[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City.

  • Salisbury (England). City Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Salisbury (New Sarum) City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Other hood Preparing Premises.—There were 29 Butchers’ Shops. 17 Bake¬ houses. 10 Fried Fish Shops, 64 Restaurant Kitchens (19 of these being also licensed premises). 5 Ice-cream Manufacturers, and 85 Ice-cream Dealers on the registers at the end of the year, showing an increase of 40 ice-cream dealers. It is also known that a number of Restaurants and Hotels serve, and possibly make, ice-cream, but again it has not been possible to investigate them. 268 ice-cream samples (com¬ pared with 420 during 1948) were submitted for Bacteriological examination, and 214 (79.85%) satisfied the provisional recommendations of the Ministry of Health. Food Poisoning Outbreaks. (a) Total number of outbreaks ... ... ... ... 2 (b) Number of cases ... ... ... ... ... 43 (c) Number of deaths ... ... ... ... ... 0 (d) In the first outbreak, no organisms or other agents to which it could be attributed were discovered. The second outbreak was probably due to a staphylococcal toxin. (e) The first outbreak was believed to be due to contaminated mince¬ meat preserve. The second outbreak was probably due to veal pie. Additional work during the past few years has been the inspection of all premises referred from the Food Office with respect to applications for catering licences—chiefly licensed houses—as to their suitability for the preparation and serving of food. The closest co-operation is maintained with the Food Executive Officer in this. Similarly, all building licences in connection with catering establishments are submitted by the Food Office to this department for inspection and approval. Details of the amount of food examined and voluntarily surrendered as unfit for human consumption are as follows :■— 2887 Blown and damaged tins of 30 lbs. sugar. fruit, fish, milk & vegetables. 28 lbs. dried egg. 1239J lbs. fresh and frozen meat. 20J lbs. sweets. 812 Jars preserves and pickle. 18 Packets crisps. 371 Packets, 299 lbs., and 6 boxes 15 lbs. chitterlings. cereals. 15 lbs. sponge mixture. 765 Crumpets. 13 Fish cakes. 561 Loaves. 12 Packets saccharines. 542' lbs. tinned meat. 12 Bottles of coffee. 445 Jars bottled fruit. 12 lbs. tongue. 436 Bottles salad cream. 10 Jars paste. 331 lbs. onions. 9 lbs. nuts. 170 lbs. dried fruit. 8 lbs. grapes. 154 stone 11J lbs. fish. 6| Stone roes. 151 lbs. fat. 4] lbs. pudding mixture. 147 Shell fish. 4 2 lbs. cucumber. 85 lbs. cheese. 4 lbs. tomatoes. 84 lbs. jam. 2 lbs. Cornish pastry mixture 52 lbs. cake. 2 Jars essence. 48.( lbs. ham and bacon. 4 lb. tea.