View report page

92
Exemption Certificates.
Sub-section 6 of Section 38 provides for the granting of a certificate
exempting a shop from the above-mentioned provisions on the Local
Authority being satisfied that:
"by reason of restricted accommodation or other special circumstances
affecting the shop it is reasonable that such a certificate should be in
force with respect thereto, and that suitable and sufficient sanitary
conveniences or washing facilities, as the case may be, are otherwise
conveniently available, and, subject as hereinafter provided, a certificate
in force with respect to any shop shall be withdrawn if the authority
at any time cease to be so satisfied as aforesaid."
Five Certificates of Exemption were granted to the occupiers of various
shops in the Borough in accordance with the above provisions.
Legal Proceedings.
In two instances it was necessary to institute legal proceedings and the
following are extracts from the reports of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
to the Public Health Committee.
Foreign Bodies in Food.
On Monday, 3rd May, a complainant brought to the Public Health
Department for examination a packet of Crispbread alleged to be unfit for
food. The complainant stated that the food had been purchased at 1.45 p.m.
that day, and opened almost immediately.
On examination by the Sanitary Inspector the food was found to be
heavily infested with maggots, which were identified as being larvae of the
Flour or Mill Moth, an insect which inhabits wheat, flour and similar meal.
The packet of food was seized in accordance with the procedure under
Section 10 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, as being unfit for human
consumption, and dealt with by a Justice of the Peace, who signed a
condemnation certificate in the presence of the proprietor of the premises
from which the article was purchased.
Legal proceedings under Section 9 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938
were taken by the Town Clerk, and at a hearing on 16th September, 1954,
the retailer was fined 40s.
Foreign Body in Bottle of Milk.
On nth May, 1954, a complaint was received by the Department
concerning a quart bottle of pasteurised milk alleged to be unfit for human
consumption, due to the presence of a foreign body. The complainant
stated that the milk had been delivered to a local hospital in the early morning
of the previous day, along with a large consignment.
On examination by the Sanitary Inspector it was found that the unopened
bottle contained foreign matter having the appearance of yellow sand or clay.
The bottle of milk was seized as being unfit for human consumption, in
accordance with the procedure under Section 10 of the Food and Drugs Act,