[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C.

  • Belper (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Belper (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Every request for lectures and talks from schools and corporate is satisfied to the extent that the duration, subject, and material ^c be ised ?s Usually discussed with the organiser. Certain colleges and schools also have the advantage of a series of lectures f”^n« tt on specific subjects, sometimes leading to a certificate, such as m hygiene. An experiment during the year was to talk to all the workers at a food factory in their canteen during an extended lunch break on the subtect°of^food handling and food hygiene, this was particularly welcomed by the management as their trade involves food deliveries to many foreign countries including the United States of America. t :aS.^g the'course S normal duties, management, f™’ ^uSlth many Inspectors ^owledge and experience Zllllto an increased awareness of the difficulties and possible improvements. SLAUGHTERHOUSES AW SUPERVISION OF louses 't the end of 1972 there were six licensed slaughterhouses in the district one of which has not been used since 1963, and another since 1969. Of the others one deals with pigs only and is also a bacon and^po factory one kills for the occupier’s own retail trade and a wholesale°trade end the other two deal with animals for their own retail trade. The Public Health Inspectors carried out 100^ inspection of all classes of animals killed in the district for human consumption. The present arrangements for times of siaughtering are operating satisfactorily and it has not been necessary to exercise oificlal cont 1 over hours of slaughtering by making any control orders. The ^=Pe°tl0 at the slaughterhouse at Crich have necessitated some overtime bythe Inspectors, and a number of additional visits are made necessary y regular frequent killing of sheep for the Mohammedan meat trade. Accounts totalling £970.86 were submitted to the °C^P^Sd°^ir slaughterhouses for the fees chargeable for inspections carnet s the^vear which re-coups the Council in part for the time spent by Public tne year, wmcn re . Thp table on Page 27 indicates just Health Inspectors on meat inspection. ine icDie on ra6e 'how Any visits a year have to be made in order to carry out this duty.