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It is safe to assume that the above cases of nursery staff,
children and their parents were all directly associated as the
related cases all occurred within a short interval of each other.
In 12 other cases there was also little doubt of cross infection
between two members of the same family, and in six cases
there was cross infection between three members of the same
family. In two other cases, one family of four members and
one family of five members were all affected within a short
period of each other.
18 cases occurred in the L.C.C. Newington Institution.

The 6 confirmed Food Poisoning cases during the year
were all individual and unrelated cases, the responsible
organisms or agents being as follows:—
Salmonella typhi-murium 45
Staphylococci 1
The Staphylococcal case was caused by contaminated ham,
and one Salmonella infection was discovered during a blood
test for transfusion taken ten days after admission to hospital
for infective endo-carditis; the patient suffered no apparent
symptoms of Food Poisoning.
No suspected food was found for 3 of the Salmonella
typhi-murium cases. In the fourth, the patient and her
husband had eaten duck eggs at the same time, but the man
was unaffected.
PUERPERAL PYREXIA
There was also a considerable increase in these notifications.
Of the 23 cases, 19 developed the infection in hospitals
subsequent to admission for confinement; the remaining 4 cases
were in home confinements.