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The following foodstuffs were submitted for bacteriological
examinations:—
Ice Cream Produced in district 5 4 satisfactory
1 unsatisfactory
Ice Cream Produced outside district 5 5 satisfactory
Ice Cream Powder 1 satisfactory
Tins of Pilchards 2 satisfactory
Evaporated Milk 5 4 satisfactory
1 unsatisfactory
Yorkshire Pudding Mixture 1 unsatisfactory
Dried Egg 7 6 satisfactory
1 unsatisfactory
Powdered whole milk 2 unsatisfactory
Tin Sardines 5 3 satisfactory
2 unsatisfactory
Corned Beef Roll 3 satisfactory
Special Enquiries.
Negative
1. Re Sonnes Dysentery.
Water samples 5
Milk (certified) 2
Fowl Faeces 1
2. Re Threadworms in a family.
Water 3 Negative
Garden Soil 1 Positive (doubtful)
3. Food Poisoning Case.
Tins Stewed Steak 2 negative
Stewed Steak (the Meal) 2 positive CI. Butyricum
Special enquiry was made regarding a large number of
blown tins in a large consignment of Full Cream Condensed
Milk, of which eight were submitted for test and were all unsatisfactory.
The examination showed a fault in manufacture,
and all consignments of this pack were withdrawn from sale.
SECTION F.
Prevalence of and Control Over Infectious Disease and Other
Diseases.
There were no abnormal causes of sickness or invalidity m
the Borough during 1945. The following table gives the infectious
diseases notified during 1945,