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MASS X-RAY
The Mass X-ray Unit was available to Hampstead residents from
March 9th to April 1st 1953, when the Unit visited the North
Western Polytechnic, Prince of Wales Road, N.W.5, and on the 27th,
28th and 29th of April when the Unit was in operation at the Royal
Free Hospital, Lawn Road, N.W.3. No figures are available of
attendances at the North Western Polytechnic, but approximately
1,400 appointments were made during the visit to the Royal Free
Hospital, mainly of employees in the Borough.
FOOD POISONING
During the year we received 21 notifications of cases of Food
Poisoning as follows:-
1st Quarter 1953 4 cases
2nd Quarter 1953 3 cases
3rd Quarter 1953 5 cases
4th Quarter 1953 9 cases
Out of 11 single cases, the cause was unknown in six instances,
and the Agent identified in the other five was as unders:-
(i) Salmonella Typhimurium 3 cases
(ii) Salmonella Heidelberg 1 case
(iii) Coagulase-positive staphylococci 1 case
There were two outbreaks involving four cases where the cause
was undiscovered, and two outbreaks of six cases where the Agent
identified was revealed as:-
(i) Salmonella Typhimurium 3 cases
(ii) Coagulase-positive staphylococci 3 cases
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
(infectious Diseases)
The record of examinations carried out during the year by the
Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, is as follows:-
Throat/Nose Swabs
Diphtheria Bacilli found Nil
Haemolytic Streptococci found 20
Vincent's Angina organisms found 1
Negative 76
Faeces
Shigella found 20
Salmonella found 13
Negative 109