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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
Ealing 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Ice Cream.
There are 324 premises in the Borough registered for the sale
of ice cream.
It was found that their ice cream is obtained from six registered
manufacturers in the Borough or from 15 manufacturers outside
the Borough. Samples from each of these 21 manufacturers were
taken once or more during the year, a total of 69 samples of ice
cream, ice cream constituents and ice lollies being submitted for
bacteriological examination.
The results were as follows :
| Commodity | Samples | Grade | Not Graded | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Ice Cream— | ||||||
| Local Manufacture | 23 | — | 4 | — | — | |
| Ice Cream— | ||||||
| OtherManufacturers | 31 | 27 | 2 | 2 | _ | — |
| Ice Cream Constituents | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Ice Lollies | 8 | -- | — | — | — | 8 |
| 69 | 50 | 2 | 6 | — | 11 | |
11 of these samples were reported to be unsatisfactory—
6 from local manufacturers, and 5 from other manufacturers.
Unsatisfactory samples were followed up, either by investigation
at the producer's plant in the Borough or by notification to the
Authorities concerned where the manufacturer's premises were
outside the Borough.
Synthetic Cream.
33 samples of synthetic cream were taken from local manufacturers,
all of which received satisfactory bacteriological reports.
Inspection of Meat and Other Foods.
The following foodstuffs were condemned by the Sanitary
Inspectors as unfit for human food in the course of their inspections
of the various food premises in the Borough :
lbs.
Almonds 7½
Apricots 4,480
Bacon 2533/4
Bakery Waste 5,856
Barley 10
Beef 4,923½
Biscuits 3,369½