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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
Wimbledon 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Ice-Cream.
During the year 167 samples were submitted for bacteriological
examination. The results were as follows:—
Grade 1 132
Grade 2 18
Grade 3 13
Grade 4 4
Grade 1 and 2 samples can be considered satisfactory; only 20%
of the samples taken from any one vendor should be of grade 3 quality,
and none of Grade 4. Investigations were made into the handling of
the ice-cream from manufacturer to consumer in the cases of Grades 3
and 4 results mentioned above, and subsequent samples proved
satisfactory.
Meat and Other Foods.
There are no active slaughterhouses within the Borough. Four
slaughtermen's licences were issued under the provisions of the Slaughter
of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1954, during the year 1955.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
The routine inspection of food shops and other food premises has continued to form an important part of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors. A register of all such premises includes the following:—
| Confectioners | 124 |
| Butchers | 45 |
| Fishmongers | 26 |
| Bakers | 32 |
| Greengrocers | 60 |
| Restaurants and Cafes | 82 |
| Grocers | 124 |
| 493 |
Work was in progress in December, 1955, in connection with the
compilation of a comprehensive list of "food premises".
The number of food premises registered in accordance with Section
14 is as follows:—
Premises registered for the storage and sale of
ice-cream 121
Premises registered for the manufacture and sale
of ice-cream 3
Premises registered for the preparation or manufacture
of sausages 42
Premises registered for the preparation or manufacture
of potted, pressed, pickled or preserved
food 25
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