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Ice Cream
Six samples of loe Cream were submitted to chemical analysis
during 1964 and all were found to comply with the statutory standard
for this product.
One hundred and nineteen 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 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
108 11 -
Only samples falling into Grades 3 aud 4 are regarded as
unsatisfactory, indicating some bacterial contamination either in the
manufacture or the retail serving of the product.
Rent Act, 1957
The details of the administration of this Act were referred to
fully in the 1957 Annual Report
Three applications were received for Certificates of Disrepair
during the year 1964, bringing the total number of applications tc
153 since the Act came into operation in June, 1957.
Disinfection
The Council undertakes, free of charge, the disinfection of rooms,
articles of clothing and bedding after cases of Tuberculosis and
occasionally other Infectious Diseases. Requests for the steam
disinfection of bedding, etc., other than for notifiable illness, are
mot but a charge is made for the service During 1964, 42 applications
were received and accounts rendered for £66. 0. 0.
During the year, 150 Library books were collected from homes and
hospitals where infectious disease had occurred, disinfected and
returned to the Library of origin.
Mortuary
The administration of the Beckenham Mortuary is the responsibility
of the Public Health Department, the Mortuary Attendant being a
member of the Medical Officer's staff.
During 1964, 217 bodies were brought to the Mortuary where postmortem
examinations were conducted by a Home Office Pathologist.
Twenty-six Inquests were held in the Town Hall.
Movable Dwellings
Thirteen families occupied movable dwellings under licence from
the Council during 1964.
Thirty-nine inspections of the sites of the caravans were made,
and in no instance was a Public Health nuisance discovered.