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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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DETAILS OF FOOD POISONING DUE TO SALMONELLAE OTHER THAN S. TYPHIMURIUM
Type of Salmonellae
| Indiana | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oranienburg | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Infantis | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Enteritidis | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Bredeney | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Agona | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Panama | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dublin | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stanleyville | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Muenchen | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Infective Jaundice
A total of 35 notifications of this infection were received
during the year compared with 44 in 1970. The general pattern
of the infection continues to be of sporadic cases and the illnesses
were generally mild in character, a wide range of age groups
being affected.
Leptospirosis
No case of Leptospirosis was notified during the year.
Malaria
5 cases of Malaria were notified during the year. In each
case the infection had been contracted overseas.
Measles
A total of 1,390 cases of Measles were notified during the
year, approximately twice as many as were reported during 1970.
The great majority of the notifications continue to relate to
children under the age of 15 years and the illness occurs throughout
the year, the former concentration in the winter months
being now much less in evidence. The following table shows the
incidence of the infection in the Borough since 1965 and it would
seem from this that the traditional bi-annual occurrence of an
increased incidence of the infection continues to occur, although
much reduced by measles vaccination which has brought to an