[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 24

Shoreditch 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The results of the enquiries made as to the circumstances attending the occurrence of enteric fever cases in the Borough during the year are set out in the annexed summary:—

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The results of the enquiries made as to the circumstances attending the occurrence of enteric fever cases in the Borough during the year are set out in the annexed summary:—

No. of Case.	Sex.	Age.	Probable date of beginning of illness.	Date of Certification.	Result.	As to Sanitary Condition of Dwelling.	Remarks—Source of infection, etc.
1	M	26	Jan. 1st	Jan. 16th	R	Fair condition.	Patient said to have been fond of fried fish. Otherwise nothing discovered throwing light upon the source of infection.
2	F	11	Jan. 4th	Jan. 18th		Dirty and insanitary house ; a filthy water cistern.	The father of these children was taken ill about the middle of October with an indefinite illness, of which the symptoms resembled those of enteric fever. He was treated in Manchester, and returned home about the middle of December last. He probably infected his children.
3	M	4	Jan. 4th	Jan. 18th	R	Dirty and insanitary house ; a filthy water cistern.
4	F	37	...	Apl. 14th	...	...	Not enteric fever.
5	M	2½	...	Apl. 15th	...	...	Not enteric fever.
6	M	16	May 12 th	May 25th	R	Satisfactory.	No information to throw light upon source of infection.
7	M	19	May 10th	May 25th	R	Fair condition.	No information throwing light upon source of infection—was away at his work ail day and not in Shoreditch—place of work near Chiswell Street.
8	F	40	May 9th	June 1st	R	Satisfactory.	No information throwing light upon source of infection—worked at a place of business off Chiswell Street—patient fond ot Shell Pish.
9	M	31	...	June 3rd	...	...	Not enteric fever.
10	M	51	...	June 8th	...	...	From the history given at the house, it is very doubtful as to this having been a case of enteric fever.
11	M	6	June 10th	June 19th	R	Drains defective.	No history throwing light upan source of infection.
12	M	33	...	July 7th	...	...	Not enteric fever.