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Samples of her blood and faeces were sent to Dr. Roster
at Charing Cross Hospital. The Widal Reaction was
masked by the presence of B. Gaertner, but by making
cultures he definitely isolated B. Typhosus.
A further sample of blood showed agglutination in high
dilutions.
Dr. Roster regards the case as a type which is far more
common than is generally realised.
The difficulty is to determine how or when she was
infected.
No other inmate of the Workhouse contracted the
disease and no carrier was discovered.
(2) G.F.N., male, age 64, became ill on June 25th and
died on July 12th. He stayed at a Farm near Dover from
May 23rd to 27th. There was an outbreak of Typhoid in
Dover at the time, and though no direct evidence was
obtained, it appears highly probable that he was infected
during his stay there.
(3) L.W., female, age 50, was notified on July 28th,
suffering from Paratyphoid. Very little history could be
obtained beyond the fact that she dined at a cafe in London
on July 5th and went on to a Garden Party. At neither of
these places did she partake of anything likely to infect her,
and investigations failed to prove anything.
(4), (5), and (6) E.L., female, age 20, M.G., female,
age 50, and G.G., male, age 23, all residing in the same
house.
E.L. and M.G. were notified on December 8th, and
G.G. on December 13th.
No local source of infection could be traced.
The patients visited London together on November 19th
and dined at a Club.
No direct evidence of infection at this Club was forthcoming,
but it is a noteworthy fact that only these three
inmates of the house contracted the disease, while other
members of the family, who did not make the excursion to
London, escaped.