[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C.

  • Hitchin (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Hitchin R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Category B arc collGctGd in the early morning by your Inspectors, for the Ministry’s Laboratory Assistant to pick up at Hitcliiii to take to St. Albans for examination* Results of all samples are communicated to the Public ' Health Department , S2*90fo of which, are satisfactory. In all cases of unsatisfactory samples of Designated Milks, follov/ing up visits ax*o made and further samples taken until saiii-^faction is obtained,; Vi/hcrc unsatisfac- ' tory results arc communicuted to the Producers under the ; Nationa], Milk Testing & Advisory Scheme, officials of the V/ar Agricultural Executive Ccnmiittee have carried out the ) necessary enquiries-. It is with mixed feelings one learns of the possible * transfer of this Advisory work on Mi].k Production, from the Local Authorities to a Central f.uthorityo I am - satisfied » so far as the Hitchin R-’oral District, is concerned - that no complaint lies bn the score of inndeq- q.uato or unsatisfactory supervisory work, t M‘jat anci other Eoods.- Notv7ithstending the fact that there is no cctual slaughtering carried out within the district, increased activity has been shown during the year by reason of the need for mo.re constant inspection in meat supplies, not only in butchers’ shops, but of the large'quantities of stored foods in 'bhe district, and the fact that before, any food in camps, canteens and stores, can be dealt v/ith as unfit for human food', a Certificate from you.r Inspector has to be obtained, ^ Bakehouses and other Pood Stores have not been over- looked, \/hllo the British Restaurants and Canteens through out the district have been visited, both v;ith reference to the (foodl’ stocks and the conditions under which meals are provided, and I am happy to report that the standard of cleanliness in these premises, has been reported as highly satisfactory*