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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
Bromley 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Food Poisoning
Thirteen cases were notified during the year, compared with
seven in the previous year. All of these affected single families, or
individuals, and there were no general outbreaks of the disease.
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. typhimurium | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2. Other Salmonellae (a) | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3. CI. welchii | — | — | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | 8 |
| 4. Staph, aureus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Other causes (b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Cause unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. TOTAL | — | — | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Type of Salmonellae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIANA | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Measles
4,299 notifications were received in 1967, as against 1,236 in
1966. One death from this disease was recorded.
Meningococcal Infections
No cases were notified in 1967. There were two cases in the
previous year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Three notifications of this disease were received.