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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
Corrected food poisoning notifications and cases ascertained for 1968
numbered:—
1st
Quarter
2nd
Quarter
3rd
Quarter
4th
Quarter
Total
1
5
16
14
36
Outbreaks due to identified agents: —
Total Outbreaks
5
Total Cases
15
Outbreaks due to:—
(a) Chemical poisons Nil
(b) Salmonella Organisms 4
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) 1
(d) botulinum Nil
(e) welchii Nil
(f) other bacteria Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:—
Total Outbreaks
3
Total Cases
6
Single Cases:—
Agent identified
10
Unknown Cause
5
Total
15
Cases due to:—
Salm. typhimurium
3
Salm. enteritidis
2
Salm. newport
1
Salm. panama
2
Salm. vitchow
1
Salm. Stanley
1
Salmonella infectious not food-borne:- Nil