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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
Heston and Isleworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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| Outbreak 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 | Organisms causing outbreak | Food transmitting infection | Food suspected of transmitting infection | Place of infection | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 19-8-52 | 21-8-52 | 3 | 2 | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | — | |
| 35 | 2-9-52 | 3-9-52 | 7 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | Patient admitted to hospital—all investigations negative but considered to be case of mild food infection. |
| 36 | 19-10-52 | 23-10-52 | 2 | 2 | — | Not ascertained | — | Chocolates | Cinema | No faecal specimens obtained, but sample of suspected chocolates showed "coliforms and faecal streptococci." |
| 37 | 6-11-52 | 13-11-52 | 4 | 3 | — | Salmonella "Newport" | — | Herring Roe | Home | One member of household is carrier of Salmonella "Newport." |
| 38 | 11-11-52 | 22-11-52 | 1 | — | Salmonella typhi-murium | _ | — | — | Case admitted to Nursing home with a history of diarrhoea before admission. | |
| 39 | 26-11-52 | 4-12-52 | 7 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | — |
| 40 | 8-12-52 | 10-12-52 | 4 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | — |
| 41 | 9-12-52 | 12-12-52 | 1 | 1 | — | Not ascertained | — | — | Home | — |