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Food Hygiene Regulations 1955
Endeavour has been made to maintain regular visits to food
premises. The additional hygienic requirements of the above Regulations
have been reasonably enforced and the vast majority of food
vendors have co-operated very willingly with us. It was not necessary
to institute legal proceedings for contraventions of the Regulations
during the year under review.
Ice Cream
Thirteen samples of Ice Cream were submitted to chemical analysis
during 1958 and all were found to comply with the statutory standard
for this product.
Thirty-six samples were submitted to bacteriological examination,
as a result of which the samples are graded into four degrees of bacterial
cleanliness. The results were as follows :—
Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV
26 8 Nil 2
Samples falling into Grades III and IV are regarded as unsatisfactory,
indicating some bacterial contamination either in the
manufacture or the retail serving of the product.
Two of our samples fell into Grade IV and although in neither
case was there evidence of contamination by pathogenic organisms,
immediate checks were made on the manufacturing plant through the
co-operation of the Authority in whose area the manufacture took
place, and in the Beckenham retail shop. The offending stocks were
withdrawn immediately from sale, and replacement supplies proved on
examination, to be entirely satisfactory.
Rent Act, 1957
The details of the administration of this Act, and the difficulties
met were referred to in full in the 1957 Annual Report.
Fifty applications for Certificates of Disrepair were received
during 1958, bringing the total applications to 118 since the Act came
into operation in June, 1957.
Thirty undertakings to complete the required works were received
from owners. In the remaining 20 cases, Certificates were issued, five
of which were cancelled subsequent to the completion of the required
works.
It appears that about 30 per cent of owners prefer to forego the
rent increase rather than complete the repairs which, under the Act,
the tenant may demand.
Factories Act, 1957
Two hundred and eight-seven visits of inspection were made to
factories in the area, and the following nuisances were remedied
following the service of Intimation Notices :—
Want of Cleanliness 2
Insufficient sanitary accommodation 2
Unsuitable or defective sanitary conveniences 10
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