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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
Orpington 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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| (b) Salmonella organisms | Nil |
| (c) Staphylococci (including Toxin) | - Nil |
| (d) CL. Botulinum | - Nil |
| (e) Other bacteria | - Nil |
(3) Outbreaks of undiscovered cause: ~
| Total outbreaks | - Nil | Total cases | - Nil |
| (4) Single cases:- | |||
| Agent identified | - Nil | Unknown - 3 Total | - 3 |
In addition to the infectious diseases enumerated above, notifications were received as under:-
| Dysentery | 2.2 |
| Erysipelas | 14 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 122 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 |
| Malaria | 3 |
The twenty-two cases of Dysentery notified were
mostly confirmed as of Sonne type - a form of Dysentery
easily spread within the family many of whom, although
infected and infectious, have only a passing illness.