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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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15
FOOD POISONING
The food poisoning notifications, as corrected, for 1959
were:-
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter
16 14 26 11 67
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
4 11
Outbreaks due to:-
(a) Chemical Poisons Nil (d) Cl. Botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms 4 (e) Other Bacteria Nil
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
3 6
Single Cases:-
Agent identified Unknown Cause Total
37 14 51
Cases due to:-
Salm. typhi-murium Salm. newport Salm.bovis-
morbificans
30 3 1
Salm. thompson Salm. enteritidis
1 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.