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Bacon, 396 lbs.; Beverages, 5 tins; Biscuits, 12 pkts;
Cereals, 21 lb. + 62 tins; Cheese, 36 lbs.; Cream, 2 tins;
Fish (wet and dry), 81 stone; Fish (tinned), 156 tins; Fruit
(tinned), 911 tins; Fruit (dried), 2 lb.; Fruit Juice, 30 tins;
Jam Preserves , 25 lbs.; Meat (Fresh), 2501 lbs.; Meat (Tinned),
2602 lbs.; Meat Pies, 8 only; Milk (Tinned), 171 tins; Nuts,
23½ lbs.; Pastry and Pudding Mix, 7 pkts; Pickles, 17 jars;
Poultry, 135 lbs.; Soups (tins), 49 tins; Vegetables (Tins),
321 tins; Dessicated Coconut, 50 lbs.
(viii) FOREIGN BODIES IN FOOD.
14 complaints (including 3 milk samples referred to
in paragraph (iii) Sampling) were received during 1960 of
the presence of foreign bodies in foodstuffs; letters of warning
were sent in 2 cases and legal proceedings taken in 2
cases, in both of which fines of £5 plus £1 1s. costs were
imposed.
(ix) FOOD POISONING.
By virtue of Section 82 of the Ilford Corporation Act,
1937, food poisoning became compulsorily notifiable in
Ilford as from 1st October, 1938. It is also notifiable under
Section 17, Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
117 notifications were received.
There were 42 family outbreaks and 46 single cases.
In 4 outbreaks (involving 12 persons) the causual
organism was identified as Salmonella Typhi-murium; in 1
outbreak (involving 3 persons) as Salmonella Enteriditis;
and in 2 outbreaks (involving 6 persons) as C1. Welchii. In
the remaining 35 outbreaks (involving 105 persons) no agent
was identified.
Regarding the single cases, the agents identified
were Salmonella Typhi-murium 4, and Salmonella Newport
1. In the remaining 41 cases no organism was identified.
With a view to preventing spread of infection an
assistant in a fishmongers shop, who was notified as a
"carrier" of dysentery was excluded from his employment
for a period of 2 weeks and compensation for loss of earnings
was paid in respect of this period.