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up under he scheme of the London County Council. Information as
to the days and hours of consultation can be obtained from any medical
practitioner; from placards posted in the public lavatories; or from the
Borough Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall, or the County
Medical Officer of Health at the County Hall, Westminster Bridge,
S.E.I. This information is given under the strictest secrecy to persons
who apply personally or by letter.
The nearest Centres to Hampstead are at the following
Hospitals :—
Guy's; Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street; Middlesex;
Royal Free; Royal Northern; St. George's; St. Mary's;
University College; Westminster.
Disinfection of clothing, bedding, etc., is carried out free of charge
by the Public Health Department.
Food Poisoning.
There were 10 cases of food poisoning notified in pursuance of
Section 7, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932. Such
foodstuffs as veal and ham pie, steak and kidney pie, fried fish, tinned
tongue and duck's liver were mentioned as the possible cause in the
different cases. In three instances no bacteriological examination was
made and the illness was of a mild nature. In two instances examination
of the faeces shewed no pathogenic organisms. The tinned
tongue was examined bacteriologically but nothing abnormal was discovered.
B. Aertrycke was identified in the portion of cooked duck
which gave rise to illness in three persons. All the affected persons
were adults; nine females and one male.
In every case of food poisoning exhaustive enquiries are made and
wherever possible a sample of the food implicated is examined bacteriologically.
Unfortunately it is often impossible to obtain such a sample.
Food Poisoning by B. Sonne.
On the 4th March, 1938, it was reported that a party of live
adults who bad partaken of a meal of Tongue on the previous day were
all taken ill with severe abdominal pains and diarrhœa some 12 hours
later.