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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Systematic sampling of ice cream and ice lollies was carried out, details of which are as follows:
| Commodity | No. of Samples | Methylene Blue Grade | Not graded | Grades I & II Satisfactory | Grade III doubtful | Grade IV unsatisfactory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | ||||||
| Ice cream (local manufacturers) | 249 | 203 | 19 | 15 | 12 | — | 222 | 15 | 12 |
| Ice cream (other manufacturers) | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 17 | — | 17 | 7 | 17 |
| Ice lollies (local manufacturers) | 42 | — | — | — | — | 42 | 42 | — | — |
| Ice lollies (other manufacturers) | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Totals | 342 | 217 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 52 | 291 | 22 | 29 |
The table above includes:
| Ice cream samples from vans. | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | — |
| Soft ice cream samples. | 34 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | — | 10 | 7 | 17 |
Most of the unsatisfactory samples were from soft ice cream dispensing machines.
These machines require very careful cleaning and sterilizing at the end of each day,
but the need for this was not always appreciated by the operatives. Visits by inspectors
were made in order to improve the standard and this resulted in more satisfactory
samples being obtained.
IMITATION CREAM
There are two manufacturers of this product in the Borough. Imitation cream is
used largely by the confectionery trade and is produced by an emulsion of edible
oils or fats with water, and the mixture is then pasteurised. The bacteriological
examination of 77 samples was made and all were found to be satisfactory. The two
producers concerned continued to maintain a high standard of hygiene and quality
control.
LIQUID EGG (PASTEURISATION) REGULATIONS, 1963
There are no pasteurising plants in the Borough and no samples of liquid egg
were taken from any other premises.
SURRENDER OF UNSOUND MEAT AND OTHER FOODS (excluding meat at slaughterhouse)
The following foodstuffs were condemned by the public health inspectors as
unfit for human consumption and were surrendered for destruction:-
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