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FOOD.
Regular inspections of food shops, restaurants and stores have been made
and advice given in hygienic food preparation and handling, particular stress
being paid to the importance of personal hygiene.
At the beginning of the year food traders were supplied with printed
notices to display in their shops requesting customers, in the interests of hygiene,
not to bring dogs into the premises.
There is no doubt that the hygienic storage and handling of food has shown
improvement.
As will be seen in the Ghief Sanitary Inspector's Report, a considerable
amount of food has been surrendered by the food traders and their applications
for examinations to be made of foodstuffs of which they are doubtful as to the
fitness helps to safeguard the purity of the food supply.
A large amount of meat and bacon is sent from food stores in other
districts to a local food factory for manufacturing purposes and requires carefui
examination and trimming before being used. This entails frequent visits being
made.
No animals were slaughtered in the district.
Food Poisoning.
No cases of food poisoning were notified during the year.
A set of posters illustrating the causes of and advice on how to prevent
food poisoning was exhibited in a prominent position in the Public Library.
My thanks are due to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health
Committee for their cordial support during the year, and also to the staff of the
Public Health Department for their ready co-operation.
I am, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
B. E. HAWKINS,
Medical Officer of Health.