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Two samples of ice cream were submitted to the Borough
Bacteriologist for examination, and the reports are herewith
appended:—
Serial
No.
Date sample
obtained.
From where obtained.
Bacteria
per cc.
Presence of Bacillus
Coli.
1
August 26th
Shop
140,000
Present in 1 /1000 cc.
2
Sep. 24th
Purchased from a barrrow
in a public
thoroughfare. Manufactured
at premises
outside this Borough.
6,500,000
Do.
Sale of Food Order, 1921.
Shops and stalls at which imported meat were on sale were
visited by the Food Inspector to ascertain whether the terms of
the Order were being carried out.
In the main, it was found that the requirements were being
complied with.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924.
The effect of these Regulations, which have now been in
force for a period of five years, has undoubtedly produced a noticeable
improvement in the conduct of the business of slaughtering
of cattle, the handling and transport of meat, and in the measures
to secure freedom from contamination of meat by flies, mud and
filth. The majority of the meat traders in this Borough have
met the spirit of the Regulations by the provision of glass fronts
to their shops, but unfortunately there are still several instances
where the open front is retained. In these cases the requirements
of the Regulations have been complied with, in so far as
the traders concerned have taken such steps as may be reasonably
necessary to guard against contamination. A shop blind and
side-screening offers a certain measure of protection, but in my
judgment the only practicable means to effectively guard
against contamination from mud and filth, etc., is by structural
alterations to the premises which will permit of a glass front
being fitted.
The butchers' shops and stalls in the Borough were frequently
inspected during the year with satisfactory results. In fact, the
meat traders and other vendors of perishable foodstuffs in Camberwell
deserve a word of praise for the excellent manner in which
they conducted their business, particularly for the maintenance
of a wholesome food supply under very difficult conditions during
the very hot weather of last summer. Only on one occasion was
a complaint made to this Department questioning the quality of
a purchase which took place on a Sunday morning. The matter
was investigated and the complaint was found not to be justified.