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(viii) Stalls and Vehicles (including Street Traders).
All applications by Stallholders for licences to sell foodstuffs arcreferred
to the Public Health Department prior to the issue of a
licence, and in those cases where the food is stored in the Borough
the premises are inspected. In those instances in which the place of
storage is situated in another district, an inquiry is addressed to the
Medical Officer of Health of that area concerning the sanitary condition
of the premises. Bye-laws were made by the Borough Council
on the 26th January, 1928, with regard to street trading; and these
relate, inter alia, to the protection of the food from contamination,
the storing of refuse arising from the business in suitable covered
receptacles, etc.
(ix) Food Poisoning.
By Section 7 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1932, it is provided that medical practitioners shall notify cases
of food poisoning or suspected food poisoning to the Medical Officer
of Health. During the year, no cases were notified.
(C) Adulteration, etc.
(i) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
496 samples were taken for analysis during the year by the
Sampling Officers under the Act. The number certified to be
adulterated was 18, or 3 6 per cent. of the total number, as compared
with 13, or 2 6 per cent. in 1932.
Of the total samples taken for analysis, 281 were formal samples
and 215 informal.