[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.
- Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1953
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ICE CREAM It was noted in the last annual report that the numbers of local manufacturers of ice cream were tending to diminish, while the numbers of vendors of the product increased. The year under review has seen a continuation of this trend. It is reflected in the state of the Ice Cream Register which, at the end of the year, had the appearance shown in the following table.— State of Register at 31st December, 1953 Type of Registration 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Manufacturers 31 26 23 22 18 Vendors . 302 400 471 508 545 Wholesale Storage 3 8 7 5 3 It will be noticed that the number of local manufacturers has again fallen; this drop is resultant upon four registered manufacturers going out of business. The registrations dealt with by the Port and Public Health Committee during the year amounted to 62. All these were applications for registration as vendors of ice cream and 40 of them were new applicants. The remaining 22 were applications by new occupiers of premises already registered. (The Council have retained the power to require the registration of the person which is contained in Section 127 of the Southampton Corporation Act.' 1931). The Council approved all these applications with the excep¬ tion of one, which was made by the proprietor of a fried fish pc chip shop with a fish snack bar at the rear. The applicant excercisec his right to appear before the Committee and was legally represented: The Committee adhered to its decision to refuse the application and the decision was accepted by the applicant without further demun The continuing reduction in the number of premises registerec for the wholesale storage of ice cream is, like the disappearance o some local manufacturers, indicative of the strenuous competitio] which exists in the ice cream trade. It has been observed that man more vendors are now retailing the products of the larger manu facturing firms, who enjoy certain obvious advantages over th: smaller local manufacturer. In the foreseeable future there is ni reason to suppose that the present tendency will undergo any veri marked change and it is to be anticipated that the number of vendor will continue to increase. There is no doubt that the observance c the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations, 1947-195. imposes a considerable burden on the smaller manufacturer nc](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30118256_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
