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Place.

Year.

Cases.

Probable source of infection of the milk.

SORE THROAT.

Woking and Horsell, Woking U.D.

1903

Epidemic

Undetermined

Glasgow

1904

Colchester M.B.

1905

39 500-600

(?) Cow disease

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Brighton C.B., Hove M.B., and Port-

slade (Steyning East R.D.)

1929

1,000 families

65 deaths

Human disease

B. GAERTNER.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, Longbenton U.D.

1913

523

Withnell U.D. and Chorley M.B.

1914

317

Newcastle-under-Lyme M.B.

1914

468

:

Reference.

137

British Medical Journal, February 6, 1904, p. 302, March 12, 1904, p. 619, March 26, 1904, p. 756.

Lancet, June 18, 1904, p. 1742.

British Medical Journal, April 27,

1905, p. 1165.

Chief medical officer's annual report,

1929, p. 82.

:

:

130

Proc. R. Soc. Med. Epidem., Sect. VII,

1913-1914.

Special report, medical officer of

health, Lancashire.

Food poisoning and food infection

(Savage), p. 80.