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Sampling

These figures show great improvement on those for the previous year, only
8 unsatisfactory samples being found compared with 29 in 1961.
The above table has been compiled from results graded according to the
following provisional grades set up by the Public Health Laboratory, Ealing, in
relation to ice cream testing:-
Grade C1assification Bacterial Covnt
I Below 500
II 500 - 20,000
III 20,000 - 100,000
IV If count is over 100,000 and/or Faecal Coli present
In the area served by Ealing Public Health Laboratory, the bacteriological
count which is carried out and the results of which are tabulated here, is much
more sensitive than the chemical tests used elsewhere Although these chemical
tests are sufficient for statutory requirements, the fact that the Medical
Director of the Ealing Laboratory prefers the stricter control, is something for
which the Borough citizens can be grateful, as manufacturers of ice cream who
have factories in other areas or who send out their products sometimes find that
ice cream passed elsewhere as suitable for consumption because of the results
of the chemical test, are in a less happy position here because the
gical findings lead to investigations and requests for improvement of equipment
or hygienic method.
Registration of Premises
Ice Cream
The total number of premises registered for the sale of ice cream in accord
ance with Sec. 16, Food & Drugs Act, 1955, at the end of the year was as under:-
Sale only 157
Manufacture and Sale 2
Storage only 2
Total 161
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