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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS:
During the year 1964, legal proceedings under the Pood & Drugs Act 1955 were instituted in 5 cases as follows:-
| Date | Premises | Offence | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th April | 88 Parringdon Road. | Cockroach in roll supplied to cafe. | Fined | £ 5 | Costs | £10. |
| 20th Aug. | 107 Whitecross Street. | Buttered rolls not of the nature and substance demanded. | Fined | £10 | Costs | £10. |
| 20th Aug. | 74 Chapel Market. | Insect in meat pie | Fined | £ 5 | Costs | £21. |
| 8th Oct. | 49 Corporation Row. | Sale of mouldy bread. | Fined | £ 1 | Costs | £ 1. |
| 8th Oct. | 55 Exmouth Market. | Sale of unsound sausages. | Fined | £10 | Costs | £10. |
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 1964 there were 29 applications for inclusion in the register and all
the premises concerned were visited regarding compliance with the
Regulations as to labelling etc.
FOOD POISONINGS:
43 Cases were notified, 1 of which was a suspected dysentery:-
10 were due to Salmonella Typhi- Murium.
2 „ „ „ „ Brandenburg.
1 „ „ „ „ Reading.
3 „ „ „ Staphylococcus.
The last three cases (i.e. due to Staphylococcus) occurred in members
of the same family and were traced to reheated beef.
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