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sample submitted to the Bacteriologist did not
contain disease producing organisms. Detailed
enquiry and questioning revealed that the
daughter on preparing the meal in her mother's
absence had flavoured it with daffodil bulbs
instead of onions, with the unfortunate illness
notified.
A woman and her daughter noticed a metallic
taste on talcing some lemonade and were attacked
with diarrhoea and vomiting. The dregs of the
drink smelt strongly of paraffin and gave the
solution of the cause of the illness. Full
enquiry exonerated the premises where the lemonade
was manufactured.
In the majority of cases illness or
discomfort was merely transient but two persons,
a mother and daughter, suffered so severely that
removal to hospital was necessary and the daughter's
illness proved fatal. These two cases were, in
fact, the only ones in which the presence of food
poisoning organisms (bacillus enteritidis of
Gaertner) were clearly demonstrated as the cause
of the illness. In spite of the most careful
search of the house and yard for any suspicious
article or circumstances no sample of any
suspicious food could be found for examination,
but the fullest enquiry showed that the public
food supplies remained unaffected and this
particular occurrence was limited to the one
household.
Tuberculosis.
No. of Notifications.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Male. Female. Male. Female.
89 53 9 10
No. of Deaths.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary.
Male. Female. Male. Female.
40 24 2 1
33