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Notification was received from the Airport Medical Officer
London Airport, of two persons proceeding to addresses in
Camberwell who had arrived by air from a foreign country
where cases of smallpox had been reported. These possible
contacts were kept under daily surveillance by the Council's
Sanitary Inspectors until all danger of smallpox developing had
passed.
Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis.
Thirteen notifications of poliomyelitis and one of infective
encephalitis were received during the year. Five of the poliomyelitis
cases were subsequently found not to be suffering from
this disease, and of the 8 confirmed cases, 5 were paralytic and
3 non-paralytic. There were no deaths.
Food Poisoning.
Notifications of cases of suspected food poisoning received
during the year numbered 43 as compared with 165 the previous
year. Nineteen of these were single cases and there were 10
small family outbreaks involving a total of 24 persons. Every
case was closely investigated and the results are summarised in
the following reproduction of the Annual Return of Food
Poisoning notifications which has been forwarded to the
Ministry of Health in accordance with Circular 46/49 and
Memo 188/Med. dated 24th May, 1949.
1. Local Authority: CAMBERWELL M.B.
Year: 1954.
2. FOOD POISONING NOTIFICATIONS (CORRECTED) RETURNED TO
R.G.
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Total
11
6
10
16
43
3. OUTBREAKS DUE TO IDENTIFIED AGENTS.
Total Outbreaks: 2. Total cases: 5.
Outbreaks due to:—
(a) Chemical poisons Nil.
(b) Salmonella organisms 1
(c) Staphylococci (including toxin) 1
(d) Cl. botulinum Nil.
(e) Other bacteria Nil.
4. OUTBREAKS OF UNDISCOVERED CAUSE.
Total outbreaks: 8. Total cases: 19.
5. SINGLE CASES.
Agent identified: 8. Unknown cause: 11. Total: 19.