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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
The food poisoning notifications, as corrected, for 1966 were:—
1st
Quarter
5
2nd
Quarter
9
3rd
Quarter
7
4th
Quarter
4
Total
25
Outbreaks due to identified agents:—
Total Qutbreaks
2
Total Cases
4
Outbreaks due to:—
(a) Chemical poisons Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms 2
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) Nil
(d) botulinum Nil
(e) welchii Nil
(f) Other Bacteria Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:—
Total Outbreaks
3
Total Cases
8
Single Cases:—
Agent identified
2
Unknown Cause
11
Total
13
Cases due to:—
Salm. reading
1
Salm. heidelberg
1
Salmonella Infections not food-borne:— Nil