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Food Poisoning. The number of notifications of food poisoning was five,
but in two cases the notification was withdrawn.
Ice Cream. The removal of restrictions on the manufacture of ice cream
resulted in many registered sellers of this commodity recommencing operations,
and in a number of fresh registrations.
Twenty-four samples of ice cream and ingredients for its manufacture were
examined bacteriologically. Samples from two vendors were most unsatisfactory,
and the sale of ice cream at their premises was suspended. In one case the business
changed hands and a new arrangement was made whereby ice cream was obtained
from a well-known manufacturer, and in the other case improved conditions were
obtained and manufacture and sale later recommenced.
Sale of Food in Public Places. Section 16 (1) of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, provides that every itinerant vendor of ice cream must display his name
and address legibly and conspicuously on the stall, vehicle or container used. In
September, the Council, as empowered by Sub-Section (II), resolved that the provisions
of Section 16 should apply within the Borough of Woolwich in relation to
all kinds of food (except milk) as it applies in relation to ice cream.

Diphtheria. The number of confirmed cases of Diphtheria, 8, was the lowest
ever recorded, and it seems fairly safe to say that there is a connection between this
low figure and the efforts of the Department to produce a Diphtheria immune
child population. For some years after the introduction of the Council's original