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1938] 78
Number Number found
Inspected. Unsatisfactory.
Hotel and Restaurant Kitchens 130 24
Coffee and Dining Rooms 378 79
Refreshment Rooms 234 53
Provision (Cooked Meats, cooked but not
consumed on premises) 160 45
Total 902 201
Preserved Food.—Registration of these premises was brought under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, Section 187, during the year 1936.
In 1937, 280 premises were on the register for preserved food; ten were registered
during the year 1938, and one was removed from the register. The total on
the register at the end of the year, therefore, was 289, all of which were visited.
Certification of Meat Food Products for Shipment Abroad. The Medical
Officer of Health, as Designated Officer for Food Certification, issued six certificates
in respect of foods prepared in Islington and exported to the United States of America,
and one to France.
Licensed Street Traders in the Borough of Islington for the year 1938.
Meat, etc., 10; Fish, Poultry, Rabbits, etc., 30; †Ice Cream, 30; Confectionery,
Minerals, etc., 36; Grocery, Provisions, etc., 22; Coffee Stalls, etc., 9; Fruit,
Vegetables, Greengrocery, etc., 186.
†Some also sell Confectionery and Minerals.
Eggs, Cold or Chemical Storage.—There are no premises in the Borough
carrying on this business.
Margarine and Margarine Cheese.—There are no premises in Islington where
the business carried on comes within this category.
Butter Blending. -Only one business now on the register.
NOTIFICATION OF FOOD POISONING.
During the year, 6 cases of food poisoning were notified to the Medical Officer
of Health, the food alleged to be the cause of the poisoning being: pork, ham, bacon
(2), and fish (2).
The first case was that of a male, age 60 years, and the investigation showed that
the patient, who was suffering from diarrhoea, had partaken of cold pork which had
been purchased four days previously. Within an hour of the meal the patient was
taken with abdominal pains and diarrhoea, and died three days afterwards. This
case was duly reported to the Coroner, who ordered a post-mortem examination. No
inquest was necessary as it was proved that the man died of necrotic appendicitis
which had set up general peritonitis; the severe symptoms starting four hours after
having eaten the pork were apparently coincident. This case, therefore, was not
food poisoning.
The second case, a male, aged 32 years, was alleged to have been due to a meal
of ham, which had been placed on a marble-top washstand on the landing. The meal
was taken at 6 p.m., and the patient was attacked with vomiting and diarrhoea at
2 a.m. The patient recovered after medical treatment.