[Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.
- Exeter (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Co mposition at Q ualitv. 1 iiere is no legal standard for the compositional cjiialit^^ of ice-cieam, but 23 samples weie taken during the year in order to assess the quality of that sold in the City. The average composition proved to be, Fat 6.9%. Solids not Fat 22.9%. During the year the following improvements were effected in premises where ice-cream is manufactured (1) One new factory erected, complete with modern pasteurising plant and sterilizing chest. (2) ddmee new pasteurising plants installed. b-- Shellfish. ^During the year 7 samples of shellfish were procured. The bacteriological reports were, in the main, satis- factory, but tne mussels from the Fiver Teign shewed the usual contamination. Unfortunately the proposals for the Teign fishermen to cleanse their mussels at the Lympstone tanks did not materialize, but very few Teign mussels are now sold in the City. 6. —Water Cress. Three samples of water cress were taken during the year. In the case of two samples, we received bacteriolo- gical reports tnat the water in which the cress was grown was of doubtful cleanliness and the retailers were warned of the potential risk to health. 7. —Hygiene in Food Premises. There are in the City 143 premises (not including bakenouses and fried fish shops) where food is prepared and 1,433 visits were made to these during the year. Im])rovements effected include the installation of hot water geysers in five premises and the provision of hoods over the cooking stoves in another restaurant to prevent nuisance from steam and fumes. The closest co-operation continues with the Food Control Committee and new premises have to meet our requirements before being licensed. 8. — Food and Drugs Act, 1938. During the year, 155 samples of milk, and 72 samples of other foods were procured, a total of 227. Of these, 87 were formal and 140 informal. 24 samples of milk, 2 of sausages, and 1 of sausage meat proved below stan dard. Tor list of the various commodities sampled, see A])pendix A.” Tor particulars of samples below standard, see Appendix B.’' c](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2919927x_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
