Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1949
Out-break No. | Date of onset | Date of notification or other information | No. of persons at risk | No. of persons affected | No. of deaths of affected persons | Organism causing outbreak | Food transmitting infection | Food suspected of transmitting | Place of infection | Remarks |
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1 | 6-4-49 | 7-4-49 | 225 | 123 | — | Staphylococcus | — | Chicken | Works canteen | Chicken cooked previous day and reheated before serving. Recommendations made re kitchen hygiene. |
2 | 16-4-49 | 17-6-49 | ? | 3 | — | Not ascertained | — | Blancmange | School canteen outside Borough | |
3 | 14-7-49 | 18-7-49 | ? | 3 | — | Not ascertained | — | Ice Cream | Street Hawker outside Borough | Sample of ice cream taken at our request proved unsatisfactory. |
4 | 20-7-49 | 25-7-49 | 2 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | Tinned sild. | Home | |
5 | 30-7-49 | 4-8-49 | ? | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | Consumer suspected milk, but no confirmatory evidence. |
6 | 1-8-49 | 2-8-49 | 6 | 6 | — | Not ascertained | — | Pickles | Home | 3 other persons in house did not consume pickles and had no symptons. Bacteriological and chemical tests negative. |
7 | 1-8-49 | 8-8-49 | 14 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | Ice Cream | Local premises | Premises, plant and samples, satisfactory. |
8 | 13-8-49 | 23-8-49 | 3 | 1 | — | Salmonella aertrycka | — | Algerian dates | Home | Late notification; source of infection not traced. |
9 | 4-9-49 | 6-9-49 | 2 | 2 | — | Not ascertained | — | Potato crisps | Local Purchase | Crisps consumed on day's outing. |
10 | 17-9-49 | 18-9-49 | ? | 2 | — | Not ascertained | — | Chocolates | Purchased locally | Bacteriological and chemical tests negative. |
11 | 12-10-49 | 13-10-49 | 181 | 20 | — | Not ascertained | — | Steak and Kidney Pie | Local school canteen | Source of infection not traced; recommendations made as to kitchen hygiene. |