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Tuberculosis — environmental conditions
Case papers showing the environmental condition of patients
attending the Lewisham Chest Clinic in 1960 have been analysed in
223 cases with the following results:—

Food poisoning
The cases last year formally notified decreased from 49 to 31.
Again I must point out that the number notified is probably incomplete
as many cases are sufficiently mild as not to require the attendance
of a doctor. One episode, though not contributing to the above total
caused some anxiety as it was concerned with a restaurant which serves
a considerable number of meals a day and caters for association and
club dinners in the evening. Two largish groups of mild food poisoning
cases occurred before the department was informed of the trouble
on the third occasion, but after a considerable amount of investigation
the conclusion was come to that the cause was probably one member
of the kitchen staff who, it seems, might well have been a chronic
carrier of the organism likely to have caused the outbreaks. Since
steps were taken to eliminate this cause no further trouble has been
reported. Most of the cases were of residents from outside the
borough.