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Food Poisoning Outbreaks
There were eleven cases of food poisoning in 1956 comprising
one canteen outbreak of six cases due to C1. Welchii, together with
five single cases. The illness was caused by Salmonella Typhimurium
in four of the five cases and in one case the cause was unknown. The
source of the disease in the canteen outbreak was believed to be meat
re-cooked on the following day, and the source could not be discovered
in the single cases.
Encephalitis Lethargica
No case was notified during the year.
Erysipelas
Seven cases were notified. One case was removed to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia
No case was notified during the year.
Pneumonia
Nineteen cases of primary pneumonia were notified during the
year. The number of deaths from all forms of pneumonia, some of
which are not notifiable, was 47, of which 20 were males and 27
females.
Meningococcal Infections
One case was notified during the year.
Influenza
During the year four deaths were recorded. The previous year
one death was registered.
Prevention of Blindness
This comes under the control of the Surrey County Council.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
During the year no case of ophthalmia neonatorum was notified.