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SECTION 23 (Prevention of spread of disease by ice-cream), Every manufacturer
of, or dealer in, ice-cream shall, upon the occurrence of certain diseases
among the persons living or working in or about the premises on which the icecream
is manufactured, stored or sold, forthwith give notice thereof to the Medical
Officer of Health If the Medical Officer of Health has reasonable ground for
suspecting that any ice-cream or substance intended for use in the manufacture
of ice-cream is likely to cause any disease communicable to human beings, he
may give notice to the person in charge thereof that, until further notice, the
ice-cream or substance in question, is not to be used for human consumption
No action was taken under this section
SECTION 24 (Sale of horseflesh) No person shall sell, or offer or expose for
sale, or have in his possession for the purpose of sale, any horseflesh for
human consumption elsewhere than in premises, or in a stall, vehicle or place,
over or on which a notice in legible letters stating that horseflesh is sold
there is displayed in a conspicuous position No person shall supply horseflesh
for human consumption to a purchaser who has not asked to be supplied with
horseflesh. No contraventions of this section were discovered
SECTION 26 (Cases of food poisoning to be notified) Under this section a
registered medical practitioner on becoming aware or suspecting that a person
whom he is attending is suffering from food poisoning, shall forthwith notify
same to the Medical Officer of Health of the district,
(a) Outbreaks due to identified agents: One small family outbreak, involving
three notified cases, was caused by Salmonella Heidelberg The source of
infection was not traced in this outbreak A second outbreak occurred,
following a canteen meal at a local firm, which involved 25 members of the
staff of 250 at risk; one member of the kitchen staff gave a positive
reaction to Cl.Welchii. The cases were not notified.
(b) Outbreaks due to undiscovered cause: One outbreak affected three members
of the medical staff of a local hospital. These were notified cases, but
the bacteriological findings were negative,
(c) Single cases notified totalled 27.