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The revised proposed Regulations for Fish and Meat spreadable products will increase
the quality of fish and meat spreads considerably which the public are entitled to expect, and
will prevent evasion of quality should they come into force.
The Food Standards Committee Report on Claims and Misleading Descriptions dealt with
claims on labels and in advertisements and also covered misleading descriptions, but the extent
to which it will be possible to control advertising ingenuity remains to be seen.
The Food Additives and Contaminants Committee issued a Report on the use of Cyclamates
and concluded that the ingestion of cyclamates is unlikely to present any hazard to health,
though they may have a laxative effect if consumed in substantial amounts.
The Food Additives and Contaminants Committee also issued a Report on Solvents
in foods. The Committee considered eight of the best known solvents would satisfy the needs of
the food trade, and proposed that only these should be permitted.
The Second Report by the Committee on Safety of Drugs was issued in May, 1966, and
made suggestions for the safe use of drugs by stricter precautions over the control of new drugs,
and the sale and labelling of medicines generally."
Medicinal Baths and Treatment Centres - General.
Demand has increased considerably in all section of our work. In particular the Medicinal
Baths Section has dealt with 76% more cases than in 1965 and the Disinfestation Section shows
an increase of 72% compared with the previous year.
There is no apparent reason for this rather disturbing increase and one can only assume
the possibility that overcrowding and bad housing conditions may contribute.
Cleansing and Treatment of Persons
The demand for this particular service has been declining gradually for a number of
years, so that the 76% increase in this year is somewhat surprising. In all 752 individuals receiving
1,198 treatments for a variety of causes. The main five reasons were:-
Scabies 354 patients 664 treatments
Head lice 142 patients 159 treatments
Body lice 144 patients 186 treatments
Pubic lice 71 patients 119 treatments
Impetigo 20 patients 32 treatments
Approximately two-thirds of the treatment for body lice were for men from a large hostel
in the Borough.
Steam Sterilisation
283 requests involving 4,931 articles were dealt with during the year. Use is made of
this service by neighbouring Authorities also, some 361 articles being sterilised for 4 such
bodies. The following table gives details:
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