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certain prescribed penalties, and that if he did so engage the
Council would immediately take action under the relevant statutes.
Three negative examinations at intervals of two days would be
required before he would be allowed to handle food in the shop.
Mr. A. returned home and Mr. A. Junior and Mrs. A. were
interviewed, and the following action taken :—
(i) The white coats worn by the staff, knives and other
utensils liable to be contaminated were removed to the
Disinfecting Station and sterilised.
(ii) The following food was removed from the shop : the three
uncooked gammons, 34 lbs. of bacon, 6 lbs. of breakfast
sausage, 14 lbs. of unwrapped cheese, a cooked tinned ham
(permission to put on sale having been given on 24th inst.),
12 lbs. of corned beef, 6 lbs. of block butter, 10 lbs. of lard,
which had been packed in the shop, and 4 lbs. of candied
peel. These were considered to be the goods most liable
to have been contaminated either by the hands or knives.
(iii) The counters, shelves were thoroughly washed down with
hot, strong lysol solution.
Mr. A. Junior was instructed not to open any tins of corned
beef, or sell any more ham, corned beef or unwrapped articles of
food, such as butter, cheese and breakfast sausage. The gravity of
the situation was explained to the family and instructions given
for the collection of samples of faeces from Mr. A., Mr. A. Junior
and Mrs. A., who had elected to help her son in carrying on the
business during her husband's absence.
28th August.—Six further Finsbury and one St. Pancras cases
were notified on this day arising from sales on either Monday,
Tuesday or Wednesday, 23rd, 24th and 25th August respectively.
The results of the bacteriological examinations received were :—
(a) Tin of corned beef opened and
on sale 25th August, 1937 Positive, B. enteritidis Gaertner.
(b) Corned beef taken from an
unopened tin Negative
(c) Breakfast sausage on sale, 26th
August, 1937 Positive, B. enteritidis Gaertner.
(d) Butter and cheese Negative.
(e) Mr. A. Junior Negative.