Report upon certain epidemic outbreaks of enteric fever, in April, 1880 / by the Medical Officer of Health of Glasgow ; with appended correspondence, &c.
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- 1880
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Credit: Report upon certain epidemic outbreaks of enteric fever, in April, 1880 / by the Medical Officer of Health of Glasgow ; with appended correspondence, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![inflicted very serious loss to persons situated as he is. We doubt not that you will be quite willing to protect to the utmost our client's interests, and the only request we would make would be, that whoever may be employed, on behalf of the Authorities, to conduct the investigation, would report to us, as agents for Mr. C , from time to time the result of his inquii'ies, and should our client request that any further investigation in any direction bo instituted, that siich be done by your staff. We think that you will at once see that, in making this request, we are asking nothing unreasonable, and on learning that you are agreeable to it, we are quite prepared at once to hand you the list of farmers. Yours faithfully, (Signed) . 3. Sanitary Chambers, 1 Montrose Street, Glasgow, 28th April, 1880. -, Glasgow. Gentlemen, I have yours, as agents for Mr. T C , dairy- man, . I remember perfectly the former occasion, when Mr. C. called upon me in somewhat similar circum- stances, and received from me verbally that which I now give in writing—the assurance, in general terms, that his interests will be respected by me so far as my duty to the public permits. I need only add that, while I claim the information asked as necessary to be had in the interests of the public, it is even more for Mr. C.'s interests that it should be given. The suspicion which noio lies at his door is not created by me. It is there in the facts which are already within the knowledge of several medical men and a section of the public. My inquiry will, in all probability, remove the blame from him. Already, however, Mr. C. has taken upon himself the responsibility of wilfully causing a delay of nearly two days in an investigation in which, if the circumstances at all resemble those of the Hillhead outbreak, every hour lost means injury to the ])ublic health.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21465769_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
