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J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:100
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Oysters and enteric fever aetiology in 1900 England

  1. Alfredo Morabia1,
  2. Anne Hardy2
  1. 1Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
  2. 2The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor A Morabia
 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, 25 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland; A.Morabiahcuge.ch

    All these pictures are related to one of the first reported experiences of using a menu questionnaire to investigate the causes of a disease outbreak. In 1902, H Timbrell Bulstrode, a British Local Government Board inspector, investigated the origin of gastrointestinal disorders following banquets given at Winchester and Southampton. His work helped to confirm the role of oysters as an agent of transmission of typhoid fever. This episode of the history of epidemiology is described in …

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