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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
Hillingdon 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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The results of cream samples submitted for Methylene Blue test are as follows:
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | |
|---|---|---|
| Major Dairy Companies | 31 | 12 |
| Farm Produce | 4 | 3 |
| Catering Sales | 20 | 5 |
| Vehicles | Premises | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Soft ice cream | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hard ice cream | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
| Grade | No. Taken | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90 | 73 (52) |
| 2 | 15 | 12 (20) |
| 3 | 9 | 7.5 (17) |
| 4 | 9 | 7.5 (11) |
Percentages in brackets 1970.
The reduction in the proportion of samples failing to satisfy the Grade I test is worthy of
notice. This test is used for the provisional assessment of the bacterial cleanliness of ice cream.
The majority of failures were due to faults in the storage and handling of the products.
MEAT
Slaughtering continues to be carried out at the one privately owned slaughterhouse in the
Borough. Slaughtering is regularly carried out on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and all
carcases are inspected in accordance with the Meat Inspection Regulations 1963-1966.
Details
of the animals slaughtered and inspected together with the quantities of meat condemned and
reasons for condemnation are set out in the following tables: