Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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FOOD POISONING Incidents and Cases
| Causative Agent | GENERAL OUTBREAKS | FAMILY OUTBREAKS | SPORADIC CASES notified or ascertained | TOTAL No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases cols. (1+3 + 5) | TOTAL No. of cases columns (2+4 + 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1. S. typhi -murium | — | — | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2. Other Salmonellae (a) | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | 2 | 10 |
| 3. CI. welchii | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4. Staph. aureus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Other causes (b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Cause unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. TOTAL | — | — | 6 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
GENERAL INFORMATION on food poisoning
Salmonella Infections (not food borne). Details in the above
table relate to an outbreak at Orpington Hospital.
DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONE
LLAE
| BRANDENBURG | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 5 |
| NEWPORT | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 5 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | 2 | 10 | — | 2 | 10 |
SALMONELLA INFECTIONS (not food borne) Incidents and Cases
| Causative Agent | GENERAL OUTBREAKS | FAMILY OUTBREAKS | SPORADIC CASES notified or ascertained | TOTAL No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases cols. (1+3 + 5) | TOTAL No. of cases columns (2+4 + 5) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | No. of separate outbreaks | No. of cases notified or ascertained | ||||
| 1. S. typhi-murium | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 14 |
| 2. Other Salmonellae (a) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3. TOTAL | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | 1 | 14 |