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Camberwell 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Food Poisoning—Table of Notified Cases.
| No. | Date notified. | Food suspected. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16/1/35 | Tinned Salmon | Illness slight. |
| 2 | 31/1/35 | Tinned Peaches | Do. |
| 3 | 15/3/35 | Pork | Do. |
| 4 | 27/3/35 | Pork | Do. |
| 5 | 25/5/35 | Rabbit | Do. |
| 6 | 25/6/35 | Tinned Salmon | Do. |
| 7 | 20/7/35 | Fried Fish | Do. |
| 8 | 23/7/35 | Tinned Salmon | Do. |
| 9 | 25/7/35 | Preserved Meat | Do. |
| 10 | 15/8/35 | Cockles | Do. |
| 11 | 25/8/35 | Sausages | Do. |
| 12 | 27/8/35 | Vegetable Marrow | Do. |
| 13 | 15/9/35 | Saveloys | Do. |
| 14 | 9/10/35 | Tinned Soup | Do. |
| 15 | 21/10/35 | Saveloys | Do. |
| 16 | 22/10/35 | Steak and Kidney Pie. | Do. |
| 17 | 11/11/35 | Fried Fish | Do. |
Unsound Food.
One seizure of unsound food was made during the year. On
a great many occasions the Food Inspector was called in by vendors
to examine articles of food and to accept surrender of such as were
unfit for food, for destruction at the Council's Depot.
The following foodstuffs were surrendered during 1935.
| Nature of Food. | Weight. | Surrendered or Seized. | Result of action taken. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. | c. | q. | l. | |||
| FISH— | ||||||
| Rock Salmon | – | 1 | 1 | 22 | Surrendered. | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Plaice | – | – | 2 | 21 | Do. | Do. |
| Cod | – | – | 2 | 7 | Do. | Do. |
| Haddocks (smoked) | – | – | – | 16 | Do. | Do. |
| Shrimps | – | – | 1 | 2 | Do. | Do. |
| Kippers | – | – | – | 26 | Do. | Do. |
| Winkles | – | – | – | 24 | Do. | Do. |
| Skate | – | – | 1 | 21 | Do. | Do. |
| Offal | – | – | 2 | 0 | Do. | Do. |
| – | 4 | 1 | 27 | |||
| FRUIT— | ||||||
| Pulp | – | 14 | 2 | 0 | Do. | Do. |
| Pears | – | 17 | 3 | 0 | Do. | Do. |
| Cherries | – | 2 | 3 | 0 | Do. | Do. |
| r | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||