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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
Shoreditch 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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| 13 | F | 17 | July 15th | Aug. 2nd | R | Fair condition | No history thowing light upon source of infection; a girl who was employed at the place where she worked, near Golden Lane, is said to have had fever. |
| 14 | F | 24 | Aug. 1st | Aug. 19th | R | Satisfactory. | Nothing to throw light upon source of infection. Patient seems to have been very fond of strawberries. |
| 15 | M | 29 | Aug. 13th | Aug. 23rd | D | Satisfactory. | Nothing to throw light upon source of infec'ion. |
| 16 | F | 18 | Aug. 20th | Sept. 2nd | R | Fair condition. | Nothing to throw light upon source of infection. |
| 17 | F | 7 | Aug. 25th | Sept. 7th | R | Satisfactory. | Nothing to throw light upon source of infection. |
| 18 | M | 10 | Aug. 28th | Sept. 9th | R | Satisfactory. | Nothing to throw light upon source of infection. |
| 19 | F | 13 | Aug. 18th | Sept. 12th | R | Satisfactory. | Was at Oleethorpes from August 4th to August 19th She first had sickness and diarrhoea on August 18th was ailing but able to go back to School on August 28th, complained of headache September 3rd, spots first noticed September 11th; was infected at Cleethorpes. |
| 20 | F | 25 | Aug. 28th | Sept. 14th | R | Satisfactory. | Patient a nurse in Shoreditch Infirmary and assisted in nursing case 13, from whom she probably con-iracted the disease. She however returned from a holiday on August 18th, it is possible, therefore, she may have contracted infection from some other source. |
| 21 | F | 33 | Sept. 9th | Sept. 16th | R | Satisfactory. | Patient a nursing sister at City Eoad Chest Hospital. She volunteered the information that she swallowed a fly, about August 28th—nothing further to indicate source of infection. |
| 22 | M | 6 | Sept. 6th | Sept. 19th | R | Dirty house. | No history as to source of infection. |
In the Summary R=recovered, D=died.