[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1934?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: City of London, London Metropolitan Archives

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    82 MERCHANDISE MARKS ' ACT, 1926. Section 9 of the above Act confers on Food and Drugs Authorities (in London, the Borough Councils) the power to execute all provisions of the Act (except those relating to importation) in respect of foodstuffs which are subject to an Order in Council made under the Act. The Sanitary Inspectors have been empowered by the Council to undertake the duties imposed by the above Act, in regard to food exposed for sale, and have in many instances called the attention of traders to the fact where they have discovered negligence in the marking of their goods, and have had the omission rectified. In addition, printed notices have been circulated from time to time calling attention to the Orders mentioned above. On the whole the Orders are being carried out satisfactorily throughout the Borough. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE (GRADING AND MARKING) ACT, 1926. This Act provides for the grading and marking of agricultural produce and gives power to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries by regulations to prescribe designations and marks to indicate the quality of such produce. Four cold stores in this district are registered under the 1930 Regulations, for the storage of English eggs. Many parcels have been marked in accordance with the Regulations under the supervision of the Inspectors. PERSONAL CLEANLINESS IN PERSONS ENGAGED IN HANDLING FOOD. Increased attention is rightly being given to the question of the exposure of foodstuffs in genera], and meat in particular, to contamination by dust and dirt in the atmosphere. From the point of view of real damage to health, however, the most serious contamination which food is exposed to is from the hands of those persons whose business it is to handle it in the ordinary way of trade. Many of such persons are not nearly so particular about washing their hands as they should be, though it must be admitted in fairness to them that adequate and convenient facilities for washing are not always provided by those who employ them. With a view to encouraging more attention to cleanliness in this manner, the following letter has been