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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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113
FOOD POISONING
Corrected food poisoning notifications and cases ascertained in 1971
numbered:-
1st
Quarter
2nd
Quarter
3rd
Quarter
4th
Quarter
Total
11
5
15
2
33
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks
Total Cases
6
17
Outbreaks due to:—
fa) Chemical poisons Nil
(b) Salmonella organisms 3
(c) Staphylococci (including
toxin) Nil
(d) botulinum Nil
(e) welchii 3
(f) other bacteria Nil
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause:—
Total Outbreaks
Total Cases
Nil
Nil
Single Cases:—
Agent identified
Unknown Cause
Total
14
2
16
Cases due to:—
CI. welchii
Salm. blockley
Salm. enteritidis
Salm. heidelberg
2
1
2
1
Unknown Cause
Salm. Chester
Salm. agona
Salm. typhii murium
2
1
1
6
Salmonella infection not food-borne:— Nil