[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City & R.D.C.

  • St. Albans (England). City & Rural District Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City & R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cafes and Restaurant Kitchens. Cleansing and redecoration has been carried out at a number of refreshment premises, and in all two hundred and twenty visits have been made to see that the kitchens and utensils are maintained in a satisfactory condition. Grocery and Provision Shops. Regular visits are made to grocery and provision shops in the City and in addition frequent requests for the examination of articles of food are received from retailers. A list of food condemned at these and other premises is included in a later paragraph. Ice Cream Premises. Ice cream premises registered under Section 14 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, are as follows :— Manufacture and sale of ice cream . 8 Sale of ice cream. 66 Regular inspection was made of these premises and at a number structural alterations and improvements have been carried out. The premises used by retailers are aU provided with portable cabinets for storage of Ice Cream which is received in bulk from the manufacturers. Hotels and Public Houses. A number of visits were made to these premises at ten of which structural improvement and works of redecoration were carried out. Slaughterhouses and Butchers’ Shops. Regular inspections of butchers’ shops have been carried out throughout the year. All slaughtering of meat for St. Albans is carried out at the central slaughterhouse at Sandridge and assistance is given to the staff of the St. Albans Rural District Council in the inspection of meat at this slaughterhouse. Market Stalls. The Saturday Market was visited regularly and inspections made of fish and other foods exposed for sale. Merchandise Marks Act. Legal proceedings were instituted against a street vendor for selling and exposing for sale “ Imported ’’ tomatoes as English Produce.” The defendant was found guilty and fines totalling £11 were imposed together with 4s. costs.