Food poisoning / by Edwin Oakes Jordan.

  • Edwin O. Jordan
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[1917]
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Credit: Food poisoning / by Edwin Oakes Jordan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of food ordinarily accused are selected rather as the result of popular prejudice and tradition than of any careful inquiry. TABLE I Food Poisoning in the United States, October, 1913, to October, 1915 Assigned cause Group and Family Outbreaks Individual Cases Total Meat. 40 35 75 Canned fish. 29 35 64 Canned vegetables. 27 34 61 Ice cream.. . . 31 22 53 Fish, oysters... 17 3i 48 Cheese. 31 9 40 Sausage and canned meat. 18 18 36 Milk. 14 13 27 Mushrooms. 12 7 19 Fruit. 8 11 19 Vegetables. II 7 18 Fowl. 12 4 16 Salad. 9 5 14 Contact of food or drink with metal 12 1 13 Miscellaneous. 29 55 84 300 287 587 No cause assigned. 357 88 445 657 375 1,032 TABLE II Seasonal Distribution of Food Poisoning Cases, 1914-15 (Group, Family, and Individual) January. 90 May. 63 September.... 76 February. 66 Tune. 108 October. 96 March. 75 July. 99 November.... 96 April. 79 August. 96 December. . .. 88 There is no very striking seasonal incidence apparent in the figures here gathered (Table II). The warmer
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