[Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Outbreaks Family Outbreaks Sporadic Cases Notified or ascer- tained Total No. of outbreaks and sporadic cases columns (1 + 3 + 5) Total No. of cases columns (2 + 4 + 5) Causative Agent No. of separate outbreaks No. of cases notified or ascer- tained No. of separate outbreaks No. of cases notified or ascer- tained 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. S. typhi-murium — — 1 3 2 3 5 2. Other Salmonellae (a) .... — — 1 3 3 4 C 3. Cl. welchii — — — — — — — 4. Staph, aureus — — — — — — — 5. Other causes (b) .... — — — — — — 6. Cause unknown .... — — 1 4 1 2 5 7. Total — — 3 10 6 9 1C Details of Food Poisoning due to Salmonellae other than S. Typhi-murium are given in this Table Type of Salmonellae Hindmarsh — — “ 1 - 1 1 1 Brandenburg — — 1 I 3 — 1 3 Braenderup — — — 1 — 1 1 1 Enteritidis Var. Jena — — - 1 - 1 1 1 Total — — 1 j s 3 4 6 Table II, Salmonella infection (not food borne), no cases. INFECTIOUS DISEASES Food Poisoning 16 cases of food poisoning were notified, or otherwise ascer- tained, during the year. There were no general outbreaks, but three family outbreaks occurred consisting of 3 or 4 persons. In two of these family outbreaks the symptoms had started while the family were on holiday in Spain, and in one family salmonella typhimurium type 1 was isolated, and in the other salmonella brandenburg from three of the family and salmonella 55 .]