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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
Tottenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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The total number of certificates issued in accordance with
Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (up to 31st December,
1949), was as follows:—
Sale of Ice Cream 211
Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream 41
Manufacture of Ice Cream 2
Storage of Ice Cream 2
Total 256
The number of premises registered during the year under Section
14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, for the sale, etc., of ice cream,
was as follows:—
For the sale of Ice Cream 32
For the manufacture of Ice Cream 1
Total number of certificates granted 33
One application for registration was withdrawn, but no applications
for registration were refused.
SAMPLES OF ICE CREAM SUBMITTED FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL
EXAMINATION.
| *Results. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Total. | |
| Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in Tottenham. | 23 | 6 | 4 | — | 33 |
| Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in districts other than Tottenham .. | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Total | 27 | 6 | 4 | — | 37 |
*Provisional grading, based on the time taken to reduce methylene blue,
is as follows:—
Grade 1 4½ hours or more.
Grade 2 2½ hours to 4 hours.
Grade 3 ½ hour to 2 hours.
Grade 4 0 hours.