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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

Battersea 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: The following table gives particulars of the unsound food which, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrendered to the Council.

The following table gives particulars of the unsound food which, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 180 (8), were voluntarily surrendered to the Council.

CommodityLbs.TinsJarsPkts.Pints
Cheese104
Cream2¾7
Fish (Wet)211
Fish (Preserved)1,124½975051
Fruit (Preserved)36¼335
Meat (Fresh)1,761
Meat (Preserved)1,190185268
Milk (Tinned)26
Milk (Fresh)2
Offal3132
Poultry431¾6
Rabbit259
Sauces32
Soups1171
Vegetables40¼374119
Other Food25117410

Table: FOOD POISONING.Four cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, and the causative organisms were found to be salmonella of the following types:—

FOOD POISONING.

Four cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, and the causative organisms were found to be salmonella of the following types:—

Bovis morbifican1
St. Paul1
Typhi murium2

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There was no connection between any of these cases, and it was
not possible to determine what food was the source of the organisms.