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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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FOOD POISONING
Corrected food poisoning notifications and cases ascertained in 1969
numbered:-
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Total
2 14 21 8 45
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
9 26
Outbreaks due to:—
(a) Chemical poisons Nil (d) botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella organisms 7 (e) welchii 2
(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
18 1 19
Cases due to:—
Salm. typhimurium Salm. enteritidis Salm. heidelberg
6 1 1
Salm. senftenberg Salm. virchow Salm. stanley
1 1 2
Salm. oranienburg Salm. brandenburg Salm. coleypark
1 2 1
CI. welchii Salm. undentified
1 1
Salmonella infection not food-borne:- Nil