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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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the duty of interviewing applicants who are required to show cause why
applications for registration should not be refused or existing registration
should not be revoked.
29 applications for registration in respect of 26 premises were
considered during the year 1962; registration was granted to 4 applicants
in respect of the manufacture and sale and to 25 applicants in respect of
the sale only of ice cream.
(ii) ICE-CREAM (HEAT TREATMENT, ETC.) REGULATIONS, 1959.
The Council has decided, in accordance with the recommendations
of the Ministry of Health, that 4 thermometers should be provided of the
following types:-
A recording thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the heat treatment stage;
An indicating thermometer at the cooling stage;
An indicating thermometer at storage stage;
(iii) SAMPLING.
Samples for bacteriological examination are taken monthly from April to September and at regular intervals during the winter months as supplied by all manufacturers to mobile salesman and local retailers. Samples are repeated after unsatisfactory results. In 1962 27 samples were submitted for examination with the following results;-
| No. of Samples | Ministry of Health Provisional grade | % of Total | Unsatisfactory Samples. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | I | 85 | — |
| 2 | II | 7 | — |
| 1 | III | 4 | - |
| 1 | IV | 4 | - |
| 27 | 100 | — |
The Food Standards (Ice-Cream) Regulations, 1959, prescribed
standards for ice-cream. During 1962, no samples were submitted for
chemical analysis.