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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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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below under separate headings and, unless otherwise stated, no
deaths from these infections occurred.
Diphtheria
Once again no case of Diphtheria was notified in the
Borough during the year.
Dysentery
Only 7 cases of this infection were reported during the year,
a very gratifying decrease compared with the previous year when
79 cases were notified.
Food Poisoning
30 cases of Food Poisoning were notified compared with
17 during the previous year and a number of additional cases
came to light as a result of the investigations carried out. Details
are shown in the table below and it can be seen that in the
majority of instances the illness was caused by organisms of the
Salmonella group. There was one death during the year associated
with Salmonella infection.
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 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 18 |
| 2. Other Salmoneilae (a) | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 3. CI. welchii | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 |
| 4. Staph, aureus | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Other causes (b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6. Cause unknown | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7. TOTAL | 2 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 44 |
| DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE Type of OTHER THAN S. TYPHIMURIUM | |||||||
| Group D | — | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 1 | 11 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Stanley | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stanleyville | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Livingstone | - | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enteritidis | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Ohio | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |