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School or Institution
Cases notified
Otherwise ascertained
From
institution
Home
contacts
From
institution
Home
contacts
1967
Corams Day Nursery
9
3
_
_
Margaret Day Nursery
20
15
_
_
1968
Konstam Day Nursery
4
_
5
2
Konstam Day Nursery
Special Unit
1
1
1
2
Caversham - Day Nursery
_
_
3
3
Burghley Road Homeless
Families' Unit
_
_
4
_
St. Margaret's
23
_
_
_
Brookfield School
2
_
3
6
Konstam Day Nursery
1
_
_
_
St. Patrick's R.C. School
6
3
2
4
Total 1967
29
18
_
_
Total 1968
37
4
18
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FOOD POISONING
3.2.3.1 Of the 39 cases of food poisoning notified in 1967, 20 were sporadic (single
cases without any apparent connection with any other cases), the remainder occurring
among nine families (two or more cases related or in the same household due to the
same cause). The 1968 figures were 50 notified cases, 28 sporadic, and seven family
cases.
3.2.3.3 Of the 20 sporadic cases in 1967, the causative organisms were:-
Salmonella typhimurium 5
Salmonella panama 2
Salmonella reading 1
Salmonella Stanley 1
In 11 cases no organism was isolated.
3.2.3.3 In the 19 cases occuring in family outbreaks, 9 were due to Salmonella
typhimurium, 2 to Salmonella panama and 2 to Salmonella newport. In addition to the
39 notified cases, information was received of 7 sporadic cases - 4 of Salmonella
typhimurium, 1 of Salmonella Stanley, and 1 of Salmonella enteritidis. In one case no
organism was isolated. There were also 2 cases of Salmonella Stanley in a family, and
4 children at Corams Garden residential nursery were found to be suffering from Salmonella
brandenburg.
3.2.3.4 In eight cases notified in 1968, organisms isolated were as follows:-
Salmonella typhimirium 4
Salmonella dublin 1
Salmonella enteritidis 1
Salmonella (un-named variety) 1
Clostridium welchii 1
There were seven family outbreaks. In two families involving five persons, Salmonella
typhimurium was isolated and in a family involving two persons, Staphylococcus aureus
was isolated from one person. No organisms were isolated in other cases.
3.2.3.5 Seventeen cases came to our attention other than by notification, and thirtynine
were discovered after the investigation of three food poisoning outbreaks. In these
groups, seventeen Salmonella were isolated:-
Salmonella newport 2
Salmonella labadi 1
Salmonella panama 2
Salmonella oranienberg 1
Salmonella typhimurium 5
Salmonella virchow 1
Salmonella enteritidis 5
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