London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wandsworth 1972

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Bakehouses
There are 27 bakehouses in the Borough and during the year
134 visits by the food inspectors were made to these premises.
Five of the bakehouses are in basements and, as such, are
subject to the provisions of Section 70 of the Factories Act,
1961. Certificates of suitability under this Act were granted
in all cases.
Bacteriological examination of food

Four hundred and ninety food samples were examined bacteriologically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year and details are given below:-

MiIk9
Ice-cream52
Shell-fish387
Fish22
Eels10
Miscellaneous10
Total490

Milk
The nine samples of sterilised milk submitted to the turbidity
test were reported to be satisfactory.
Ice-cream
The 52 samples of ice-cream were examined at the Public
Health Laboratory by methylene-blue test. The grading is
determined by the length of time taken to decolourize the
methylene-blue, grade 1 indicating the highest standard
bacteriologically.

The following table gives a summary of the results:-

GradeNumber of samples
129
23
35
415
Total52