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Section 80 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, requires registration of
such premises.
No application for registration was received during 1953.
(vi) Articles of Food Surrendered.
During the year the following articles were surrendered and condemned
as being unfit for the food of man: —
Bacon—8¼ lbs; Beverage—4 tins, 1 pkt., 3 lbs.; Butter—2½ lbs.;
Cake—448 lbs., 2 Swiss rolls; Cereals—74 pkts., 60½ lbs., 9 tins;
Cheese—376 pkts., 99 lbs. 2 ozs.; Coconut—20 lbs.; Chocolate 4¼ lbs.;
Confectionery—36½ lbs.; 19 Munchmellows; Cream—4 galls., 6
cartons, 11 tins; Drugs and Medicines—1 bottle; Eggs—251; Eggs
(Frozen)—28 lbs.; Fats—2 jars; Fish (Wet and Dry)—110 st. 5 lbs.;
Fish (Tinned)—180 tins; Fish (Shell)—5 tins; Fish paste—9 jars;
Flavouring, Colouring, etc.—1 jar, 6½ lbs., 10 pkts., 4 tins; Flour—
523 lbs.; Foods (Medical and Baby)—21 tins, 4 pkts.; Fruit (Tinned)—
3,724 tins; Fruit (Fresh)—242 lbs.; Fruit (Bottled)— 21 bottles; Fruit
(Dried)—180 lbs.; Fruit Juice—15 tins; Jam. Preserves, etc.—263 tins;
Meat (Fresh)—8,583½ lbs.; Meat (Tinned)—1,708 lbs. 13 ozs.; Meat
Pies—59; Milk (Tinned) 981 tins; Nuts—14 lbs.; Pastry and Pudding
Mixtures—91 pkts.; Pickles—54 jars; Poultry—25 lbs., 3 tins;
Puddings—21: Rabbits—240 lbs. 9 tins; Salt—6 lbs.; Sauces, Salad
Creams, etc.—12 bottles, 26 jars; Sausages—131 tins, 7841 lbs.;
Soups—70 tins, 28 pkts.; Tomatoes (Tinned)—194 tins; Vegetables
(dried)—24 lbs.; Vegetables (Tinned)—1,263 tins
In all cases, the food is inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors at the
premises and after condemnation is collected by the Department and conveyed
to the Refuse Collection Depot where it is disposed of under supervision.
The necessary certificates of condemnation are then issued.
(vii) Foreign Bodies in Food.
15 complaints were received during 1953 of the presence of foreign
bodies in foodstuffs. All were investigated and legal proceedings were
taken in two cases. In one case a fine of £2, plus £1 Is. Od. costs was
imposed and the other case was dismissed owing to insufficient evidence.
A letter of warning was also sent in one case.
(viii) Food Poisoning.
By virtue of Section 82 of the Ilford Corporation Act, 1927, food
poisoning became compulsorily notifiable in Ilford as from 1st October,
1937. It is also notifiable under Section 17, Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Thirty-four notifications were received during the year.
There were no serious outbreaks of food poisoning. Five outbreaks
occurred involving eleven persons, but in no case was the cause discovered.
There were also twenty-three single cases reported, the agent being identified
in six instances as Salmonella Typhi-murium.
Six suspected instances were investigated but were not notified, no
specific cause being discovered.
(ix) Bakehouses.—There are 28 bakehouses in the district, all of
which use motive power. 450 inspections of bakehouses were carried out
during the year.
It was necessary to call upon the occupiers of bakehouses to carry out
cleansing and other work in 16 instances, and the requests were complied
with in all but one case, where work was in progress.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1950.
(i) Foot and Mouth Disease.—No outbreaks, affecting the Borough,
occurred during 1953.