London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Twickenham 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 32.
| Food Poisoning Notifications : | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | TOTAL | |
| 40 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 75 | |
| Outbreaks Due to Identified Agents: | |||||
| Number of outbreaks | 3 | Number of cases | 9 | ||
| Outbreaks due to: | |||||
| Salmonella organisms | Nil | ||||
| Staphylococci (including toxin) | 3 | ||||
| Outbreaks due to Undiscovered Cause: | |||||
| Number of outbreaks | 10 | Number of cases | 25 | ||
| Single Cases: | |||||
| Cases due to identified agents: | |||||
| Shigella Sonnei | 1 | ||||
| Proteus Vulgaris | 1 | ||||
| Staphylococcus Aureus | 2 | ||||
| Salmonella organisms | 1 | Number of cases | 5 | ||
| Cases due to undiscovered cause:— | Number of cases | 36 | |||
| Total all cases | 41 | ||||