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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
Finsbury 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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FOOD POISONING:
There were 43 individual cases notified during the year of which
10 were due to Salmonella Typhi-Murium
1 was due to Salmonella Enteriditis
1 was due to Salmonella Bredeney.
In 31 cases it was not possible to identify the responsible agent.
| Date | Premises | Offence | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.3.62. | 114 Clerkenwell Rd. | Selling cooked sausage roll containing a matchstick. (Sec.2.Pood & Drugs Act,1955). | Dismissed No costs. |
| 12.6.62. | 93 Cowcross St. | Deposition of unsound meat in contravention of Secs. 8 & 9 of Pood & Drugs Act. | Dismissed No costs |
| 3.9.62. | Stall Chapel Mkt. | Not of the nature and substance demanded. Sect. 2 Pood & Drugs Act. No name and address on label | Fined £1 |
| (Labelling of Food Order). | Fined £1 | ||
| Generic instead of specific name (Salad Oil) )Labelling of Pood Order) | Fined £1 £4 costs. | ||
| 3.12.62. | 62 Exmouth Mkt. | Contravention of Sec. 2 Pood & Drugs Act, 1955. | Fined £2 Costs |
| (Portion of price tag in bread roll). | £3. 3s. 0. |
POISONS:
The Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933 requires the Council to keep a
register of persons selling those Poisons enumerated in Part II of the
Act. During 1962 there were 34 applications for inclusion in the register
and all the premisee concerned were visited regarding compliance with
the Regulations as to labelling etc.
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