View report page

26
Aug. 28. A boy aged 13 taken ill a week after coming into the
Borough. Previously in Chiswick and Cornwall. No definite
history. Sent to Kingston Victoria Hospital.
Aug. 29. A woman aged 54. Complained of bad smells from
gully. This gully was flushed frequently. No nuisance detected.
Sept. 8. .A girl aged 12½. A mild case with indefinite symptoms.
Sent to Kingston Victoria Hospital. 62 days in hospital.
' Sept. 27. Girl aged 14. Ill about eight days. Had been at
seaside in August. Said not to have had any shell fish. House
not of best period as regards sanitary arrangements but no
defects or probable exciting cause found. A younger sister
developed a mild attack in beginning of November. Possibly
contracted from the previous case—then convalescent.
Oct. 7. A man aged 48. Ill ten days. Ate oysters at Yarmouth
three weeks before first ill. A plumber, he had been engaged on
various drainage works. Kingston Victoria Hospital 47 days.
Oct. 31. A man aged 24. Had been at Norwich less than three
weeks before illness. No disease notified where he stayed.
Drinks pump water. Fairly good on analysis. Has used the
water all his life. Kingston Victoria Hospital 54 days.
Nov. 6. A boy aged 15. Works as a printer. Delicate lad, no
definite history. Kingston Victoria Hospital 65 days.
Dec. 14. A man aged 33. Had been 14 days in Kingston
Victoria Hospital before the disease was diagnosed. Ate oysters
November 17. They were not purchased locally—address of
shop not known. Works on a steam tug between Kingston
and Woolwich. 62 days in hospital.
WHOOPING COUGH.
This disease showed signs of commencing epidemic before the
Christmas holidays.*
* The epidemic assumed considerable dimensions in one large school and two
smaller ones,