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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1927

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1927

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89
FOOD POISONING.
No instance of food poisoning was brought to my
notice during the year.
SALE OF FOOD ORDER, 1921.
Part iii of this Order was continued in force
daring the year under the Expiring Laws Continuance
Act, 1923. Imported meat and eggs are required to
be labelled as such. No contravention of the Order
was reported during the year.
SALE OF FOOD (Weights and Measures) ACT, 1926.
This Act, which came into operation on the 1st
July, 1927, protects the purchaser with regard to the
weight of certain foods. It is administered by the
London County Council.