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The medical practitioner notifying is required to state on his certificate the food
he suspects. In 12 instances the food under suspicion was meat ; in 8 instances
it was fish ; in 5 instances it was tinned fish ; in 6 instances it was fruit and in 3
instances it was eggs. In 2 instances no particular food was regarded as the cause.
Most of the cases were slight in character, but one man, who was admitted to hospital,
died.
In three instances a bacteriological examination was made. In two instances
Bacillus Aertrycke was isolated, one of the cases being fatal. The notified food
in the fatal case was believed to be duck eggs, but this could not be proved. The
third investigation was negative.