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Fish Curers.
The number of premises in the Borough used by fish curers
is 48. The Inspectors made 62 visits, and 5 notices were served.
Restaurants, Eating Houses, etc.
224 inspections were made of 85 restaurant eating houses in
the Borough, particular attention being directed to the kitchens
and places where the food was prepared. 25 notices were served.
Clean Food.
In 1924 a Committee consisting of 6 representatives of the
Royal Sanitary Institute and 5 members of the Society of Medical
Officers of Health submitted a report in 1925 on the cleanliness
in the handling of food.
The subjects investigated by the Committee were meat and
meat products, fish, fruit and vegetables, bread and confectionery,
milk and ice cream, groceries, restaurants and cafes, premises
where prepared food is made, imported foods, food regulations,
licensing and registration of premises.
The following extracts from the report presented in 1925 are
of public importance, and I accordingly venture to bring them
to your notice.
The Committee were greatly impressed by the fact that
apparently Great Britain was practically alone amongst the more
advanced of the nations in having failed to take cognisance of
the existence of risk to health and of production of disease as a
result of defective and careless exposure and handling of food,
and to provide legislation for the protection of the people from
such risks.
The Committee is convinced that the case for suggesting that
the time has arrived for providing legislation more definitely aimed
at protecting the food of the people than any now in existence is
greatly strengthened by the special investigations made by
individual members.
In the opinion of the Committee procedure in administration
would be greatly simplified if one set of regulations were issued
containing provisions affecting the several matters that are
common to all foods, such as transport, and, if possible, registration,
and a general prohibition of exposure on the street of meat,
fruit, sweets, and the more important and readily contaminated
articles, reserving separate regulations for any trade or article,
e.g., bread will call for specific regulation.