Food poisoning among clients of a meals on wheels service.

Sixty-one out of 105 elderly people who received a meal from a meals on wheels service developed a diarrhoeal illness. Twenty-seven of the 61 were admitted to hospital and three died. Epidemiological evidence suggested that food poisoning was associated with eating strawberry mousse made with raw eggs.

Response to news that an obstetrician/gynaecologist has AIDS.

This paper summarises the response of a district health authority, in March 1993, to the diagnosis of AIDS in a consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist. A helpline was established, facilities to test for HIV antibody were arranged, and patients upon whom the infected doctor had performed surgical procedures in the preceding 10 years were identified from local records. Letters were sent to patients who did not contact the helpline, with advice and the offer of HIV antibody testing.