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A Food Poisoning Outbreak at Brighton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

William G. Savage  and
Duncan Forbes
William G. Savage
Affiliation:
County Medical Officer of Health, Somerset
Duncan Forbes
Affiliation:
Medical Officer of Health, Brighton.
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An outbreak of food poisoning which occurred at Brighton in November, 1917, showed several features of unusual interest which makes its publication of value. While the epidemiological inquires and pathological investigations were carried out separately a coherent narrative is best obtained by combined presentation. The pathological investigations were carried out for, and at the request of, the Local Government Board.

The outbreak occurred in the Royal Sussex County Hospital which at the time contained 369 residents, 227 being patients and 142 staff. Twenty-eight persons suffered from food poisoning, 24 of whom were patients and 4 members of the staff. Two deaths occurred but both were patients already suffering from severe diseases.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1918 , pp. 460 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1918

References

page 469 note 1 Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1916, Volume xix, p. 700.Google Scholar

page 469 note 2 Savage, , 1913, Report to the Local Government Board on Bacterial Food Poisoning and Food Infections.Google Scholar