[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During the peak period, there was an extensive food poisoning outbreak in this area, and consequently the number of samples taken by the department was much below normal. Sampling efforts were, therefore, mainly directed towards those manufacturers whose sampling records had been poor in previous years. Conse- ciuently the decreased percentage of satisfactory samples is not truly correlative with the figures for previous years. Summary (i) There has been a decrease both in the number of manufacturers and retailers of ice cream, and included in the former are two long established firms, who at one time had a considerable wholesale trade. (ii) The result of the chemical analysis shows a slight % reduction of fat compared with previous years, but on the whole the (]uality is much above the minimum legal standards. (iii) There is not much change in the results of bacteriological examination, and if conditions permit, a more extensive sampling programme will be carried out in 1954. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. During the year 427 samples were taken under the Act, and the results received from the Public Analyst are detailed below. lufornial .\atiiie of Sample Formal Geniiiiio Not Uenuine Kef. Vo. Genuine Not Genuine Ref. Xo. Almonds, Ground 3 _ — — — Aniseed Roek ... 1 — .— — — — Angelica 1 — — 2 — — Baking Powder 5 — — — — — Bicarbonate of Soda (J — — — 1 3fi5 Bilberries in Syrup — — — 1 — — Biscuits — — — — — — Blackcurrant and lifpioiice ... 1 — — — — — Blackcurrant .liiice ... 1 — — — — — Brawn 1 — — 1 I 244 Brisling, tinned — — — — — Butter 1(1 — — — — — Butter Drops (Old Eiigli...lij 1 — — — — — Butternut Assortment 1 — — — — — Butter Toffee 1 — — — — — Cachons, Silver 1 — — — — — Caramel Toffee 1 — — •> — — Cheese Spread () — — — 1 IS(1 Cheese Spread, Celerv — — — — — — Cherries, Gl.ace 3 — — ] — — Chocolate — — — — — — Christmas Pudding ... 1 — — — — — Clockles 2 — — 1 — — Cocoa — — — — — — Coconut 4 — — — — — Coffee 1.3 — — 1 1 :i(!0 Coffee Beans ... — — — 2 — — Colour — — — — — — Condiment, non-brewcd 3 — — — 4 119. 129 Confectionery (Chocolate 121. 122 teacakes and whirls — — — Cooking fat 10 — — — — — Cougli tablets 1 — — — — — Crab, dressed 1 — — 1 — — Cream powder, synthetic 1 — — 1 — — Cream, sterilised 1 — — — — — Cream of Tartar 2 — — — — — Curi'y Powder T — — — — — Custard Powder 1 — — — — — Dates 1 — — — Dessert Powder, Sweetened ... 1 — — — Dessert. Powder, Vanilla 1 — — ■ — — — Bgg, dried 1 — — 1 — — Kat, Sweetened Swedish — — — — — — Pigs, cooking ... 1 — — 1 — — Fish paste — — — 2 — Flavour — — — — Flour, Self-raising 8 — — 1 Fondant — — — Fruit Fizzers 1 — — — Ginger Cordial 1 — — — Ginger. Crystalised 1