[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough].

  • Greenwich (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1950]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    60 Type of Improvement Effected Total No. Cleansed and painted 51 Ceilings repaired 2 Walls repaired 2 Floors „ 2 W.C.'s „ or provided 4 Natural Lighting improved 2 New Sinks fitted 30 Hot and/or Cold water installed 28 Dustbins and Swill Bins provided 2 Food Stores provided 2 Staff rest-rooms provided 2 Refrigerators repaired or installed 3 Waste Pipes fitted or amended 8 Premises partly reconstructed 3 Miscellaneous improvements 17 Total 158 Food and Drugs Act, 1938.—During the year 481 samples were taken and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis under the provisions of the above Act and of these, 58 were formal and 423* informal. Twenty samples (4 formal and 16 informal) were reported upon as being non-genuine, the resultant adulteration figure of 4.1 % of the total samples examined was 1.3% less than that of the previous year. As in past years, Milk was the main commodity sampled and of the 99 samples sent for examination (43 formal and 56 informal) only 3 proved to be non-genuine. As satisfactory explanations were furnished in each instance no proceedings were instituted in respect of any of the adulterated samples but the Vendors were warned that future adverse reports of analyses to which their careless handling had contributed would result in more stringent action on the part of the Council. For some time now ice-cream manufacturers have been taking advantage of the Ministry of Food's scheme of extra allocation of fat and sugar for the preparation of ice-cream and, in view of this fact, *This figure includes two samples of whalemeat taken 'on request' and not in the normal course of Food and Drugs sampling. These samples were taken after 3 weeks' application of ozone to ammonia contaminated whalemeat. This treatment effected a considerable reduction of the amount of ammonia present and the whalemeat was released for consumption. These samples have not been included in the adulteration percentage figures.