[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fCE CREAM. There were no new reg-istrations during the year of premises used for the manufacture of ice cream. The IG jDremises so registered in the Borough were visited on frequent and regular occasions and it is again pleasing to report that proprietors generally co-operated to the full with the District Inspectors and were at all times willing to take the advice offered. The total number of premises in the Borough selling ice cream was 129. The District Inspectors made 17G visits to ice cream premises during the year and 126 samples were taken and submitted for bacteriological examination. 'Fhe following table gives a sum- marv of the results of the scmijjles submitted: — Type of Mix. No. of samples taken Grade 1 , Grade 2. Grade 3. Grade 4. Produced in Dudley Heat treated 47 21 7 11 8 Not heat treated 3 1 1 — 1 Not Produced Heat treated 76 27 19 14 16 Dudley Not heat treated — — — — — Totals 126 49 27 25 25 Key; Grade 1—Good. Grade 2—Fairly good. Grade 3—Poor. Grade 4—Unsatisfactory. SUPERVISION OF FOOD PREMISES. Work under this heading continued to increase during the year and I am still of the opinion that legislation is not adequate to cope with the problem and that far too much unprotected food is still on sale in shops. It may well be that the year broug'ht little improvement in the supply of material for wrapping purposes but I feel that the time is rapidly approaching when force of public opinion will make it essential for foodstuffs, as far as possible, to be wrapped. During the year a Food Fraders Guild was inaugurated in Dudley, the principle objective of which was to ensure, on a co-operative basis as between the Corporation and the food trade generally, an increased awareness of the necessity for clean food in all its stages of production and distribulion. The Advisory Committee which was set up during the year functioned very effectively and I am hopeful that the combined efforts of the Corporation and the more enlightened members of the Food Traders Guild, will achieve the desired results.