Die Ruhr im Kriege

Epidemiologic Aspects of Food-Borne Disease

“…In 1939, there were 148 food-borne outbreaks, with 3782 cases and 12 deaths.16 The foods chiefly responsible, in order of number of outbreaks, were pies and pastries (32 outbreaks), pork and pork products (21), meat and meat products (11), home-canned vegetables, fruits, fish and meat (10), salads (8), sandwiches (7) fowl (7), crab meat (5) and sauces and gravies (5). In one of them, which occurred in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, there were 157 cases of gastroenteritis among 175 persons who ate Greek pastry at a memorial church meeting.…”