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Bethnal Green 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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On 7 occasions during the year, unsound food, comprising the following articles was surrendered by the owners and destroyed as trade refuse:—
| Description of Article. | Weight. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Cwt. | Lb. | |
| Fish | — | 1 | 42 |
| Meat | — | - | 19½ |
| Tinned Meats | 2 | 3 | 82 |
| Hams | — | — | 76 |
| Potatoes | 20 | — | — |
| Fruit | — | 4 | — |
| Sugar | — | 14 | 14 |
| Chocolate | — | — | 0¼ |
| also 36 dozen Lettuces, 1 case Lobsters, and 9 boxes Kippers. | |||
FOOD POISONING.
During the year 25 cases of suspected food poisoning
were investigated.
The subject is dealt with more fully in the preceding
section dealing with the Control of Disease.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
This Act contains numerous provisions with
regard to the sale of poisons, membership of the
Pharmaceutical Society and the conditions to be
fulfilled by pharmacists in order to become authorised
sellers of poisons. Poisons are to be divided into two
groups according to recommendations by an Advisory
Committee to be set up by the Home Office. Those
in the first group will only be sold by registered
pharmacists while those in the second group may be
sold by registered pharmacists and certain other
persons registered by the local authority (in London,
the Borough Council). The inspection of the premises
of registered pharmacists will be in the hands of the
Pharmaceutical Society, but the inspection of the
premises of the other persons will be the responsibility
of the local authority. The Medical Officer of Health
and the Sanitary Inspectors from time to time in the
employ of the Council have been appointed as officers
to execute the Act. So far, the lists of poisons and
regulations for procedure under the Act have not been
issued by the Home Office.