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
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Table 23 — Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream
| 1972 | 1971 | |
|---|---|---|
| Preserved food etc. | 190 | 188 |
| Ice Cream, Manufacture, and/or storage and/or sale | 733 | 721 |
Table 24 — Food Poisoning 1972 — Investigation of Incidents and Cases
| Causative agent | General Outbreaks | Family outbreaks | Sporadic Cases | Total Number of outbreaks and sporadic cases Columns (1+3+5) | Total Number of cases Columns (2+4+5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of separate outbreaks | Number of cases notified or ascertained | Number of separate outbreaks | Number of cases notified or ascertained | Notified or ascertained | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| S. typhimurium | 1 | 109 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 111 |
| Other Salmonellae | 1 | 34 | - | - | - | 1 | 34 |
| CI. welchii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Staph. aureus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cause Unknown | - | - | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 24 |
| Total | 2 | 143 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 169 |