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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
Southall 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Premises required to be registered are as follows:—
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Section 14.
Fish Curing 9
Manufacture of Sausages or Preserved Food 54
Manufacture of Ice-Cream 5
Sale only of Ice-Cream 125
Manufacture and sale of Iced Lollies 5
Middlesex County Council Act, 1950, Section 11.
Premises of Street Traders 24
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Dealer/Processors 2
The number of inspections of registered food premises during the year was 715.
Standards found on inspection are high, with the exception of storage premises of street
traders, which require constant checking.
No new educational activity was inaugurated during 1953. Established methods of
education in food handling were pursued. Frequent inspections and direct talks take
the place of clean food guilds. Up-to-date film strips were shown. Canteens in schools
and certain factories were supplied with bacteriological sampling jars for each meal
component to be kept 48 hours and so be available for analysis in the event of food poisoning
symptoms in consumers being reported.
The following table shows the quantity of food examined and the disposal of condemned food.
| Total Inspected (lbs.) | Sound | Unsound | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (lbs.) | Stock (lbs.) | Production (lbs.) | Consumption (lbs.) | Total (lbs.) | Animal Feeding (lbs.) | Byproducts (lbs.) | Destruction (lbs.) | ||
| Canned | 107,948 | 544 | 544 | — | — | 107,404 | 86,715 | — | 20,689 |
| Raw | 46,439 | 5,227 | 49 | 2,711 | 2,467 | 41,212 | 35.791 | 1,500 | 3,921 |
| Totals | I54>387 | 5.77* | 593 | 2,711 | 2,467 | 148,616 | 122,506 | 1,500 | 24,610 |