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The collection of unsound food from the Smithfield Meat
Market continues to be carried out by the Council's contractor,
The Smithfield Animal Products, Ltd., Court Farm, Stanwell,
Middlesex.
Listed Sellers of Poisons.
Forty-six applicants were approved by the Council in accordance
with the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, each of whom were
visited.
Food Poisoning.
Five cases of Food Poisoning were notified during the year.
There were no deaths.
There were no outbreaks of Food Poisoning due to identified
causes during the year.
One outbreak due to an unidentified cause occurred as under:—
1. Domestic (June)—4 cases—1 notified—Suspected cause:
Beef—partly cooked and allowed to stand in gravy.
Apart from the outbreak detailed above, the following individual
cases were investigated:—
1. A case notified in November.—The individual concerned had
severe abdominal pains, diarrhoea, and feeling of nausea. Probable
cause, a tin of stewed steak purchased in the morning and prepared
at home for the mid-day meal. There were no remains of the meal
which could be submitted to pathological examination in the
laboratory.
2. A case notified in November.—The individual concerned had
diarrhoea and vomiting. Probable cause thought to be a meal
consumed at a canteen. The Canteen was visited but enquiries
failed to reveal any other case of illness.
3. A case notified in November.—The child concerned suffered
from severe diarrhoea for two days, but had no abdominal pains or
vomiting. The probable cause considered to be either an egg or fish.
4. A case notified in December.—The individual had abdominal
pains, but no diarrhoea or vomiting. No other persons in the family
complained of any illness, the probable cause considered to be a
meal taken away from home.