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FOOD POISONING
Eighty-five cases were notified as compared with 27 in 1955 and 19 in
1954. A summary of all cases occurring during the year under review is set
out below in identical form to that supplied to the Ministry of Health.
ANNUAL REPORT OF FOOD POISONING NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications of the occurrence of Food Poisoning were received as
follows:-
First Quarter Second Quartet Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Total
27 4 2 52 85
identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks 1 (Salm. oranienburg) Total Cases: 6
Total Outbreaks 2 (Salm. typhi-murium 4)
(Clostridium welchii 2) Total Case: 6
Outbreaks (other than family outbreaks) of
undiscovered cause:-
Total Outbreaks 2 Total Cases: 61
Total Outbreaks 1 Total Cases: 2
Single cases:-
Agent identified: 4 Unknown causes: 6
(Salm. Eastbourne l)
(Salm. typhi-murium l)
(Salm. enteritidis l)
(Salm. London l) Total Cases: 10