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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
Croydon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
The food poisoning notifications, as corrected, for 1958
were: -
1st 2nd. 3rd 4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Total
7 7 38 12 64
Outbreaks due to identified agents: -
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
4 20
Outbreaks due to:-
(a) Chemical Poisons Nil (d) CI. Botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms 3 (e) Other Bacteria Nil
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) 1
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause: -
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
7 22
Single Cases:-
Agent identified Unknown Cause Total
12 10 22
Cases due to: -
Salm. typhi-murium Salm. neioport Salm. newington
6 5 1
There is now a national reference laboratory which correlates
reports on the organisms found in any particular case of food
poisoning, in some instances this provides a clue to the food
concerned and allows the source of infection to be traced in a
manner which would otherwise be impossible.