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Hampstead 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]

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any person engaged in the handling of food becomes aware that
he is suffering from, or is the carrier of, typhoid fever, paratyphoid
fever or any other salmonella infection or dysentery or
any staphylococcal infection likely to cause food poisoning, he
shall forthwith give notice of the fact to the person carrying on
the food business who shall immediately after receipt of the
notice notify the appropriate medical officer of health accordingly.
Provided that where the person required to give such notice is
himself the person carrying on the food business he shall give
notice immediately to the appropriate medical officer of health.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation the appropriate medical
officer of health is -
(a) in the case of a person engaged in the handling of food at
or from food premises, the medical officer of health of
the district in which the premises are situated; and
(b) in any other case either the medical officer of health of
the district in which the person to whom the notice relates
resides or the medical officer of health of the district
in which the food business is situated,
(3) For the purposes of the last foregoing paragraph a food business
which is carried on from a ship shall be deemed to be situated
in the district or port health district in which the ship is for
the time being moored.
To the Chairman of the Public Health Committee.
98a, Avenue Road, N. W. 3.
From
I am glad to play my part in the campaign to raise the general
standards of hygiene and am willing to display the "Smoking"/"Dogs"
Notice(s).
I am not prepared to display the notices concerning "Smoking"
and "Dogs".
REMARKS:
Date Signed