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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
Surbiton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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POOD POISONING.
There were eight confirmed cases notified by general
practitioners; the causative organisms were identified as
shown below:-
S. Typhi-murium 5 cases
S. Senftenberg 1 case
CI. Welchii 2 cases.
The ages of the eight persons were as follows
Adults 4
18 years 1
13 " 1
3 "
1
1.10/12 years 1
Two cases occurred in each of two families whilst
the other four were individual cases.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
Extensive use is made of the facilities provided by the
Public Health Laboratory Service (directed by the Medical
Research Council for the Ministry of Health); and opportunity
is taken to gratefully acknowledge the co-operation of Doctor
D.M. Stone and her staff at the Epsom Laboratory to which our
specimens are taken.
Apart from routine samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other food (details of which are given under other headings) the undermentioned specimens were collected by the Inspectors in the course of investigating cases of dysentery, paratyphoid, food poisoning, etc. and taken to the Laboratory.
| Year | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faeces | 694 | 183 | 129 | 263 | 306 | 3,704 | 2,256 | 610 | 1,177 | 199 |
| Suspected Food. | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 - | 10 ___ | 6 | 24 | 13 | 36 | 3 |
EXCLUSION FROM SCHOOL
Thirty-eight certificates were issued during the year excluding
and re-admitting school cases and contacts of infectious disease.
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