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13
Food Premises
A big effort was made to expand the regular visiting
of all food premises and in fact all premises subject to
routine inspection by the department.
The registers of all these premises have been brought
up to date by checking all available records as well as by
street to street inspection and it is now thought that all
premises in which the department has a special interest are
known. The belief is held that regular visiting by the
sanitary inspectors will in the long run achieve the best and
most lasting improvement in the hygiene of food premises.
Already many improvements have been carried out, but still
much remains to be done.
With a view to enabling more frequent visits to be paid
to premises subject to routine inspection the Public Health
Committee recommended the appointment of an additional
sanitary inspector. An officer was appointed but as he did
not commence duty until the 31st December, the benefits of
the additional staff will not be felt until 1952.
The Public Health Committee again considered the
advisability of promoting a clean food guild but after
investigating the position, including the experience of other
Authorities who have set up such guilds, it was decided
not to proceed on such a course but to rely upon the
present methods.