[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dysentery A mild outbreak of Dysentery was present in the area during the year. Eighty cases were notified—36 females and 44 males. Faeces samples were taken from all patients and contacts for examination by the Public Health Labora- tory Service, and in all a total of 346 samples were examined. Shigella Sonnei was isolated from 28 of these samples, Typhimurium from 4 and Specific E Coli Type 036 from 1. I would like to express my thanks to the local doctors, the Public Health Laboratory Service and the members of my staff for their assistance with the additional work in- volved in preventive measures undertaken during this period. Food Poisoning Five cases of Food Poisoning were notified during the year. Three other cases were investigated. The five cases notified were some of a party of Old Age Pensioners who went on a day trip. Specimens of faeces from some of the sufferers gave negative findings. Investi- gations by the Medical Officer of Health of the area visited and by the Health Department here as to the cause of the outbreak were inconclusive. The three other cases were originally notified as Dysentery, involving a family outbreak of two persons and a single case. Single case.—Male, aged 15 years. Faeces result showed Salmonella Typhimurium on two occasions. One contact—sister, aged 13 years—showed Salmonella Typhi- murium on one occasion. No indication as to the source of infection. Family Outbreak.—Male, aged 28 years, and daughter, aged 2 years. Faeces result showed Salmonella Typhi- murium present on 6 occasions in the male and 5 occasions in the female. Faeces of all contacts proved negative. The source of infection in both cases was not known.