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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
The food poisoning notifications, as corrected, for 1961 were:-
1st
Quarter
2nd
Quarter
3rd
Quarter
4th
Quarter
Total
7 22 8 20 57
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
1 6
Outbreaks due to:-
(a) Chemical Poisons Nil (d) cl. Botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms Nil (e) cl. Welchii 1
(c) Staphylococci(including (f) Other Bacteria Nil
toxin) Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
Nil Nil
Single Cases:-
Agent identified Unknown Cause Total
21 36 57
Cases due to:-
Salm. brandenburg Salm, typhi-murium Salm. Stanley
1 19 1