[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Exmouth U.D.C.

  • Exmouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Exmouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    19. 22. INSPECTION AMD SIIEERVISION OF gPOD. (a) Milk Supply. The number of visits made to the 17 dairies in the district was 27. In all dairies a good standard of hygiene v/as maintained. On the 1st October the Milk (Special Designation) (Specified Areas) (No.2) Order 1954 came into force whereby the sale of rav/ untreated milk was prohibited and only the designated milks,Pasteurised, Sterilised and Tuberculin Tested are allowed to be sold. This caused a sli^^t reduction in the nuinber of dairies operating, and now very little milk is bottled locally as it is now obtained already bottled and sealed from the large suppliers. Now at only one plant in this district is pasteurisation carried out. (t) Meat and Other Foods. (i) Unsound Food. Food condemned as unfit for human consumption consisted of:- IddAT. Pounds Cv/ts. qrs. lbs. Beef (Bone Taint) 128 1 0 16 OTHER FOODS. Irish Pork Sausages (Decomposed and mouldy) 49 Beef Sausages (Decomposed) 7 Polonies (Mouldy) 3 Polish Bacon (Mouldy and dccon^osed) 48 Prawns (decomposed) 8 Margarine (damaged in transit by dirt) 11 Coconut Ice (rancid and unsound) 112 Pressed ham (decongposed) 20 2 1 6 TimiED LEATS. Steak and Vegetables (contents ) 1 17 l/Iinced Beef Loaf I f decomposed,) 1 31 Corned Beef 1 lealcing, ^ 1 57 Stewed Steak 1 5 or ] 1 10 Cooked Ham ( [tins blown ) 1 10 Jellied Veal 30 Luncheon Meat 76 Tongues 90 525 TINS OF FOOD (ASSORTED) No. of Tins. 1,573 (Tins punctured or blown) 1,268 11 1 8 Total of all foods 20 1 7 condemned • This is an increase of 3 cwts. above last year's figure.