or 3rd.
(4) John D-, aged 36, father, was taken ill on October 17th.
Cases 2, 3, and 4 were certified as continued fever (enteric?) on October
21st.
(5) George D-, aged eight, son of above patient John D-, was taken ill
about the same time as his father, and was certified as suffering from
continued fever (enteric ?) on October 23rd.
No. 62, E- Road is a house let off to several families, and is in a very fair
sanitary condition. The members of the afflicted family occupied one room.