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Outbreaks due to unidentified agent (2 outbreaks)
In the first case a medical practitioner and his wife suffered
vomiting, headaches and other symptoms after eating a pate manufactured by and
purchased from a local store. A portion was sent for examination. The
doctor and his wife submitted specimens which, including the pate, were
negative.
In the second outbreak, seven cases were notified, all of whom
were patients at a local hospital (maternity ward). Five were babies under
ten days old. The ward was closed to new patients. All staff and patients
submitted specimens but no positive findings were obtained. The ward was
thoroughly cleansed, and all bedding, etc., was treated at the Council's
disinfecting station.
Single cases
Thirty-one isolated cases of food poisoning were notified. In
twenty-four of these, no causative agent was identified, but in the
remaining seven cases the identified agents were either Salmonella
brandenberg or Salmonella typhimurium.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Smallpox
The Public Health (Aircraft) (Amendment) Regulations, 1963,
amending the Public Health (Aircraft and Ships) Regulations, 1952 - 1961,
enable port health officers to require the production of international
certificates of vaccination against smallpox. If a person has not a
certificate he may be offered vaccination, or may be placed under
surveillance or in isolation.
Experience has shown that travellers coming to this borough,
not holding valid certificates, refuse vaccination and prefer to be kept
under surveillance for sixteen days.