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Orpington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOODS.
General.
During the year, food premises were subject to routine and
specialised inspection and a total of 1,925 visits were made, as
shown in Table VII in the appendix.
Five hundred and nineteen of these visits were made in connection
with the Food Hygiene Regulations which were brought into
force in January, 1956, to assist in reducing to a minimum the risk
of food poisoning by the stricter use of hygienic practices.
Largely owing to the happy relations we have with the proprietors
and managers of the food premises in the district. I think
we can safely say that progress has been made in 1958.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
Details of the 216 Informal Samples of food and drugs taken for analysis are as follow: —
| Number examined | Number unsatisfactory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Aspirins | — | 2 | — | — |
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | — | 2 | — | — |
| Bacon | — | 2 | — | — |
| Beef Suet | — | 4 | — | — |
| Borax | — | 1 | — | — |
| Butter | — | 3 | — | — |
| Bismuth Lozenges | — | 1 | — | — |
| Bronchial Tablets | — | 1 | — | — |
| Baking Powder | — | — | — | |
| Beef Sausages | — | 1 | — | — |
| Buttered Cheese Spread | — | 1 | — | — |
| Butter Sweet Confectionery | — | — | — | — |
| Compound Codeine Tablets | — | 1 | — | — |
| Creamed Rice Milk Pudding | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cooking Fat | — | 1 | — | — |
| Curry Powder | — | 1 | — | — |
| Currants | — | 1 | — | — |