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City of Westminster 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
At the 31st December, 1953, the following were entered in the City
Council's Register of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
Distributors of milk with premises registered as dairies 42
Distributors of milk with premises not registered as dairies 77
Distributors of milk with premises situate outside Westminster
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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List
numbered 165 at 31st December, 1953.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Section 9). The following table shows the amount of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year:—
| Amount Inspected. | Amount Salvaged | Amount Destroyed. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons | Cwts. | Lbs. | Tons | Cwts. | Lbs. | Tons | Cwts | . Lbs. | |
| Canned food | 20 | 17 | 82 | — | 9 | 69 | 20 | 8 | 13 |
| Meat | 3 | 5 | 54 | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 54 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 94 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 90 | 3 | 102 |
| Fats | — | — | 98 | — | — | 63 | — | — | 35 |
| Cereals | — | 11 | 22 | — | 3 | 96 | — | 7 | 38 |
| Fish | 1 | 11 | 61 | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 61 |
| Confectionery | — | 3 | 49 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 49 |
| Miscellaneous | — | 9 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 8 |
| Totals | 121 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 116 | 8 | 24 |
During the past year there was only one occasion when an unusually
large quantity of one particular commodity required condemnation.
The commodity in this instance was Spanish onions which had been
retained on one of the Thames wharves pending sale, and had deteriorated
to such an extent that 51½ tons had become unfit.
Food and Drugs Act, Sections 17 and 18.
Food Poisoning.
The following return was made to the Ministry of Health in accordance
with the requirements of Appendix D (I) of the revised Memo. 188/
Med/49, giving details of food poisoning notifications received during the
year and returned to the Registrar General:—
lst Quarter. 2nd Quarter. 3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter. Total.
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