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following is a copy of the Annual Return of Food Poisoning
Notifications, which was submitted in respect of the year 1949 : —
1. Local Authority—CAMBERWELL. Year: 1949.
2. FOOD POISONING NOTIFICATIONS (Corrected) RETURNED TO R.G.
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
TOTAL
1st Quarter
4
8
13
1
-
3. OUTBREAKS DUE TO IDENTIFIED AGENTS.
Total Outbreaks — 1. Total Cases — 4.
Outbreaks Due to :—
(a) Chemical Poisons Nil.
(b) Salmonella Organisms Nil.
(c) Staphyloccoci (including toxin) Nil.
(d) CI. botulinum Nil.
(e) Other bacteria —Non-specific organisms 1.
4. OUTBREAKS OF UNDISCOVERED CAUSE.
Total outbreaks — 2. Total Cases approx. — 80*
5. SINGLE CASES.
Agent identified — Nil. Unknown cause — 9. Total —9.
* No notification was received in respect of any of these cases.
The outbreaks included under item 4 in the foregoing table
occurred among scholars and staff at two schools in the Borough
following the consumption of mid-day meals prepared by the
L.C.C. School Meals Service. Where possible, specimens of food,
faeces and vomit were obtained, and submitted for bacteriological
and chemical examination, but no agent likely to be responsible
for food poisoning was discovered. The affected persons
suffered from diarrhœa and vomiting of a mild character and
recovered rapidly.
Scabies.
Eighty-four cases of scabies were notified during the year,
compared with 111 in 1918. A visit was paid by an Inspector in
every case to try and arrange for the treatment of members of the
family to be carried out simultaneously at the Council's Cleansing
Station, with a view to reducing the number of occurrences and
recurrences. It is not generally realised that the parasites
which cause the disease may be present for some time before
producing recognisable signs and symptoms.