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Bethnal Green 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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unsound food deposited and exposed for sale but he
was also found guilty of allowing refuse to
accumulate in his shop and the council had found it
necessary in the interests of public health, to remove
his name from the register of purveyors of milk.
FOOD POISONING.
During the year 28 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.
Under this Act, 30 persons have been placed on
the Council's list in respect of 29 premises as authorised,
subject to the provisions of the Act and regulations,
to sell poisons specified in Part II of the
Poisons List.