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FOOD AND DRUGS
A full-time Food Inspector is employed in the supervision of Food and
Food Premises. Food Samples are sent for chemical analysis to the Public
Analyst, and for bacteriological examination to The Public Health
Laboratory Service at Park Hospital.
Details of the work of the Food Inspector will be found in the Appendix
Tables V, VI and VII and details from the Public Analyst's Report are
included at the end of this section.
Royal Victoria Yard
Considerable quantities of food no longer considered fit for prolonged
storage by the Admiralty, are examined in order to assess their fitness for
sale to the general public.
Ice-Cream
Conditions under which ice-cream is made and distributed in the
Borough have continued to improve. 168 premises are registered for the
manufacture, storage or sale of Ice Cream.
One fault which was found to contribute to the number of lower graded
bacteriological samples was the practice in which a manufacturer raised
the temperature unnecessarily high “ just to make sure ” and then found
his cooling plant incapable of lowering the temperature quickly enough
to the required level.

Labelling of Food Orders, 1946/50
All pre-packed samples of food submitted under the Food and Drugs
Act were considered also under the Labelling of Food Orders, 1946 and
1950. In 74 instances separate examinations were made under these Orders
and several slight infringements were dealt with by correspondence.
Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941
All pre-packed drugs submitted under the Food and Drugs Act were
also considered under the Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941. In
5 instances separate reports were made.
Food Standards
48 samples were specially examined under the various Food Standard
Orders. They were all found to comply with the prescribed standard.
Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) Regulations
Wherever desirable Food and Drugs Act samples were examined for the