British Food Journal Volume 66 Issue 7 1964

The visit to Aberdeen of Her Majesty The Queen on June 27 confirmed what had been obvious for a little time—that the epidemic of typhoid fever in the city is over, notwithstanding that sporadic “secondaries” may continue to occur from time to time. The number of confirmed cases admitted to hospital exceed 400 and the outbreak is among the largest of this century in Britain. The largest number of cases on any one day was 64 on June 1, but by the second week in June, cases had begun to fall and the outbreak was on the decline. The total included about 90 children and there were 38 suspected cases which proved not to be typhoid fever. The infection spread beyond Aberdeen and on June 8, the Secretary of State for Scotland said in the House of Commons that 31 patients (29 in Scotland and two in (England) were in hospital with typhoid contracted in Aberdeen and that 40 other cases were under investigation.