[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Clitheroe U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Clitheroe (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Clitheroe U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Seven Hawkers of food and their premises are reg- istered under Section 12f of the Lancashire County Council (General Powers) Act, I95I. Byelaws made under Section 15 of the Pood and Drugs Act. 1938 are in force in the Borough, and copies have been supplied to the occupiers of all food shops and stalls. Notices requesting customers not to bring <|ogs into food shops were distributed some two years ago and^still displayed in a large majority of these premises. These notices are generally appreciated by the traders and customers alike. Routine inspections, and special inspections when called for, are carried out in respect of food shops and stalls, and food preparing premises generally. The inspection and supervision of food supplies - essential in the interests of public health - is an import- ant responsibility resting upon the Local Authority and its Officers. Like other services operated by the Local Authority, food inspection is apt to be taken for granted, and the members of the public generally are unaware of the time and attention given to this branch of Public Health work so as to ensure that food is fit to eat. Notwithstanding the advance made by medical science in the Cure of disease, it is surely correct to say that the elimination of the causes of disease and ill-health are of paramount importance, in this connection there is no more worthwhile work than that associated with the detection and elimination of those factors which can seriously affect the food supply. The majority of traders today are realising the importance of hygienic methods of food production and food handling and are ready and willing to co-operate,this resulting in an improved standard. Customers, too, in these days demand a higher standard, and they should continue to do so in their own interest. MEAT CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED -1932*-. Cattle including Cows. Calves. Sheep l!SL. Pigs. Number killed... ... Number Inspected. ... 968 968 131 131 3,423 5,425 1,639 1,639 jfa.1 diseases except Tuberculosis5- j,'(hole carcases condemned. 5 12 23 2 Carcase^ of which some part ®r organ was condemned ... . 234 8 613 47 Percentage of number in- jected affected with disease other than T.B.. 24.^ 15o2?b 11.7# 3.C0* Tuberculosis only s- Whole carcases condemned. 8 2 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned ... . 108 1LI 23 p erceiitage of number in- spected affected with Tuberculosis ... ... 12% - 1.#