[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wetherby R.D.C.
- Wetherby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Wetherby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Peripatetic or itinerant vendors of ice-cream are causing certain anxiety in view of the fact that the Food and Drugs Act gives no power to control this trade, and it is hoped that your Council will, as soon as model byelaws are issued, take the opportunity of making byelaws under Section 15, securing the observance of sanitary and cleanly conditions and practises in connection with the non-wrapping and delivery of food sold or intended for sale for human consumption and in connection with the sale or exposure for sale in the open air of food intended for human consumption. Model byelaws are now being prepared by the Ministry of Food and will be available to local authorities during the ensuing year. Samples of ice-cream have been taken and examined by the Public Health Laboratory at AYakefield by the methylene blue reduction test and with only one exception these samples were satisfactory. X. SUPERVISION OF WORKPLACES a. Factories Act, 1937 The following is a brief outline of the work achieved under +l-i i o Typ*1 r]o’ •— Defects Lino . Registered Inspections Found Remedies Factories with power ... Factories without power Other premises . 91 75 6 7 79 108 6 7 62 164 5 5 232 347 17 19 Defects found were:— Want of cleanliness . 6 Insufficient sanitary conveniences 7 Dirty conveniences . 4 b. Shops Act, 1934 74 inspections have been made and two shops were found to be without sanitary conveniences, one was provided and one was outstanding at the year end. c. Offices Beyond general routine observations in the course of other duties, no action has been taken under this heading. XI. DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION a. Disinfection. The work of routine disinfection of premises after removal of cases of infectious disease to the Isolation Hospital has continued, sixty-eight disinfections having been carried out during the year. b. Bed Bugs I am glad to report that during the year I have not had a single case of infestation by bed bugs brought to my notice. S9](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30267997_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
