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The following sample was not up to standard and a warning
letter was sent to the firm concerned: —
Informal.—Casserole meat.
Complaints from the public relating to food were as follows: —
Three of foreign matter in a loaf.
Two of a foreign body in a botde of milk.
One each of: —
Foreign matter in butter.
Decomposition in fried fish.
Wasp in a jam tart.
Glass in a bottle of milk.
Foreign body in water ices.
Ant-infested nut-crisp.
Mould growth in a meat pie.
Larvæ in self-raising flour.
Warning letters were sent to the firms concerned.
Ice-Cream
One establishment in the Borough is registered for the manufacture
of ice-cream and 169 for the storage and sale of ice-cream.
Forty-two visits were paid during the year.
Eight samples of ice-cream were taken and examined for
bacteriological purity. The results are tabulated below: —
Provisional Grade.
I II III IV
7 — 1 —
Bacteriological Examination of Cups and Glasses
Fifty-nine swabs were taken from tea cups at various catering
establishments and seven swabs were taken from beer glasses at
various public houses during the year, and were submitted to the
Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological examination. The results
are tabulated below: —