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Clean Food Campaign
There has been a steady improvement in the standard of
cleanliness in food premises during the year. Applications to join
the Lambeth Clean Food Association have now reached 235 and
of these 125 have been approved as the premises comply with the
requirements of the Association. The number of Certificates issued
is 158 and the number of badges worn by employees is 261. There
is a body of evidence available of the satisfaction that these
certificates and badges give to their possessors who are proud of
them and keen to maintain the prestige which they give. The
sanitary inspectors take swabs of fingernails at irregular intervals
as a check upon following the Code of Practice and so far of the
150 taken only one has yielded faecal colt.
The cost of installing water heaters to wash basins near water
. closets and particularly the purchase tax on them are definitely
serious drawbacks as in difficult times like the present many
cannot afford the initial expenditure and postpone application
for membership owing to the cost. The standards required by
the Clean Food Association are those of Section 13, Food and
Drugs Act, 1938, that is to say, standards enforceable under
statute, but like overcrowding, not capable of amelioration for
some time to come yet. Improvement is steady, however, and
the Clean Food Association helps.
Food Poisoning outbreaks
There were no food poisoning outbreaks during the year. The
41 notifications all referred to isolated cases not connected with
each other.