London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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119
FOOD POISONING
Corrected food poisoning notifications and cases ascertained in 1972
numbered:—
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Quarter Quarter Quarter Quarter Total
16 3 23 6 48
Outbreaks due to identified agents:-
Total Outbreaks Total Cases
5 29
Outbreaks due to:—
fa) Chemical poisons Nil (d) botulinum Nil
(b) Salmonella organisms 4 (e) welchii 1
(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
16 3 19
Cases due to:-
Salm. brediney 3alm. infantis Salm. montevideo Salm. thompson Strep
faecalis
2 1 1 11
Unknown Cause Salm. braenderup Salm. agona Salm. typhii murium
3 118
Salmonella infection not food-borne Nil