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and protection of open foodstuffs were taken up informally and rectified,
The old Barnet Cattle Market is now used as a stall market selling a
wide variety of merchandise and including several food stalls.
On average the food stalls consisted of:-
Butchers 1 Fishmongers 1
Poulterers 1 Grocers 1
Confectioners 2 Greengrocers 3
Snack Bar 1
Regular visits have been made to the market and it is felt that a
reasonable standard is being maintained.
SHOES ACT. 1950.
Through our liasion with the Surveyor's Department all plans for
shops and shop fronts are seen by this Department and compliance with the
requirements of the Act is secured at the planning stage. It is remarkable
that so many shopfitters do not make any provision for
ventilation in the shop front until their attention is drawn to the point,
ICE CREAM.
All samples of ice-cream are taken to the Central Public Health
Laboratory, Colindale, for testing by the Methylene Blue Test. This
is merely indicative and provides no legal standard: the Public Health
Laboratory Service suggest that owing to the numerous factors governing
the hygienic quality of ice-cream it is unwise to pay too much attention
to the bacteriological results on any single sample, judgement being
based rather on a series of samples. It is suggested as desirable thai
at least 50% should fall into Grade I, 80% into Grades I or II, not more
than 20% into Grade III and none into Grade IV.
There is one company registered for the manufacture of ice-cream and
the following table gives the results of samples taken from the factory.
Grade I 59 (78.7%)
Grade II 11 (93.3% - Grades I and II)
Grade III 2 ( 2.7%)
Grade IV 3 ( 4.0%)
The number of samples taken is rather less than usual owing to our
preoccupation with the Dysentery outbreak at a local school.