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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
Bromley 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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FOOD POISONING Incidents and Cases
| Causative Agent | GENERAL OUTBREAKS | FAMILY OUTBREAKS | SPORADIC CASES notified or ascertained | TOTAL No. of outbreaks and sporadic Cases cols. (1 +3 + 5) | TOTAL No. of cases cols. (2+4 + 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.of Separate outbreaks | No. of Cases notified or ascertained | No. of Separate outbreaks | No. of Cases notified or ascertained | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1. S. typhimurium | - | - | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 2. Other Salmonellae | - | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 3. Cl.welchii | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Staph.aureus | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| 5. Other causes | - | - | - | - | ¡ | - | " |
| 6. Cause unknown | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7. TOTAL | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 38 |
| DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S. TYPHIMURIUM | |||||||
| Type of Salmonellae | |||||||
| Derby | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Haardt | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Virechow | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Haifa | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Anatum | - | - | r | - | |||
| Newport | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meleagridis | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enteritidis | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Thompson | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |