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The cases were spread evenly between the sexes, 3 male and
3 female suffering from the disease, and were split into the
following age groups :
1 year 1
4 years 1
5-9 years 1
15 - 24 years 1
25 years and over 2
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Food Poisoning
Fifty-two notifications of food poisoning were received
during 1958. The cases were distributed throughout the year as
follows
First Quarter 14
Second Quarter 11
Third Quarter 14
Fourth Quarter 13
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The agent was identified in seven cases.
Salmonella typhi murium - 5
Slamonella St. Paul . 2
In the remaining 45 cases notified the agent was not
identified. All the cases occurred in different families, scattered
throughout the Borough.
Six fewer notifications were received than in 1957.
Typhoid Fever
At the end of August information was received from an
infectious diseases hospital that alady of 62, a resident of the
Borough, had been admitted with typhoid fever.
She had recently been on holiday, had visited various
seaside resorts for single days and had consumed a variety of
foods at these places. She was employed as a cleaner at a house
in another Borough.