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The cooking and food preparation arrangements were discussed
with the canteen manageress and the secretary of the firm and
notes regarding the technique for cooking, preparing and storing
food likely to give rise to food poisoning were supplied to them
for reference.
Dysentery
The number, of cases of dysentery notified during the year
again increased, 209 cases occurring compared with 128 in 1958.
One hundred and twenty two of them occurred in the Vauxhall Parr
liamentary Constituency, mainly in the Bishop's and Prince's wards,
55 in Brixton and 32 in Norwood.
Paratyphoid b
During the year 5 cases of paratyphoid fever were notified
as occurring in the Borough.
There was no apparent connection between them either in the
time or place of their occurrence. Two of the organisms were typed
and found to be of the phage type Taunton but these occurred at
widely separated parts of the Borough and some 4 months apart.
The ages of the patients ranged from 5 months to 17 years
and no positive cultures were obtained from stools of contacts
and in no instance was it possible to incriminate any particular
article of food.
Diphtheria
No case of Diphtheria occurred during the year.
While this is gratifying there are no grounds for complacency,
The need for immunisation is still as great as ever. In view of
the comparative rarity of the disease parents fail to appreciate
the value of having their children immunised,
Diphtheria immunisation is the responsibility of the London
County Council but may also be carried out by general practitioners
and I am indebted to the Divisional Medical Officer of Division
Dr. W.H.S. Wallace, for supplying me with the fol lowing figures
regarding immunisation- carried out in the Borough of Lambeth
during the year 1959.