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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
Hillingdon 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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FOOD POISONING
No general outbreak of food poisoning was notified during 1970, but there was one family
outbreak in which two cases were notified. Forty-seven sporadic cases were also reported. Of the
total of 49 notifications received throughout the year, organisms of the salmonella group were
isolated in 18 cases, but in the remainder no bacteriological cause for the food poisoning was
identified. The types of salmonella organisms identified during the year were as follows:
Salmonella typhimurium 10 cases
Salmonella enteritidis 2 cases
Salmonella heidlesburg 1 lease Salmonella oranienburg 1 lease
Salmonella infantis 1 case Salmonella Stanley 1case
Salmonella newport 1 case almonella panama 1 case
The following table shows the reported number of new cases of residents of the Borough treated at various Hospitals during the year:
| Hospital | Number of new cases in the year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals all Venereal conditions | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Venereal conditions | ||
| Primary and Secondary | Other | ||||
| Hillingdon | 949 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 844 |
| Central Middlesex | 24 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| St. Bartholomew's | 10 | 10 | |||
| St. Thomas' ... | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Seamen's | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Westminster ... | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Whitechapel Clinic | 4 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 1,011 | 3 | 3 | 108 | 897 |
Arrangements have been made with the Special Clinics to follow up cases and contacts
when there is any difficulty in securing attendance and, where necessary, treatment.
Number of new cases, resident in the Borough, treated in the Special Clinic at Hillingdon
Hospital:
Number of new cases, resident in the Borough, treated in the Special Clinic at Hillingdon Hospital:
| Year | Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | Other Venereal Conditions | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 15 | 78 | 840 | 933 |
| 1967 | 6 | 71 | 804 | 881 |
| 1968 | 10 | 65 | 718 | 793 |
| 1969 | 6 | 106 | 785 | 897 |
| 1970 | 5 | 100 | 844 | 949 |
This shows the trend over a five year period, but for Hillingdon Hospital only, as very few
returns from other Hospitals were received prior to 1969.
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