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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| No. of Cases | Organism (if known) | No. of Hospital Cases | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | A five-month-old baby. No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | Patient had recently returned from a holiday abroad. No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | No particular food suspected. | |
| 1 | — | No particular food suspected. | |
| 29 | No organisms detected | 3 | Four cases occurred in a general outbreak. A school meal was suspected but verification was not possible. Five cases occurred in two families and in one household sausage rolls were suspected. Verification, however, was not possible. No particular food was suspected in respect of the other household. Twenty individual cases, although various foods were suspected in no instance was it possible to verify the suspected commodity. |
| 125 | TOTALS | 10 |
Local Morbidity
1 am indebted to the Regional Controller of the Department of
Health and Social Security (London South Region) for the following statistics relating to claims for sickness and industrial injury
benefits during 1969.
Local offices of the Ministry of Social Security concerned mainly
with the London Borough of Greenwich are those located at
Deptford, Eltham and Woolwich. Regions covered by these offices
are, unfortunately, based upon postal districts and not upon local