Bournemouth typhoid outbreak of 1936

Bournemouth typhoid outbreak

Date	August 1936 (1936-08)–September 1936 (1936-09)
Location	Bournemouth, Hampshire
Cause	Typhoid fever
Outcome	718 cases
Deaths	Appx. 70

The Bournemouth typhoid outbreak was an outbreak of typhoid in 1936 in the south coast of England, a traditional holiday location. It occurred during the months of August and September. The first cases were traced to raw milk from a dairy supplied by a farm whose cows drank water from a river contaminated by sewage from a cottage where a typhoid carrier lived. 718 people became infected, including 200 visitors and 518 residents. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Cotes-Preedy, D. (17 April 1937). "The Bournemouth Typhoid Outbreak". British Medical Journal. 1 (3980): 825–826. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3980.825. ISSN   0007-1447. PMC   2088641 . PMID   20780616.
2. "The Bournemouth Outbreak of Typhoid Fever". Nature. 140 (3534): 145–146. 1 July 1937. doi: 10.1038/140145d0 . ISSN   1476-4687. S2CID   34597295.
3. "Typhoid outbreak, Bournemouth. (Hansard, 22 July 1937)". api.parliament.uk.
4. Smith, David F.; Diack, H. Lesley; Pennington, T. Hugh; Pennington, Thomas Hugh; Russell, Elizabeth M. (2005). Food Poisoning, Policy, and Politics: Corned Beef and Typhoid in Britain in the 1960s. Boydell Press. ISBN   1-84383-138-4.