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Hackney 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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 aw&re 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) Single cases notified totalled 13
(b) The bacteriological findings in the 13 notified cases were as follows:-
| Organism | All ages | Under 1 year | 1- 2 years | 2- 3 years | 3- 4 years | 4- 5 years | 5-10 years | 10-15 years | 15-20 years | 20-35 years | 35-45 years | 45- 65 years | 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmonella Anatum | . | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Salmonella Blockley | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salmonella Heidelberg | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Salmonella Typhimurium | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Salmonella Untyped | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 13 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
SECTION 27 (Inspection, and control of infected food). If the Medical
Officer of Health of a district has reasonable ground for suspecting that any
food of which he or any other officer of the local authority of the district,
has procurfed a sample under the provisions of this Act is likely to cause food
poisoning, he may give notice to the person in charge of the food that, until
his investigations are completed, the food, or any specified portion thereof,
is not to be used for human consumption, and either is not to be renfoved,
or is not to be removed except to some place specified in the notice,
No action was necessary under this section,
SECTION 29 (Milk and Dairies Regulations)
(a) MILK AND DAIRIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1959 The Department's register
of distributors of milk and dairy premises, shows the following entries:-
Distributors of Milk
(i) From dairy premises in the borough 24
(ii) From premises in the borough, other than dairies 190
214
Dairy premises registered 24
Legal proceedings were instituted in the following instance:-
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to ensure.cleanliness of vessel used for containing Milk | £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |