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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
Bromley 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Erysipelas
Eight cases were notified during 1966 compared with fourteen
notifications in the previous year.
Dysentery
Forty-three cases were notified, all of them being of the mild
sonnei type. These were all isolated cases and the infection did
not occur in epidemic form. Full investigations were carried out in
each instance. The corresponding number of notifications received
in 1965 was 28.
Food Poisoning
Seven cases were notified during the year compared with 17
in 1965. All of these affected single families or individuals and
proved to be of the salmonella type.
FOOD POISONING Incidents and Cases
| Causative Agent | GENERAL OUTBREAKS | FAMILY OUTBREAKS | SPORADIC CASES notified or ascertained | TOTAL No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases cols. (1+3 + 5) | TOTAL No. of cases columns (2+4 + 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1. S. typhi-murium | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2. Other Salmonellae (a) | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3. CI. welchii | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Staph, aureus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Other causes(b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Cause unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. TOTAL | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 7 |
DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S. TYPHIMURIUM
| Type of Salmonellae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANLEY | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| SANTIAGO | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |