[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham].

  • Dagenham (London, England). Borough Council.
Date:
[1939?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    50/99 (page 48)
    48 The following unsound foodstuffs came to the notice of the Sanitary Inspectors and were surrendered:— ] crate lettuce; 4 stone mixed fish; 16 stone skate; 10 tinned hams—120 lbs.; 8 tins jellied veal—38 lbs.; 2 tins lambs livers; 6½ boxes kippers; 7 sausage rolls; 3 Cornish pasties; 1 box prunes and 3 boxes fillets. Ice-Cream. During the year, 27 samples were taken for analysis. 25 were satisfactory and two unsatisfactory. Careful watch is kept on all purveyors and manu facturers of ice-cream. As a result of action under the Essex County Council Act, the standard of purity of ice cream has definitely been raised. There is a large public demand for this commodity and provided it is a pure product it may be regarded as a valuable article of food. Food Poisoning. Under section 105 (1) of the Dagenham Urban District Council Act, 1931, four notifications of food poisoning were received, details of which are added. None of the cases displayed the clinical symptoms of true food poisoning. It will be of interest to note that under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, food poisoning is made notifiable and thus becomes general law. The value of notification of food poisoning may not immediately be apparent, but on closer examination of the subject it will be recognised that the Health Department is able to glean valuable information with regard to the wholesomeness of the food supply ot the area, as the fact that certain foods are suspected initiates an inspection of the methods of production, storage and retail of the commodity under consideration. The following is a summary of the cases:—