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Lewisham 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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FOOD POISONING Table 39 FOOD POISONING CASES

GeneralOutbreaksFamilyOutbreaksSporadic CasesTotalTotal
Causative agentNo. of separate outbreaksNo. of cases notified or ascertainedNo. of separate outbreaksNo. of cases notified or ascertainedi Notified or ascertainedNo. of outbreaks am sporadic cases columns (1+3 + 5)i No. of cases columns (2+4 + 5)
1234567
S. Typhimurium333
Other Salmonellae101010
Cause unknown333
Total161616

DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN

S.TYPHIMURIUM

Type of salmonella1234567
Panama__555
Stanley111
Group B111
Group D111
Brandenburg11
Infantis GPCI111
Salmonella infection, not food borne—Nil.

LABORATORY FACILITIES

The following represents work carried out by the Southern Group Laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1971:—

Table 40

SpecimensNumberRemarks
Faeces446Negative
1Salmonella Derby
5Salmonella Typhimurium
15Salmonella Panama
2Salmonella Indiana
3Salmonella Heidelberg
1Salmonella Brandenberg
13Shigella sonnei
2Salmonella Infantis
1Salmonella Virchow
3Bacteria Coli Type 0111
1Bacteria Coli Type 0125
1Bacteria Coli Type 0126
1Poliomyelitis Type 2
Widal2Negative
Water10
Milk25
Ice-cream and other foods118
TOTAL650