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Premises in the Borough where ice cream is manufactured,
stored or sold were frequently inspected during the year and
found to be in a satisfactory condition.
Cream
The sale of cream continued to be prohibited during
1952.
FOOD POISONING
Under Section 17 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938,
any medical practitioner, on becoming aware that a person
is suffering, or is suspected to be suffering, from food
poisoning, must notify the Medical Officer of Health.

Outbreaks due to identified agents 1
Total cases 2
Outbreaks of undiscovered cause - Nil
Single cases -
Unknown cause 10
Agent identified 8 Total cases 18
Outbreak due to identified agent
A child aged 16 months was admitted to a children's
hospital suffering from severe pain, diarrhoea and vomiting.
After laboratory tests, the child was notified to the Public
Health Department as suffering from paratyphoid fever.
Examination of faeces specimens from the other three members
of the family was made, and it was discovered that a second
child, aged 8 years, (who had suffered from slight diarrhoea)
was a case of food poisoning„ This information was given
to the hospital, who checked on the laboratory investigation
made in respect of the first child. It was then ascertained
that the first child was suffering from food poisoning and
not paratyphoid fever. The agent identified in both cases was
salmonella typhi-murium.