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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Stalls and Delivery Vehicles
Wash hand basins/Sinks with hot water provided 32
Nail brushes, -soap, towels provided 9
First Aid kits provided 15
Washable overclothing provided 31
Name and address boards supplied 48
Food now stored 18 ins. off floor 25
Accumulation of refuse etc. 21
Receptacles for waste food provided 24
Screening for stalls provided 22
Smoking offences abated 3
Cleanliness od Stalls and Vehicles remedied 43
Advice given on Storage of Stalls 3
Lighting of Stalls/Vans improved 2
Condemned Foodstuffs
Summary of meat and other articles of food found to be unfit and condemned by Inspectors during 1968:—
| Article | Weight in lbs. |
|---|---|
| Carcase Meat | 16,588 |
| Offal | 4,858 |
| Sundry Foodstuffs | 15,745 |
| Canned, Bottled and Packet Foods | 35,612 |
| 72,803 |
In addition to the above, 3,889 bottles of wines, spirits and minerals,
of various sizes, were condemned as the result of the September floods.
Disposal of Condemned Foodstuffs
Meat condemned at wholesale meat markets or at shops, and other
condemned foodstuffs, are destroyed by incineration.
MEAT INSPECTION
District inspectors examine home killed and imported carcase meat
and offal at the 8 wholesale meat depots in the Borough. Meat exposed
for sale is inspected in butchers' shops.
The Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order, 1957
The Order provides that, in general, all waste foods must be boiled
before feeding to animals to minimise the spread of animal diseases,
Licences to operate boiling plants and equipment are issued after inspection
of the premises and plants.
MILK SUPPLY
During the year 94 inspections were made of dairies and premises from
which milk is sold.