[Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (Exeter Residents) No cases of diphtheria, poliomyelitis, typhoid or paratyphoid fever were notified in 1964. Food Poisoning This was, apparently not very prevalent. One family out- break (5 cases) and 4 single cases were notified. Salmonella typhi- murium (phage types 4 and 14) was isolated from 2 of the single cases but the sources were not traced. Salmonella abony was isolated from the stools of a 2 year old child with diarrhoea but the source of the infection could not be traced. In the other single case Cl.Welchii was isolated from the stools and the symptoms fitted in with this type of food poisoning—the likely source was a steak and kidney pie. The family outbreak was symptomatically a staphylococcal food poisoning though no organism was isolated. The source was almost certainly a piece of home cooked cold gammon but unfor- tunately all the gammon had gone before the outbreak was notified so it was not possible to establish proof. 1. Local Authority : Exeter County Borough. Year: 1964 2. (a) Food Poisoning notifications (as corrected to Registrar General). First Second Third Fourth Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Total. Nil. 6 1 2 9 O’) Cases otherwise ascertained. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. (C) Number of symptomless excreters* Nil. Nil. Nil. 2 2 (d) Fatal cases. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. * Symptomless excreters are not regarded as cases. 3. Particulars of outbreaks. No. of o utbreaks. No. o] cases. Family out- breaks Others Noti- fied Other- wise Total No. of cases Agent Identified* Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Agent not Identified 1 Nil. 5 Nil. 5