[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1949
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Samples of Food submitted for Analyses As a result of complaints received by the Department samples of the following foods were submitted for analyses : Remarks Reported upon as being satisfactory. Reported upon as being unsatisfactory, n (Loss of colour due to decomposition of carotene caused by the combination of rancidity and sunlight.) Showed small area of mould formation belonging to the Penicillium group. Cultures otherwise sterile. No deleterious substance could be de- tected on cake itself, but the icing on the cake had a faint taste of a chlori- nated compound. The cause of the trouble was subsequently traced to a liquid used for washing down the cafe kitchen and storage rooms. The icing having absorbed the chlorine contained in the liquid. Seventy-nine samples were submitted for examination, with the following results ; Grade i, 29 ; Grade 2, 22 ; Grade 3, 20 ; Grade 4, 8. It will be seen that 36.7 per cent, of the samples satished Grade i standard and that 10 per cent, were placed in Grade 4. These results are an improvement on last year, the hgures for that period being 21.9 per cent, and 15.3 per cent, respectively. It is generally accepted that ice-cream samples should be taken over a period of time before assessing the hygienic quality of a given product, and that such samples should be judged on the number which satisfy the requirements of Grades i or 2 It was found that approximately 64.5 per cent, of the samples taken came within these two grades, as compared with 42.8 per cent, during 1948. A particular asj^ect of the work of supervising the manufacture and sale of ice-cream as affects Bexhill, is the willingness of the trade to co-o}jerate in an endeavour to provide a satisfactory article, parti- cularly is this so on the manufacturing side, and it is the practice of the largfu manufacturers to submit for examination samples of the products in addition to the samples taken by the Public Health Department t;df. 'I o find that such a spirit of co-o])eration exists between manu- fjicturers and ofhcials is most gratifying. Generally, it would aj^pear that there is a tendency for the smaller manufacturer of ice-cream to go out of business and for ice-cream to be juoducerl in larger, more commodious and properly-designed factories, frmn the hygienic j)oint of view this is all to the good. Food Milk Powder Butter Sausage Rolls Iced Cake. . Ice-Cream](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921677_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
