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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
Heston and Isleworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Outbreak No. | Date of onset | Date of notification or other information | No. of persons at risk | No. of persons affected | No. of deaths of affected persons | Organisms causing outbreak | Food transmitting infection | Food suspected of transmitting infection | Place of infection | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 13-6-52 | 16-6-52 | 3 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Small Cafe | — |
| 24 | 21-6-52 | 28-6-52 | 5 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | Pork | Home | — |
| 25 | 5-7-52 | 8-7-52 | 2 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | — |
| 26 | 5-7-52 | 8-7-52 | 4 | 4 | — | Not ascertained | — | Pork | Home | — |
| 27 | 8-7-52 | 11-7-52 | 2 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | Tinned lobster | Work | — |
| 28 | 8-7-52 | 25-7-52 | ? | 1 | — | Salmonella typhi-murium | — | — | — | Case admitted to hospital as gastroenteritis and presence of salmonella typhi-murium reported at time of discharge—source of infection not traced. |
| 29 | 27-7-52 | 30-7-52 | 4 | 3 | — | Not ascertained | — | Home | ||
| 30 | 4-8-52 | 7-8-52 | 2 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | Tinned herring | Home | — |
| 31 | 2-8-52 | 7-8-52 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | — | ||
| 32 | 11-8-52 | 15-8-52 | 3 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | — | |
| 33 | 11-8-52 | 19-8-52 | p | 1 | Not ascertained | — | — | — | Mid-day meal at Works' Canteen, other meals at home. |