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

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

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    4—FOOD PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER SECTIONS 16—18, FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1955. Inspections during No. the year Manufacture and Sale of Preserved Food 34 71 Manufacture of Ice-Cream 2 15 Sale of Ice-Cream 53 79 5—FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS, 1955. For many years, much time has been devoted to securing a high standard of hygiene in all food premises in the area. This policy has met with success, so that with the coming into force of the above Regulations, it was anticipated that many of our premises would already be complying with the Regulations, whilst others would quite easily be able to reach the desired standard. At the same time, after studying the Regulations, it was obvious that some improvement could probably be achieved at even the most hygienic premises. After considerable thought, it was decided to supply each occupier with an explanatory leaflet of the Regulations, and to deliver this personally rather than by post. This, naturally, took much longer, but was, I believe, the most satisfactory method. The premises were inspected and, at the same time, the Regulations were explained and the improvements necessary were pointed out. Arrangements were made to revisit premises where defects existed. Four-hundred-and-ten visits were made to the 247 food pre- mises in the area. These visits were spread out over many months, and, in fact, had only just been completed at the end of the year. 141 premises were found to be of the standard required. At the remaining 106, some work was required and informal or verbal notices were served. By the end of the year it had been a physical impossibility to revisit many of these 106 premises to see whether our requests had been complied with, but the following had been done at those it was found possible to revisit :—