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Bethnal Green 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936,
SECTION 224.
Care of Aged and Infirm Persons.
During the year, action was found necessary
in two cases under this section.
FOOD POISONING.
Food Poisoning has been notifiable throughout
London since 1932. During the past year, 28 cases
were notified. Of these cases, 10 were attributed to
eating fish of various kinds, including shell fish and
tinned, and 10 to meat and 1 to tinned tomatoes, 1
to ice cream, 1 to watercress, 1 to pickled onions
and 3 to chicken roll. In one case the food was not
traced.