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(viii) 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.
84 notifications were received.
There were 29 family outbreaks, 2 other outbreaks, and 31 single
cases.
In 8 outbreaks (involving 23 persons) the causual organism was
identified as Salmonella Typhi-murium; and in 1 outbreak (involving 2
persons) as Salmonella Chicago. In the remaining 22 outbreaks (involving
90 persons) no agent was identified.
Regarding the single cases, the agents identified were Salmonella
Typhi-murium 19, and Salmonella Chicago 1. In the remaining 11 cases no
organism was identified.
(x) BAKEHOUSES. — There are 20 bakehouses in the district, all
of which use motive power, 366 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 in5 instances and the requests were complied
with in all cases.
(xi) MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926. - No contravention of this
Act was reported during 1961.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1950.
(i) FOWL PEST ORDER OF 1936 AND THE FOWL PEST (AMENDMENT)
ORDER OF 1947
A Notice, Form C, under this Order was received from the Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food withdrawing the Notice (Form B)
restricting the movement of poultry at a Farm in Essex, and another notice
Form A withdrawing the notice declaring the Farm to be an "Infected
Place".
(ii) FOWL PEST (INFECTED AREAS RESTRICTIONS) ORDER 1956
A Notice was issued permitting the movement of 200 pullets from a