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A larger percentage, 30%, is classed as having occurred in the local
authority sector. Thiswould cover outbreaks linked to schools, oldpeople’s
accommodation, council provided sports facilities and pavilions, and local
government/citycouncil administrativebuildings.
Thepublic sector has been responsible for 16%of the44outbreaks and
this sector would include sites such as prisons, hospitals and healthcare
properties, universities, andpublic sector administrativebuildings.
Thedata indicates thatnoone sector appears tocarry significantlymore
risk thananyother.
A large proportion, 36%, of the 44 outbreaks cannot be attributed to
any particular type of system, again indicating that linking an outbreak to
a specific building type and system type can sometimes be a difficult, or
impossibleprocess.
OutbreakbySystemType (n=44)
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CoolingTowers
Other
Hot andColdWaterSystems
SpaPools
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