[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

  • Merthyr Tydfil (Wales : County). Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FERTILIZERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT 1926 ® Of the twenty eight informal samples taken under the ^ Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926, eighteen were fertilizers and nineteen were feeding stuffs. The following are details of the analyses : ■ Fertilizers Feeding Stuffs (o) Number of samples taken 18 10 (b) Number reported as being satisfactory ... 15 8 (c) Number reported as being below the prescribed limit but not to the pre- judice of the purchaser 1 Nil. (d) Number reported as being above the prescribed limit but not to the pre- judice of the purchaser 2 2 (e) Number reported as being below the prescribed limit and to the prejudice of the purchaser Nil. Nil. INSPECTION OF PLACES WHERE FOOD IS PREPARED AND SOLD. ICE-CREAM. In the County Borough Area, there are i seventeen manufacturers of ice-cream, all of whom are also registered for the sale of ice-cream.In addition, there are sixty-eight retailers of ice-cream, making a total of eighty-five dealers in ice-cream. With the exception of a few small manufacturers who use the “cold mix” process, all manufacturers possess fully equipped dairies and the ice-cream is properly processed in accordance with the Ice-cream (Heat Treatment) Regulations, 1948. These dairies are regularly inspected by the Sanitary Inspectors and a high standard of clean- j liness is maintained. Of the thirteen bacteriological ice-cream ■ samples taken, nine were reported satisfactory, one fairly satisfactory, ; two unsatisfactory and one very unsatisfactory. RESTAURANT KITCHENS. Including licensed premises | where food is prepared, there are 72 in the Borough, of which 18 ■ are factory canteens, 38 school canteens and 2 colliery canteens. FISH-FRYING AND CHIP POTATO SHOPS. There are 24 in the Borough, and these are regularly visited by the Sanitary ■ Inspectors, who report favourably as to their conditions and absence of nuisance. I BAKEHOUSES. Forty-two premises were in use during | the year, including one certified underground bakehouse. Two * hundred and eighty-two visits were made during the year ; notices ; of repairs and lime-washing, etc., were served. The conditions ] generally were satisfactory. i ] BUTCHERS. Small goods, including brawn, polonies, pies, ■ faggots, etc., were prepared at 46 butchers’ establishments. At j the butchers’ establishments the work carried out in a special > room, and electric power is available. All the premises are reg- I ularly visited by the Inspectors, and the conditions found to be ] satisfactory, ]