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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
Sutton and Cheam 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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ICE CREAM
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
fee Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations, 1959
Food Standards (Ice Crean) Regulations, 1959
Registrations:
Du ing the year one application for the registration of premises for the
sale and storage of ice cream was received and granted.
At the end of 1964 a total of one hundred and seventy-one premises
had been registered for the sale of ice cream in accordance with
Section 16 of the Food & Drugs Act, 1955, and on five of these premises
ice cream could be manufactured.
BACTERIOLOGICAL SAMPLING OF ICE CREAM
During the year sixty one samples of ice cream were obtained for
bacteriological examination and provisional grading.
The following table shows the 1964 percentage results in each grade and for comparative purposes the results obtained in 1963.
| Grading of Samples 1964 | Grading of Samples 1963 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 48 samples | 78.69% | Grade 1 | 62 samples | 91.18% |
| Grade 2 | 9 samples | 14.75% | Grade 2 | 4 samples | 5.88% |
| Grade 3 | 3 samples | 4.92% | Grade 3 | 2 samples | 2.94% |
| Grade 4 | 1 sample | 1.64% | Grade 4 | - samples | - |
| TOTAL | 61 | TOTAL | 68 | ||
The following table shows the average percentage and other details is connection with the samples obtained from individual manufacturers
| Producers Code | Number of Samples Taken | Type of Sample | Average percentage in each Grade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrapped | Loose | Grade 1 % | Grade 2 % | Grade 3 % | Grade 4 % | ||
| A | 19 | 16 | 3 | 100.00 | - | - | - |
| B | 20 | 18 | 2 | 90.00 | - | 10.00 | - |
| C | 1 | 1 | - | 100.00 | - | - | - |
| D | 1 | 1 | - | 100.00 | - | - | - |
| E(X) | 12 | - | 12 | 16.67 | 66.67 | 16.67 | - |
| F(X) | 6 | - | 6 | 83.33 | 16.67 | - | - |
| G | 1 | - | 1 | 100.00 | - | - | - |
| H(XX) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 100.00 |
| TOTAL | 61 | 36 | 25 | 78.69 | 14.75 | 4.92 | 1.64 |
(X) Denotes locally produced
(XX) Denotes Soft Ice Cream Manufactured
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