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Feed Poisoning.
Nine notifications of Food Poisoning were received during 1952.
The cases were distributed throughout the year as follows:—
First Quarter. Second Quarter. Third Quarter. Fourth Quarter.
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The notifications were confined to single cases and there was no
outbreak of Food Poisoning as such.
In three cases the cause of the infection was unknown and the
agent was identified in six—Salmonella Typhi Murium 4, Staph
Aureus 2.
There was a reduction of thirteen in the number of notifications
received, twenty-two cases having been notified in 1951.
Poliomyelitis.
The decreased incidence of this disease evident last year was not
maintained during 1952, eighteen cases being notified compared with
six in 1951. The figure, however, was lower than those for 1950 and
1949 when twenty¬one and thirty¬two cases respectively were notified.
With the exception of one case, which was notified in April,
all occurred in the second half of the year and were spread as
follows:—July 6, August 2, September 4, October 2, November 2,
and December 1.
The disease was not confined to any particular age group, the
ages of the patients being from 1| years to 47 years. Unfortunately
there were three deaths.
The following table gives particulars of the cases which were
notified:—
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