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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
Stepney 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Ice Cream.
Ten samples of ice-cream were subjected to the methylene blue reduction test, with the following results:-
| Manufactured | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| In Borough: | Outside Borough | |
| Grade I 2 (l) | 8 (3) | 10 (4) |
| Grade II - (l) | - (1) | - (2) |
This is the first year that all samples taken have been in Grade I
category. (The figures in parenthesis are those for 1958).
Nine samples were submitted for chemical analysis and showed an
average fat content of 11.54%.
Although there are 28 premises registered in the Borough for the
manufacture of ice-cream, only three were used for this purpose during
the year. These were inspected from time to time under the Ice Cream
(Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1959, and no contravention of the
regulations was found.
The Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1959, consolidate
aiid amend the 1947-1952 Regulations and require that ingredients used
in the manufacture of ice-cream are to be pasteurised by one or other
of .three specific methods or are to be sterilised. The Regulations make
it an offence to sell ice-cream which has not been so treated. The Food
Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations, 1959, prescribe amended standards for
ice-cream and introduce separate standards for dairy ice-cream and for
milk ice.
Legal Proceedings.
Summonses dealt with by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) during the year, were as follows:-
| No. of Summonses | Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food and Drugs Act, 1959 | 2 | £15. | 0. | 0 | £6. | 11. | 0 |
| Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 | 9 | £135. | 0. | 0 | £10. | 10. | 0 |
| 11 | £150. | 0. | 0 | £17. | 1. | 0 | |
Cautionary Letters.
On the instructions of the Public Health Committee, cautionary
letters were sent in respect of the following contraventions:-
Sale of bread containing a paper label.
Sale of pork sausages containing.220 parts per million
sulphur dioxide (undeclared).
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