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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
Tottenham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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14 premises which ceased to be used for the sale of ice cream,
were removed from the register.
The total number of premises on the register in accordance with Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, at 31st December, 1950, was as follows:-
| Sale of Ice Cream | 209 |
| Manufacture and Sale of Ice Cream | 37 |
| Storage of Ice Cream | 2 |
| Total | 218 |
Samples of Ice Cream Submitted for Bacteriological
Examination
| Results | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | ||
| Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in Tottenham | 24 | 4 | 4 | - | 32 |
| Number of Samples taken where Ice Cream was produced in districts other than Tottenham | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 13 |
| Total | 32 | 8 | 5 | 45 | |
Catering Establishments and Canteens.
Regular visits are made to all premises where meals are prepared,
to ensure that proper standards of hygeine are maintained.
The opportunity is taken to have informal talks with the food handlers
and to impress upon them the need for the greatest care to
avoid contamination of food.
The new byelaws and the campaign which has accompanied their
introduction have done much to rouse the interest of the public in
the subject of food hygiene, and many restaurant proprietors are
voluntarily carrying out improvements in their premises and in the
general management in order to bring them into line with modern
standards.
Food Poisoning.
During the year there were 20 notifications of food poisoning.
These occurred as scattered cases, and there was no outbreak attributed
to any particular food. 11 of the cases occurred in the third
quarter of the year, 5 in the second quarter, and the remaining 4>
in the last quarter.