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a meal and specimens from some of the residents being sent for
bacteriological examination, but all the results were negative. The
outbreak was a short one.
There were, in addition, 38 other confirmed cases of food poisoning
infection, comprised as follows, which involved the checking of
84 people:—
Salmonella Bredeney 2
„ Enteritidis 4
„ Heidelberg 3
„ Indiana 1
„ Kotbuss. 1
„ Oranienberg 2
„ Panama 4
„ Reading 3
„ Stanley 3
„ Typhimurium 8
„ Virchow 3
„ Singapore 1
„ Group E un-named 1
„ Group B un-named 2
There was no apparent connection between any of these cases,
which were evenly distributed throughout the Borough. In four cases
the patient had just returned from a holiday abroad.
Twenty-one cases of suspected food poisoning, involving 50
people, were also investigated and all proved negative.
TUBERCULOSIS
Chest Clinics
There are three chest clinics serving the Borough. All are based
at Cumberland Hospital, Mitcham. At these clinics the Tuberculosis
Health Visitors assist the Chest Physicians, and help and advise the
patients. They do Mantoux tests and follow-up contacts and patients
who fail to attend. During 1969 the case load of Tuberculosis Health
Visitors was as follows:—
Cases of tuberculosis 570
Lung carcinoma cases 97
Other cases (bronchitis, bronchiectasis, etc.) 106