[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Ludlow Borough.

  • Ludlow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Ludlow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Milk In the Borough One Producer pasteurizes all milk produced. Particulars of the milk retailers are as follows — Sterilized ... 1 ; T.T ... 2; T.T. Pasteurized ... 3. 6 visits were made to the Pasteurization Plant and 10 to the 2 dairies. Satisfactory conditions were found to exist. Ice Cream 39 retailers all retail proprietary brands and all but 2 sell pre¬ wrapped ice-cream. No ice-cream is manufactured in the Borough and no samples were taken. Food Premises The number and types of food premises in the Borough are as follows :— Butchers’ Shops ... 11 Fried Fish Shops ... 2 Bakehouses ... ... 12 Restaurants, Cafes and Food Shops ... ... 51 Snack Bars ... ... 13 Premises registered under Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 and included in the above figures are :—18 Frequent visits were paid during the year to all the restaurants cafes, snack bars and shops where open food was for sale. From time to time advice was given regarding the requirements of the Food Hygiene Regulations 1955. Conditions in one bakehouse were found to be such that removal to other premises had to be insisted upon, and in another the threat of legal proceedings brought about considerable improvements. Unsound Food The following foodstuffs were condemned — lb oz. Rice Pudding 2 tins Cooked Shoulder ... 36 14 Cheese 14 ozs. Beef ... 24 Soup 5 tins Tinned Meat ... 14 10 Fruit 180 tins Tomato Juice ... 11 Q1 Fish 21 tins Tinned Pork ... 12 6 Tomatoes ... 98 tins Jellied Veal ... 2 Vegetables 16 tins Gammon 6 Tinned Milk m pints Dutch Ham ... 7 8 Cream (12 oz.) 2 tins Cooked Ham ... 12 9 Jam 10 lbs. Shoulder Bacon ... 17 4 Kippers ... 28 lbs. Tinned Shoulder Ham ... 90 8 Sausage 10 lbs. Jellied Veal. Tinned ... 6 Fruit (Pears) 40 lbs.
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