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Wandsworth 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
Section 57(l)(a) of this Act requires that it shall not be lawful:—
for the occupier of any premises to use them as a slaughterhouse
or knacker's yard or permit them to be so used, unless he
holds a licence granted under this section by the local authority
authorizing him to keep those premises as a slaughter-house, or
as the case may be, as a knacker's yard.
During the year three applications for the renewal of licences
to use premises as slaughter-houses were submitted to the Council
and granted.
Bacteriological Analysis of Ice-Cream
During the year 80 samples of ice-cream were tested in accordance
with the technique suggested by the Ministry of Health and Public
Health Laboratory Service. These samples were examined at the
Public Health Laboratory, Camberwell.
The following table gives a summary of the results:—
TABLE XI.
| Methylene Blue Test | Coliform Test | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Grade | Number of Samples | Coliform in l/10th ml. (non-faecal) | Number of Samples |
| 1 | 27 | Bacillus coli—absent | 28 |
| 2 | 8 | „ „ —present | 12 |
| 3 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Faecal coli—present | — |
| Total | 40 | Total | 40 |
In addition, three samples of ice-lollies were submitted to the
coliform test. Bacillus coli was not found in any of these samples.