[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford-on-Avon U.D.C.

  • Bradford-on-Avon (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Bradford-on-Avon U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ICE CEmii Number of premises registered for storage and sale of Ice Cream ,, 19 Number of visits to premises registered under Sec. 16 of the Pood and Drugs Act, 1955 43 All ]premises are concerned in the storage and sale of ice cream only, there being no ice cream manufacturers in the District. 26 saiiples of ice cream and ice cream lollipops were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory, results being as follows Provisional Grade I 29 II 1 III IV The above saiiple reports, whereby all samples fell into Grades I and II, reflect credit on the ice cream manufacturers and dealers - this being the first year when no comment has been necessary or samples in Grades III or IV. OTHER FQCD AND FOOD HYGIENE Types of Pood Premises General Grocery 18 Butchers V 5 Cafes and Restaurants 2 Fishmongers/Fruiterers 2 Fish Triers 1 Bakers/Confecti oners 32 Hotels and Inns 16 There were no prosecutions arising from breaches of the Pood ffygiene Regulations dinring the year. There y/ere, nevertheless, occasions when a verbal or written warning had to be administered either in respect of smoid.ng or in the case of food so placed as to be liable to contamination. In this latter respect the display of yret fish on open counters is a matter which could well, be improved upon in the town, but in the absence of willingness on the part of vendors any formal action seems unlikely to succeed in view of the High Court decision in Coventry Corporation v 14ac Fisheries Ltd, Tiumber of ]preraises registered xmder Sec. 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955? ^*'31' the preparation of sausages, etc 2 Number of visits to such premises 6 Condeimiation of Unsound Food During the year the follcwdng foodstuffs were examined and foimd to be unfit for hur.ian consunption: 8|- lbs. Hind Quarter of Beef (deep sealed bruising) Lliere possible, unsouind food is burned, but where this is not possible, disiDosal is by burial at the Refuse Tip.