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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1955
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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons
List numbered 157 at 31st December, 1955.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938-—Section 9.
The following table shows the amount of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year:—
| Amount Inspected. | Amount Salvaged. | Amount Destroyed. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Cwts. | Lbs. | Tons. | Cwts. | . Lbs. | Tons. | Cwts. | Lbs. | |
| Canned food | 17 | 14 | 38 | — | — | — | 17 | 14 | 38 |
| Meat | 14 | 5 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 105 | 11 | 16 | 105 | 11 | 16 | |||
| Cereals | — | 18 | 20 | — | 10 | 0 | — | 8 | 20 |
| Fats | — | 1 | 108 | — | — | 50 | — | 1 | 58 |
| Fish | 1 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Confectionery | — | 7 | 51 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 51 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 10 | 75 | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 75 |
| Totals | 141 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 50 | 128 | 18 | 85 |
Food and Drugs Act, 1938—Sections 17 and 18.
The following return was made to the Ministry of Health in accordance
with the requirements of Appendix D (I) of the revised Memo. 188/Med/49
giving details of food poisoning notifications received during the year and
returned to the Registrar General.
1 st Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter.
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Of those notified, five related to individual cases and the remainder
concerned a family of four persons, three of whom it is understood were
affected with food poisoning symptoms by the fourth member of the
family who returned from a holiday at the coast. The cause remained
undiscovered.
Other instances of persons affected with illness of a food poisoning
nature came to the notice of this department during the year. None
were notified as such and investigations carried out failed to discover the
cause of illness.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
London County Council (Drainage) Byelaws, 1934.
Drainage.
Drainage plans submitted 522
Combined drainage orders made 33