Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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No. of | Organism (if known) | No. of Hospital Cases | Remarks |
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1 | 1 | A posthumous notification. The deceased, who had a history of diverticulitis, partook of meals with her married son and family; only one other member of the family had slight symptoms. No particular food was suspected. The Coroner recorded a verdict of intestinal perforation due to Salmonella mendoza infection. | |
1 | 1 | A two-month-old baby, no particular food suspected. | |
4 | - | Four individual cases. Cauliflower with cheese sauce was suspected in one case, another case suspected chicken, but verification was not possible in either instance. The third case suspected a meal consumed abroad. No particular food was suspected in the fourth case. | |
4 | 2 | Three cases occurred in an outbreak in an old People's Home. Two cases were resident in the home and a third case was a member of the staff. The Public Health Inspector who carried out an investigation into the outbreak is of the opinion that the infection was brought into the Home by one of the two resident cases, returning after a visit to relatives. No particular food was suspected in the fourth case. | |
1 | — | Shellfish consumed abroad was the food suspected. |