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69
Coffee stalls 11
Confectionery and soft drinks 3
Fish 14
Fruit and vegetables 108
Groceries 12
Ice Cream 11
Meat 3
Poultry, eggs, etc. 9
All food stalls were inspected regularly, a special feature being
made of inspection on Saturday evenings.
Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers.
Placards emphasising the importance of personal cleanliness on
the part of food handlers have been issued by the Health Department
to proprietors for display in the domestic offices of eating places
and other premises where food is prepared.
Food Poisoning.
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932,
requires medical practitioners to notify to the Medical Officer of
Health cases of food poisoning or suspected food poisoning.
A memorandum describing the steps to be taken by Medical
Officers of Health in and outside London in suspected cases of food
poisoning has been issued by the Ministry of Health. Outbreaks
of food poisoning often occur after the consumption of apparently
sound food in which there were no signs of decomposition.
No outbreak of food poisoning occurred in the Borough, but
17 cases of illness suspected to have been caused by the consumption
of a particular article of food were notified during the
year.
Careful enquiries were made in every case notified, and in
a number of instances the illness was probably not due to " food
poisoning " but was caused by some dietetic indiscretion or to the
peculiar sensitiveness of the person to the article of food consumed.