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638 Public Health Food-poisoning in Northamptonshire AT the end of last month there was an outbreak of illness, with diarrhoea and vomiting, at the village of Little Houghton, Northamptonshire. Of a total popula- tion of 416, 133 were affected, most of these falling ill on Saturday, Sept. 27, or Sunday, Sept. 28 ; there was 1 death. Specimens of faeces from 3 patients on Monday, Sept. 29, contained salmonella organisms, which were later’identified as S. dublin. Milk was supplied from a single farm to all but 25 of the village’s residents ; and none of these 25 fell ill. Inquiry at the farm revealed that on the previous Thursday, Sept. 25, a 21/2-year-old heifer had been suspected of having a " chill " ; the heifer had calved prematurely, a fortnight before. Milk from this heifer was not included in the bulk supply after Friday, Sept. 26, but the animal was not isolated from the herd. It died on Saturday, Sept. 27, and the carcass was removed to a knacker’s premises, where it was apparently cut up, boiled, and sold at once, for no trace of it could be found at 4.30 P.M. on Monday, Sept. 29. Workers at these premises reported, however, that the udder was badly bloodstained. Samples of the milk delivered on Sunday, Sept. 28, and Monday, Sept. 29, contained no pathogenic organ- isms. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, a veterinary surgeon from the animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculture found on inspection that one cow in the herd had acute mastitis, while a further two were suspected of having this condition ; but samples of milk and faeces from each cow in the herd did not reveal any salmonella organisms. The cow with acute mastitis was removed from the herd, and pasteurisation of all milk was instituted. Cut in Milk Priorities Last winter’s severe weather, and this summer’s drought, have together reduced the home production of milk by some 30,000,000 gallons, compared with last year. This fall has made it impossible to build up sufficient stocks of dried milk for baby-feeding to last through the winter. It has therefore been made an offence to use such dried milk for purposes other than feeding babies, a tempting thing to do now that house- hold dried (skimmed) milk is no longer obtainable. A more drastic measure came into force this week, when priority allowances of liquid milk were reduced as follows: ° Invalids.-Allowances reduced by two-sevenths, so that conditions in class I qualify for 10 pints a week instead of 14, and those in class 11 for 5 pints instead of 7. Children Aged 1-5 Years.-W’eekly allowance reduced from 7 to 6 pints. Non-priority Catering Establishments.- Reduction of allowance by a quarter, bringing the hotel resident into line with the normal adult consumer. Cholera in Egypt The cholera epidemic in Egypt continues to spread. Reports in the Times show that the daily total of deaths rose from just over 100 at the beginning of last week to more than 550 at the beginning of this week, when about 1000 new cases were being notified each day. Up till the beginning of this week the epidemic was still centred on the area north-east of Cairo, where it started ; Cairo and Alexandria were only slightly affected, but infection had spread into Upper Egypt, which had hitherto been untouched. Half a million people are being inoculated daily with vaccine presented by Britain, the United States, Iraq, France, Brazil, Tunisia, Italy, Switzerland, Iran, and Russia. The World Health Organisation’s expert com- mittee on quarantine, meeting in Geneva this month, agreed that the question of vaccine potency should be referred to a committee on biological standardisation. At this meeting Dr. Mohammed Nasif Bey said that the epidemic was limited more or less to rural areas. Egypt, he added, needed a hundred more ambulances to carry cases and suspects to hospital. The Egyptian authorities, according to a Times correspondent, have been impeded by the clandestine movement of people out of the infected areas. Pre- cautions in other countries include the establishment by Palestine of quarantine posts at its frontier, and stringent measures of control at French Mediterranean ports ; all dock employees at Marseilles who might come into contact with ships arriving from Egypt have been vaccinated. _ Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis The decline in notifications of poliomyelitis 338 (402) and of polioencephalitis 26 (27) continued in the week ended Oct. 11. Figures for the previous week are shown in parentheses. In London notifications were: polio- myelitis 31 (38), and polioencephalitis 3 (3). There were substantial declines in notifications of poliomyelitis in Bedfordshire 3 (10), Durham 5 (14), Essex 7 (24), Lancashire 43 (64), Middlesex 17 (28), and Yorks, West Riding 11 (18). The most important rise was in Derby- shire 13 (5). Two large-scale inquiries concerning poliomyelitis are known to be in progress. One, from the Ministry of Health, derives its information from certain infectious- diseases hospitals and general hospitals throughout the country and aims at securing more accurate estimates of the fatality and severity of thed disease in the present epidemic. The other and more comprehensive study, organised by Dr. A. M. McFarlan and other members of the staff of the Public Health Laboratory Service, will be concerned with the epidemiology of the disease in selected areas. Although these two inquiries are separate, the method of tabulating cases is almost the same for both. Infectious Disease in England and Wales WEEK ENDED OCT. 11 Notifications.-Smallpox, 0 ; scarlet fever, 1316 ; whooping-cough, 1043 ; diphtheria, 201 ; paratyphoid, 12 ; typhoid, 8 ; measles (excluding rubella), 1639 ; pneumonia (primary or influenzal), 403 ; cerebrospinal fever, 45 ; poliomyelitis, 338 ; polioencephalitis, 26 ; encephalitis lethargica, 2 ; dysentery, 67 ; puerperal pyrexia, 106 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 71. No case of cholera, plague, or typhus was notified during the week. Deaths.-In 126 great towns there were no deaths from scarlet fever, measles, or diphtheria, 2 (0) from enteric fever, 3 (0) from whooping-cough, 70 (4) from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years, and 13 (3) from influenza. The figures in parentheses are those for London itself. The number of stillbirths notified during the week was. 216 (corresponding to a rate of 23 per thousand total births), including 30 in London. Births, Marriages, and Deaths BIRTHS BEATON.—On Oct. 17, at Dumfries, the wife of Dr. D. R. Beaton- a daughter. BELL.-On Oct. 14, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Dr. Jean Bell (née Cass), wife of the Rev. R. G. Bell-a son. DICKSON.—On Oct. 17, at Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, the wife of Mr. D. C. Dickson, F.R.C.S.E.—a son. FIGGIS.—On Oct. 16, at Harrow, the wife of Dr. M. M. Figgis- a daughter. GIBBS.—On Oct. 14, at Cobham, Surrey, the wife of Dr. A. J. Gibbs-a son. MARRIAGES SCRIVENER—COMPTON.—On Oct. 15, at Chichester, John P. Scrivener, M.B.E., captain R.A.M.C., to Patricia U. Compton. DEATHS DODDS.—On Oct. 15, at Edinburgh, Mary Janet Dodds, O.B.E., L.R.C.P.E. HOUGHTON.—On Oct. 11, at Eastbourne, Murtaugh James Houghton, M’.R.C.S. HUGHESDON.—On Oct. 17, Mary Redfern Hughesdon, M.B. Camb., D.C.H. MACGILLIVRAY.—On Oct. 15, at Crail, Fifeshire, Angus MacGillivray M.D. Aberd., D.SC., LL.D. St. And., F.R.S.E., 28th chief of the Clan MacGillivray. MACLEAN.—On Oct. 17, in London, Charles Forbes Maclean, M.B. Glasg. SMITH.—On Oct. 13. at Woking, Surrey, Gilbert Johnston Smith, M.B. Glasg., major, i.M.s. (retd.), aged 49. STARLING.—On Oct. 18, Edwin Alfred Starling, M.B. R.u.r., aged 90. STEVENSON.—On Oct. 16, in Malta, Alec King Stevenson, M.B. Belf., surgeon commander, R.N.
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Public Health
Food-poisoning in NorthamptonshireAT the end of last month there was an outbreak of
illness, with diarrhoea and vomiting, at the village ofLittle Houghton, Northamptonshire. Of a total popula-tion of 416, 133 were affected, most of these falling illon Saturday, Sept. 27, or Sunday, Sept. 28 ; there was1 death. Specimens of faeces from 3 patients on Monday,Sept. 29, contained salmonella organisms, which werelater’identified as S. dublin.
Milk was supplied from a single farm to all but 25 ofthe village’s residents ; and none of these 25 fell ill.Inquiry at the farm revealed that on the previousThursday, Sept. 25, a 21/2-year-old heifer had beensuspected of having a " chill " ; the heifer had calvedprematurely, a fortnight before. Milk from this heiferwas not included in the bulk supply after Friday,Sept. 26, but the animal was not isolated from the herd.It died on Saturday, Sept. 27, and the carcass was
removed to a knacker’s premises, where it was apparentlycut up, boiled, and sold at once, for no trace of it couldbe found at 4.30 P.M. on Monday, Sept. 29. Workers atthese premises reported, however, that the udder wasbadly bloodstained.Samples of the milk delivered on Sunday, Sept. 28,
and Monday, Sept. 29, contained no pathogenic organ-isms. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, a veterinary surgeon fromthe animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculturefound on inspection that one cow in the herd had acutemastitis, while a further two were suspected of havingthis condition ; but samples of milk and faeces from eachcow in the herd did not reveal any salmonella organisms.The cow with acute mastitis was removed from the herd,and pasteurisation of all milk was instituted.
Cut in Milk Priorities
Last winter’s severe weather, and this summer’sdrought, have together reduced the home production ofmilk by some 30,000,000 gallons, compared with lastyear. This fall has made it impossible to build upsufficient stocks of dried milk for baby-feeding to lastthrough the winter. It has therefore been made anoffence to use such dried milk for purposes other thanfeeding babies, a tempting thing to do now that house-hold dried (skimmed) milk is no longer obtainable.A more drastic measure came into force this week,
when priority allowances of liquid milk were reducedas follows:
° Invalids.-Allowances reduced by two-sevenths, sothat conditions in class I qualify for 10 pints a weekinstead of 14, and those in class 11 for 5 pints insteadof 7.
Children Aged 1-5 Years.-W’eekly allowance reducedfrom 7 to 6 pints.
Non-priority Catering Establishments.- Reduction ofallowance by a quarter, bringing the hotel residentinto line with the normal adult consumer.
Cholera in EgyptThe cholera epidemic in Egypt continues to spread.
Reports in the Times show that the daily total of deathsrose from just over 100 at the beginning of last weekto more than 550 at the beginning of this week, whenabout 1000 new cases were being notified each day.Up till the beginning of this week the epidemic was stillcentred on the area north-east of Cairo, where it started ;Cairo and Alexandria were only slightly affected, butinfection had spread into Upper Egypt, which had hithertobeen untouched.
- Half a million people are being inoculated daily withvaccine presented by Britain, the United States, Iraq,France, Brazil, Tunisia, Italy, Switzerland, Iran, andRussia. The World Health Organisation’s expert com-mittee on quarantine, meeting in Geneva this month,agreed that the question of vaccine potency should bereferred to a committee on biological standardisation.At this meeting Dr. Mohammed Nasif Bey said thatthe epidemic was limited more or less to rural areas.Egypt, he added, needed a hundred more ambulancesto carry cases and suspects to hospital.
The Egyptian authorities, according to a Timescorrespondent, have been impeded by the clandestinemovement of people out of the infected areas. Pre-cautions in other countries include the establishmentby Palestine of quarantine posts at its frontier, andstringent measures of control at French Mediterraneanports ; all dock employees at Marseilles who mightcome into contact with ships arriving from Egypt havebeen vaccinated. _
Poliomyelitis and PolioencephalitisThe decline in notifications of poliomyelitis 338 (402)
and of polioencephalitis 26 (27) continued in the weekended Oct. 11. Figures for the previous week are shownin parentheses. In London notifications were: polio-myelitis 31 (38), and polioencephalitis 3 (3). There weresubstantial declines in notifications of poliomyelitis inBedfordshire 3 (10), Durham 5 (14), Essex 7 (24),Lancashire 43 (64), Middlesex 17 (28), and Yorks, WestRiding 11 (18). The most important rise was in Derby-shire 13 (5).Two large-scale inquiries concerning poliomyelitis are
known to be in progress. One, from the Ministry ofHealth, derives its information from certain infectious-diseases hospitals and general hospitals throughout thecountry and aims at securing more accurate estimatesof the fatality and severity of thed disease in the presentepidemic. The other and more comprehensive study,organised by Dr. A. M. McFarlan and other members ofthe staff of the Public Health Laboratory Service, will beconcerned with the epidemiology of the disease in selectedareas. Although these two inquiries are separate, themethod of tabulating cases is almost the same for both.
Infectious Disease in England and WalesWEEK ENDED OCT. 11
Notifications.-Smallpox, 0 ; scarlet fever, 1316 ;whooping-cough, 1043 ; diphtheria, 201 ; paratyphoid,12 ; typhoid, 8 ; measles (excluding rubella), 1639 ;pneumonia (primary or influenzal), 403 ; cerebrospinalfever, 45 ; poliomyelitis, 338 ; polioencephalitis, 26 ;encephalitis lethargica, 2 ; dysentery, 67 ; puerperalpyrexia, 106 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 71. No caseof cholera, plague, or typhus was notified during theweek.Deaths.-In 126 great towns there were no deaths
from scarlet fever, measles, or diphtheria, 2 (0) fromenteric fever, 3 (0) from whooping-cough, 70 (4) fromdiarrhoea and enteritis under two years, and 13 (3)from influenza. The figures in parentheses are those forLondon itself.The number of stillbirths notified during the week
was. 216 (corresponding to a rate of 23 per thousandtotal births), including 30 in London.
Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS
BEATON.—On Oct. 17, at Dumfries, the wife of Dr. D. R. Beaton-a daughter.
BELL.-On Oct. 14, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Dr. Jean Bell (néeCass), wife of the Rev. R. G. Bell-a son.
DICKSON.—On Oct. 17, at Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, the wifeof Mr. D. C. Dickson, F.R.C.S.E.—a son.
FIGGIS.—On Oct. 16, at Harrow, the wife of Dr. M. M. Figgis-a daughter.
GIBBS.—On Oct. 14, at Cobham, Surrey, the wife of Dr. A. J.Gibbs-a son.
MARRIAGESSCRIVENER—COMPTON.—On Oct. 15, at Chichester, John P.
Scrivener, M.B.E., captain R.A.M.C., to Patricia U. Compton.
DEATHSDODDS.—On Oct. 15, at Edinburgh, Mary Janet Dodds, O.B.E.,
L.R.C.P.E.HOUGHTON.—On Oct. 11, at Eastbourne, Murtaugh James
Houghton, M’.R.C.S.HUGHESDON.—On Oct. 17, Mary Redfern Hughesdon, M.B. Camb.,
D.C.H.MACGILLIVRAY.—On Oct. 15, at Crail, Fifeshire, Angus MacGillivray
M.D. Aberd., D.SC., LL.D. St. And., F.R.S.E., 28th chief of the ClanMacGillivray.
MACLEAN.—On Oct. 17, in London, Charles Forbes Maclean,M.B. Glasg.
SMITH.—On Oct. 13. at Woking, Surrey, Gilbert Johnston Smith,M.B. Glasg., major, i.M.s. (retd.), aged 49.
STARLING.—On Oct. 18, Edwin Alfred Starling, M.B. R.u.r., aged 90.STEVENSON.—On Oct. 16, in Malta, Alec King Stevenson, M.B. Belf.,
surgeon commander, R.N.
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