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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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22
FOOD POISONING
The food poisoning notifications, as corrected, for 1963 were:-
1St
Quarter
9
2nd
Quarter
22
3rd
Quarter
15
4th
Quarter
16
Total
62
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks
Nil
Total Cases
Nil
Outbreaks due to:-
(a) Chemical Poisons Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms Nil
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) Nil
(d) botulinum Nil
(e) welchii Nil
(f) Other Bacteria Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:-
Total Outbreaks
Nil
Total Cases
Nil
Single Cases:-
Agent identified
16
Unknown Cause
35
Total
51
Cases due to:-
Salm. brandenberg
6
Salm. typhi-murium
7
Salm. bareilly
1
Salm. heidelberg
1
Salm. Untypable
1
Salmonella Infections not food-borne:-
Outbreaks due to:-
Total Outbreaks
Total Cases
S. Typhi-murium 1 9
S. brandenberg 1 2