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Romford 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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(iv) Food Products in General.
In addition to the premises used for Milk, Ice Cream, and Meat,
referred to elsewhere, the following are registered under the Romford
Urban District Council Act, 1931, and are subject to the Clean Food
Regulations.
Bakers 33 Cafes 59
Confectioners 63 Fishmongers 32
Greengrocers 51 Grocers 139
Miscellaneous 14 Hawkers 48
There are also 45 food stalls situated in the Market Place on three
days of the week.
All the above are regularly inspected. During the year, 1,614 such
inspections were made. The majority of the food shops now have
constant hot water provided for washing purposes.
(v) Clean Food Campaign.
During the year further efforts have been made to encourage local
trad to participate in the Council's Clean Food Campaign.
As stated in my previous report, the object of the Campaign is to
encourage the occupiers of food premises to obtain a higher standard of
food hygiene than that required by the Food Hygiene Regulations, and
to adopt improved methods for the storage, handling and preparation
of food.
Further to encourage the traders to participate in the scheme, the
Council decided to issue plastic adhesive window plaques in place of
the Printed form of certificate. A number of these plaques have been
issue but some of the occupiers of the larger shops, who have been
most co-operative, were not keen to exhibit these plaques.
Unfortunately, in spite of persistent appeals, the attendance at
illustrated lectures on food hygiene have rot been very encouraging,
the numbers attending being much lower than last year. However,
much good work has been done in this field by the Public Health
Inspectors making a personal approach to the traders and food handlers.
The raders have been very co-operative and the standard of food
hygiene in the majority of the shops has improved.
During the year lectures have also been given by the Public Health
Inspectors to the staffs employed in the School Canteens.
(vi) Unsound Food.
During the year, 407 visits were made to food premises, mainly on
request, for the purpose of dealing with unsound food, and a total of
7 tons, 15 cwts., 76 lbs. of food was surrendered as unfit for human
consumption. Where possible, all unsound food is disposed of for
animal feeding, the remainder being dealt with by the Cleansing
Department,