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Protection of Food Supply.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Unsound Food.
The following is a tabulated return of unsound foods which
under the provisions of Section 180 of the Public Health (London
Act, 1936, were brought to the notice of the Sanitary Inspectors
and voluntarily surrendered during 1936:—
Food.
Quantity.
Food.
Quantity.
Fish.
Fruit, Vegetables,
etc.
Cod
2 boxes.
Escallops
1 box.
Apples
13 baskets &
½box.
Haddock (fillet)
2 boxes.
Iceland Dabs
1 box.
Grape fruit
½ boxes.
Kippers
6 boxes.
Lemons
2 boxes.
Skate
5 boxes.
Spring Onions
6 bags.
Food Poisoning.
Under Section 182 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936,
medical practitioners are required to notify to the Medical Officer
of Health of the district cases of persons under their care suffering
or suspected to be suffering from food poisoning.
Four such cases were notified to the Medical Officer of Health
during the year, none of which presented features of special interest.
The foods suspected were submitted to bacteriological examination
but no pathogenic organisms were found, and in each case
the patient recovered.
Slaughterhouses and Knackers' Yards.
The duty of licensing knackers and slaughterers of cattle and
horses, and the premises used by them, was transferred to the
Metropolitan Borough Councils in 1933.
The licences for the two slaughterhouses remaining in Battersea
were renewed by the Council for 1 year from 1st July, 1936, and
four slaughtermen's licences were issued during the year under
the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.