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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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(b) Ice-cream.
103 samples of ice cream were taken by the Council* s Food Inspectors during
the year, mostly from manufacturers and submitted for bacteriological examination
93, being 90 3 per cent reached grades 1 or 2 when subjected to the methylene
blue reduction test
The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year and preceding years:-
| 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | |
| Satisfactory- | ||||||||||
| Grade I | 59 | 44.7 | 86 | 48.31 | 92 | 59.35 | 101 | 81.45 | 77 | 74.78 |
| Grade II | 40 | 30.3 | 47 | 26.41 | 40 | 25.81 | 14 | 11.29 | 16 | 15.52 |
| Unsatisfactory- | ||||||||||
| Grade III | 15 | 11.4 | 26 | 14.61 | 14 | 9.03 | 6 | 4.84 | 6 | 5.82 |
| Grade IV | 18 | 13.6 | 19 | 10.67 | 9 | 5.81 | 3 | 2.42 | 4 | 3.88 |
| Totals | 132 | 100,0 | 178 | 100.00 | 155 | 100.00 | 124 | 100.00 | 103 | 100.00 |
(c) Synthetic cream
20 samples of synthetic bakery filling cream were examined and reported
to be satisfactory
(d) Other commodities
21 samples of various foods were all satisfactory
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 6 prosecutions were undertaken during 1954 under the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938:-
| No. | Court and Date of Hearing | Offence | Result of Proceedings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F ines | Costs | |||||||
| £ | s | d | £ | s. | d | |||
| l | Marlborough 6.1.54 | Chocolate gateau mouldy | 5. | 0. | 0 | 5. | 5. | 0 |
| 2 | Clerkenwell 22.1.54 | Malt vinegar deficient in acetic acid | - | 2. | 2. | 0 | ||
| 3 | Clerkenwell 10.2.54 | Milk containing dirt and other substances | 2. | 0. | 0 | 1. | 1. | 0 |
| 4 | -do- | Failure to keep floor of cafe kitchen clean | 1. | 10. | 0 | - | ||
| 5 | -do- | Failure to prevent food oontamination | 2. | 0. | 0 | 1. | 1. | 0 |
| 6 | Marlborough 1.4.54 | Adulterated pepper | 10. | 0. | 0 | 5. | 5. | 0 |