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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 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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1967. In all but one instance, these were isolated cases of the
disease, the exception being a small institutional outbreak associated
with meat which had been cooked on the day preceding its
consumption, a sequence of events which is commonly associated
with food poisoning outbreaks of this type.
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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2. Other Salmonellae (a) | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3. CI. welchii | — | — | 1 | 11 | — | 1 | 11 |
| 4. Staph, aureus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Other causes(b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Cause unknown | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7. TOTAL | — | — | 1 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE
OTHER THAN S. TYPHIMURIUM
| Type of Salmonellae | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles
As mentioned above, this was a year of low incidence of
measles, only 398 notifications being received compared with 4,299
in the previous year. No deaths were recorded from the disease.
Meningococcal Infections
Two cases were notified during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Only two notifications of this disease were received.