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She attributed the infection to Tinned Pork. It was considered
that the notification was received too late for investigations to be
usefully made.
None of the outbreaks were at all serious, but they do so serve
to illustrate the danger of cooking foods overnight, and particularly
made-up meat dishes such as stews, and leaving them overnight
elsewhere than in a refrigerator. This occurred in outbreaks i,
2 and 5.
One child aged 5 was removed to hospital in October with
Gastro enteritis. Pathological investigations revealed Salmonella
Typhi-murium as the cause. The source of the infection was not
traced.
Listed Sellers of Poisons.
Forty-seven applicants were approved by the Council in accordance
with the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, each of whom were
visited.