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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
Hendon 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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FOOD POISONING
During the year 25 cases of food poisoning were notified compared with 29 in 1962. The following
is a copy of a report made to the Ministry about the organisms responsible for the individual and family
outbreaks.
(a) Food Poisoning Notifications (corrected)
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Total
4 4 13 4 25
(b) Cases otherwise ascertained
First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Total
3 2 4 — 9
| AGENT | No. of outbreaks | No. of Cases | Total No. of Cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family outbreaks | Other outbreaks | Notified | otherwise ascertained | ||
| Agent identified: | |||||
| Salmonella Typhi-Murium Phage Type 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Salmonella Enteritidis Jena. Phage Type IV | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Agent not identified | 3 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| AGENT | No. of cases | Total No. of cases | |||
| Notified | Otherwise ascertained | ||||
| Agent identified: | |||||
| Salmonella Heidelberg | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salmonella Typhi-Murium Phage Type 12A | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salmonella Anatum | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salmonella Brandenburg | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salmonella Typhi-Murium | 2 | 2 | |||
| Salmonella Westerstede | 1 | 1 | |||
| TOTALS | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| - Agent not identified | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||