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and Kent House and the Clockhouse Wards, were mainly effected
but Manor House Ward showed the greatest increase. Six cases were
notified after admission to hospital. The remaining cases were notified
by doctors from 14 practices. Thirteen cases were notified by one
practitioner, four cases by another practitioner and three cases each
by three other practitioners. A single case was notified by ten
practitioners. Seven cases were notified but pathological examination
failed to reveal sonne dysentery organisms.
Six cases of food poisoning were notified by medical practitioners
in the Borough and were investigated. All were single incidents and
Salmonella Typhimurium was isolated from two cases. A symptomless
excreter of salmonella typhimurium on the nursing staff of a London
Hospital was kept under surveillance until bacteriological clearance
was obtained. Other investigations included that of a member of a
crew of a ship arriving at the port of London from Port Said and on
which an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to dysentery and salmonella
had occurred during the voyage. Investigations were also carried out
at the request of a neighbouring authority of contacts of a food poisoning
outbreak in one of their canteens.
Arrangements have continued for the examination of faeces for
bact. coli. serotypes of admissions to St. Hilda's Nursery. Forty-eight
specimens were examined and all were reported by the laboratory to
be negative.
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