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Legal proceedings were instituted In the under-mentioned
cases, with the results shown:-
2. Mouse excrement in fancy
pastry.
12. Mouse excrement in carton of
diced pineapple.
Offence against Labelling of
Pood Order. 1950.
19. Nail in cake.
31. Dirty milk bottle
35. Insect in bread.
44. Walnuts unfit for human
consumption
53. Pish sold as hake.
Withdrawn.
Fined £5 - £3. 3s. costs.
Fined £5
Fined £10- £5. 5s. costs.
Fined £3- £2. 2s. costs.
Fined £1.
Walnuts condemned and order
made for destruction.
Fined £l- £l. 1s. costs.
3. Clean Food Campaign
The Lambeth Clean Food Association is flourishing and extending
its membership. The general standard of cleanliness in food shops
everywhere is higher than it has been but still leaves much to
be desired. Where there is a recognised bacteriological and
chemical standard, as there is now for ice cream, it is expected
that all the samples taken will be found in grades 1 and 2; it
is increasingly rare to find grade 3, and still more, grade 4
results. Applications to Join the Association have now reached
291 with 32 cancellations, and of these 199 have been approved
by the Executive Committee as the premises comply with the
requirements of the Association. The number of certificates
issued is 266 of which 33 have been surrendered as the members
have gone out of business. The number of badges worn by employees
is now 454. Swabs of fingers are taken at irregular intervals
by the sanitary inspectors for examination for faecal Bacillus
coli. Of the 683 taken 16 only have yielded a growth of faecal
organisms and no member has offended twice.

5. Food Poisoning
There have been 47 cases of food poisoning notified during
the year none of which were found to have been connected with
any other case. In only one was a food poisoning organis'
recognised and that was Typhi murium isolated from the patient
and also from the remains of duck" s eggs eaten by her.