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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table 25.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream
| 1969 | 1968 | |
|---|---|---|
| Preserved food, etc. | 180 | 175 |
| Ice cream: Manufacture, and/or storage and/or sale | 686 | 685 |
Table 26.-Food Poisoning-Investigation of Incidents and Cases
| Causative agent | General Outbreaks | Family Outbreaks | Sporadic Cases | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of separate outbreaks | Number of cases notified or ascertained | Number of separate outbreaks | Number of cases notified or ascertained | Notified or ascertained | Number of outbreaks and sporadic cases Columns (1+3+5) | Number of cases Columns (2+4+5) | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | |
| S. typhimurium | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Other Salmonellae | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| CI. welchii | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 |
| Staph, aureus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other causes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cause unknown | - | 4 | - | - | 17 | 18 | 21 |
| Total 1969 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 36 |
| Total 1968 | 14 | 262 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 50 | 300 |