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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
Hackney 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Offence | Result of Proceedings | Fines | Costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| (b) Floor of flour store not kept clean. | Fine imposed | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Walls, ceiling and windows of flour store not kept clean. | Fine and costs imposed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Reasonable precautions not taken to prevent contamination of food in flour store. | Summons not separately dealt with | ||||||
| Apparatus and utensils in flour store not kept clean. | Fine and costs imposed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Walls, ceiling and windows of bakehouse not kept clean. | Fine and costs imposed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Reasonable precautions not taken to prevent contamination of food in bakehouse. | Summons not separately dealt with | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Apparatus and utensils in bakehouse not kept clean. | Fine imposed | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| (c) Reasonable precautions not taken to prevent contamination of food in greengrocer's shop. | Fine and costs imposed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| (d) Failure to observe cleanliness on food premises. | Fine and costs imposed | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
SECTION 14 (Registration of premises used in connection with the manufacture
or sale of ice-cream or preserved food &c.). This Section provides for the
registration by the local authority of premises used in connection with the
sale, or the manufacture for the purpose of sale, of ice-cream, or the storage
of ice-cream intended for sale, or the preparation or manufacture of sausages
or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale.
(a) ICE CREAM. In connection with the retail sale of ice-cream, 26 new
applications for registration were approved by the Public Health Committee, and
at the end of the year the premises of 357 retailers and 12 manufacturers were
registered. Applications were refused in respect of two greengrocers' shops
and one off licence premises. Samples of ice-cream to the number of 92 were
taken from retailers and manufacturers and submitted to the Public Health
Laboratory Service for bacteriological examination (Methylene Blue Test), and
were reported on as follows:-
Grade 1 56
Grade 2 18
Grade 3 9
Grade 4 9
Samples falling in Grades 3 and 4, more especially when they continue to
fall into these grades, usually indicate faulty methods of treatment or handling.
In all such cases repeat samples were taken and the food inspectors
carried out detailed investigations into all stages of manufacture and handling,,
The Food Standards (Ice-Cream) Order, 1953. This Order provides for the food
content of ice-cream to be not less than 5% fat, 10% sugar and 7½% milk solids
other than fat.
Of the six formal and 49 informal samples of ice-cream taken for analysis,
two failed to satisfy the requirements of the Order:-
(a) Formal - 9.3% deficient in milk solids not fat.
(b) Informal - 9.4% deficient in milk solids not fat.
The formal sample reported on adversely was a repeat sample following the
unsatisfactory report on the informal sample, and as stated under Section 3,
legal proceedings were successfully taken.