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Case No. 9 Female Aged 1¾ years
Suspected food:
Cream doughnut. Agent identified:
Salmonella aertrycke.
This patient suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting late on
28th November and was removed to hospital the following day.
The only suspicious item of food eaten by the child was a cream
doughnut consumed early in the evening of 28th November. The
doughnut was purchased from a Kensington retailer whose premises
were in good condition. The doughnuts were obtained from a
Paddington manufacturer and a report from the M.O.H. for that
area showed that the conditions of manufacture were good. No
other complaints in connection with cream doughnuts were
reported either in Paddington or Kensington.
Case No. 10 Female Aged 24 years
Suspected food: Agent not identified.
Sausage, sauerkraut
and ice cream.
The patient fell ill with diarrhoea and vomiting on
3rd December. It was established that the patient had eaten
a meal in a Westminster restaurant consisting of Strasbourg
sausages, sauerkraut and ice cream a few hours before the
onset. The M.0.H. of Westminster carried out investigations
at the restaurant and reported that there was no evidence to
support the suggestion that the food poisoning arose from
the suspected meal. The patient was treated at home.
Case No. 11 Female Aged 3¾ years
Suspected food: Agent identified:
Not known. Salmonella aertrycke.
This child fell ill with bronchitis on 10th November and
was removed to hospital on 16th November. Within half an hour
of admission she developed severe diarrhoea which continued
throughout the night and she was removed the following morning
to an isolation hospital. No suspicious food had been consumed.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Smallpox
No case of smallpox was notified in the borough during
the year 1948. Many persons came to Kensington from places
abroad who were reported to have been in contact with
smallpox. These "contacts" were kept under observation
until the possibility of developing the disease had disappeared.
Scarlet Fever
The number of cases notified in 1948 was 105,but 11
were subsequently found not to be suffering from scarlet fever.
Of the total number of cases notified 54 were removed to
Hospital. There were no fatal cases.