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My thanks are again due to Dr. Betty Hobbs, Principal of the Food
Hygiene Section of the Government Central Public Health Laboratory,
Colindale, for her very valuable co-operation and assistance, even to the
extent of personal visits to the Heath to see for herself the particular
catering hygiene problems involved.
FOOD SAMPLING.
(a) Bacteriological examination oj foodstuffs.
This service is undertaken by the Central Public Health Laboratory.
I am greatly indebted to Colonel H. J. Benstead, the Director of the
Laboratory, for unfailing co-operation and help.
Details of the ice cream and milk samples submitted to bacteriological
examination appear under the respective headings. Fifty-three other
samples were taken for examination. Some were routine samples; others
for confirmation of unsound or defective tinning, etc., and a proportion
Nature of Sample. Number of Samples. Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory.
Boxed dates 1 1 -
Hors D'ouvres 1 1 -
Liver sausage 1 — 1
Wash-up waters from ice cream
servers, etc. 19 15 4
Whelks 7 5 2
Cockles 7 6 1
Jellied eels 4 3 1
Ice lollie mix 2 2 —
Ox tongue 1 — 1
Pork brawn 1 1
Pressed pork 2 — 2
Plums 4 4
Herring roes 1 1
Salami sausages 1 1
Evaporated milk 1 1 —
(b) Samples submitted to Chemical Analysis.
Mr. Eric Voelcker, A.R.C.S., F.R.I.C., has continued to act as
temporary Public Analyst to the Borough throughout the year.
He has examined and reported upon 507 samples, of which ten were
classed as adulterated or unsatisfactory.