[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Watford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Watford U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    introduction of the war time regulation which prohibited the return of dirty bottles to dairies. Details of dairies and distributors of milk registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 and of licences granted under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949, will be found in the appendix. Specification of Areas The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has specified that milk of a special designation only may be sold in Watford and adjacent districts. (iii) ICE CREAM There are six premises within the Borough in which ice cream is manufactured; they are kept under close supervision although the producers are well aware of the importance of maintaining a high standard of hygiene throughout their processing, storage and distribution. (iv) UNSOUND FOOD Sixteen complaints of unsatisfactory foods purchased by members of the public were reported to the Council, as follows Staleness, decomposition or mould; Meat (1) bacon (1) pork pies (3) Apple turnover (1) Chocolate swiss roll (1) Foreign bodies in bread and cakes: Blackboard chalk (1) string (1) nail (1) lubricating greaE(l) beetle (1) paper (1) dead fly(l). Foreign matter in milk; lead toy (1) glass (1) dirt (1) Dirty milk bottles: cement (1) home perm neutraliser (2) dirt (1) Food not of the quality demanded: Potato chips consisting of one-third by weight of crackling^'. No offender was prosecuted; the Council instructed warning letters to be sent in all but two cases, where evidence of responsibility for the condition was incomplete. Apart from those listed above, twelve similar complaints were investigated by the officers and action taken where appropriate; the most remarkable of these was the case of a live spider found in the base of a biscuit cone co ntaining ice cream 7. FOOD POISONING Three outbreaks of food poisoning involving eleven persons and four single