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Meat and Other Foods.—All the local tradesmen are now
complying with the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
There is only one licensed slaughterhouse in the district, at
which 54 inspections were paid during the year.
(i) Articles of Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles of food were surrendered
and condemned as being unfit for the food of man:—
456 tins of Italian cherries; 138 tins of mixed fruit, vegetables,
fish and meat; 1 tin of pears; 38 lbs. cod fish; 249 stone of imported
beef, pork mutton and lamb, home-killed veal, beef, lamb, sausage
meat and ducks; 3 stone fillet of cod; 40 tins of plums; 11 rabbits
and 5 boxes of soft roes.
Adulteration, etc.
(i) Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—These Acts are administered
by the Essex County Council, for whom Dr. Bernard Dyer
is the Public Analyst. Mr. H. C. Card, the Chief Inspector, has
kindly given me certain particulars as to samples collected in the
Ilford district, which I append:—
Samples of Milk taken 33
Samples of Butter taken 48
Other Samples 303
Total 384
No prosecutions were undertaken during the year.
Food Poisoning.
(i) On the 21st March suspected food poisoning was reported, four
members of one family being affected. Full enquiries were made and a
specimen of the sauce complained of, and partaken with the food, was sent
to the Ministry of Health Laboratories. The Pathologist was unable to
find a bacterial cause, and a further specimen of the sauce was sent to the
Public Analyst, who was unable to find an indication of anything injurious.
The members of the family were only temporarily affected, and made
speedy recoveries.
(ii) On the 9th July a case of suspected food poisoning was reported
to me by the Coroner's Officer, the deceased being a male, aged 26 years.
The Pathologist carried out a bacteriological examination, but failed to
find any trace of food poisoning. The cause of death was "Exhaustion
following acute gastro-enteritis; misadventure."
No other members of the family were affected.