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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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SALMONELLOSIS
16 cases of salmonella infection were brought to the notice
of this Department during the past twelve months. These are cases
which have symptoms, and although a food poisoning organism is isolated
from the faecal specimens, food is not considered to be the vehicle of
the infection, which is caused through case-to-case contact or by
cross infection.
A summary of these cases is now supplied annually to the
Ministry of Health as instructed in the revised memorandum on Food
Poisoning. A copy of this year's return is submitted below.
SALMONELLA INFECTION, NOT FOOD BORNE.
| Salmonella (type) | Outbreaks | No. of cases | Single Cases | Total No. of cases (outbreaks) and single cases) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Other | (Outbreaks) | |||
| Typhimurium | - | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Newport | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Infantis and Anatum | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |