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2,204 cases being notified in this first quarter. The second
quarter produced 595 notifications, tailing off to the third quarter
with 47 and during the last quarter of the year only nine cases
were notified.
The number of cases of food poisoning (or suspected food
poisoning)notifiedshowed a marked reduction, as did the number
of cases of dysentery, the notifications of which reduced from
192 to 37. Of the 201 cases of food poisoning (or suspected
food poisoning) only 23 proved to be positive, of which four
were food handlers. In the confirmed cases appropriate steps
were taken to prevent the spread of infection and in no case
was it necessary for compensation for loss of earnings to be
made.
The following table shows the number of faecal specimens
submitted by the Section during the year, and my thanks are due
to Dr. E. Atkinson, Pathologist, Oldchurch Hospital Laboratory,
and his staff, for the very able and efficient manner in which
they dealt with our requests in this connection.

*** Salmonella Stanley 5
Salmonella Prendensy 1
Salmonella Typhimurium 6
Salmonella Enteridis 1
Salmonella St. Paul 1
Salmonella Panama 1
Salmonella Unidentified 1
Total 16
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