View report page

Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham was notified by telephone
and subsequently reported 53 cases of illness among the children
and staff at the school in that Borough.
Unfortunately, none of the suspected food remained available
for examination, but specimens of faeces were obtained from
two of the affected children. These were submitted to the
Bacteriologist who reported that no organism likely to be
responsible for food poisoning was isolated. The outbreak was
mild in character, the main symptoms being abdominal pain
and diarrhoea.