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[The following information about five of these cases was 

 elicited by Dr. E. G. Glover (Cases 1, 10, 83) and Dr. A. H. 

 Hoffman (Cases 62, 70).] 



Case 1. — Left school when 14 years old. Delivered milk 

 for about 3 months : since employed in about 30 different jobs. 

 Never any tools in mouth, and never repaired old clothing, &c. 

 Born in Birmingham, and has not been elsewhere save for one 

 short visit to a Shropshire village (where he drank tap-water), 

 and one to Bournemouth. Bowels regular as a rule : never 

 constipated. Had diarrhoea lasting one day in 1917, but never 

 passed blood. Has occasional flatulence after heavy meals. No 

 abdominal discomfort. Father a Birmingham man, who died 

 [aet. 45) of pneumonia. Mother a Birmingham woman. One 

 brother consumptive, no bowel trouble. No record of dysentery 

 in family. Has never been in contact with foreigners. 



Case 10. — Bom in Birmingham, where he has lived all his 

 life. Only away on holidays. In engraving industry (steel, 

 gold, &c.) since age of 13 — not dusty work. Occasionally holds 

 steel tools in mouth, and does jewellery repairs for private houses. 

 Water-supply always municipal. Healthy boyhood : after 19 

 years chest troubles. Pleurisy at 23. Bowels : seemingly normal 

 till 19, when he had an attack of diarrhoea lasting 2 weeks in 

 midsummer. IVee until following summer, when it recurred. 

 Occasional attacks till age of 40, when he went to hospital and 

 had 'draughts'. Since then well to Christmas 1917, when he 

 had diarrhoea for a week, arrested by treatment. Has haemor- 

 rhoids, and is rather constipated as a rule. No special abdominal 

 pain during either constipation or diarrhoea, except colic. Liver 

 normal : no jaundice. Wife healthy, never abroad. 



Case 62. — Born at Brislington, Bristol, where he has lived all 

 his life. Drinks tap-water. Has been a fitter for 8 years. 

 Does not put tools in mouth, and does not repair old clothes or 

 personal articles. Has had diarrhoea very occasionally, but not 

 lately. No blood or slime in stools. No members of family or 

 household with bowel troubles. No foreigners have lived in his 

 house. 



Case 70. — Born in Chard, Somerset, and has lived there all 

 his life. Drinks well-water. In present employment for 1 year. 

 Does not hold tools in mouth. Has not repaired old clothes or 

 personal articles. Has not suffered from diarrhoea or any bowel 

 trouble, nor has any member of his household. No foreigners 

 have lived in his house. 



Case 82. — Born in Birmingham, and has lived there all his 

 life : never absent on 'holiday for more than a few days. Has 

 always drunk tap-water. Cabinet maker and upholsterer from 

 age of 14 to 17— chiefly doing repairs from public-houses, smoke- 

 rooms, and private houses (never bedrooms) — and used to put 

 tacks in his mouth. Polisher (metal) from age of 17 to 32. 

 Joined army in 1914. In training in England September 1914 

 to February 1915 : then discharged with septic poisoning, &o. 

 Usual sanitary arrangements in army: in billets— cottages, 



