[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Transport of Meat: No adverse reports were received regarding the conditions under which meat was distributed to the retailers within the Borough, and it is gratifyingly apparent that the action taken by the Authority in 1948 on this matter has had due and lasting effect. {b) Other Foods—Condemnation: The following amounts of foodstuffs were condemned on voluntary surrender during the year in consequence of decomposition or con- tamination :— All meat and offal tons cwts. 12 qtrs. 0 lbs. 21 Fish — 8 2 2 Tinned and other foods 8 6 3 20 4'otal 9 7 1 241 3. Food Premises: (a) Inspections. In ail, the Sanitary Inspectors made 2,042 visits to premises where food is sold or prepared, including 45 inspections of the 17 fried fish shops in the Borough. 39 informal notices relating to matters under the Byelaws and/or Section 13 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, were served, and 27 complied with, the works effected comprising:— Structural alterations in 2 cases Provision of hot water ?5 13 55 Accumulations removed ... 55 1 55 Cleansing of wails etc. 55 5 55 Drainage 55 1 55 Repair works 55 1 55 Provision of refuse bins 55 2 55 Miscellaneous 55 5 55 Co-operation with the Borough Engineer’s Department and with the local Food Executive Officer of the Ministry of Food in matters affecting catering establishments and other food preparing premises was ro.aintained, eighteen applications to the Ministry of Food for catering licences etc. being referred to the Department for prior approval as to suitability of the premises. {b) Legal Proceedings: Proceedings under the Byelaws with respect to the FLandling, Wrapping and Delivery of Food were instituted against the occupiers of a bakehouse, which on inspection had been found to be generally unclean and beetle infested. The case was proved and the occupiers were fined £5 Os. Od., the maximum penalty prescribed by the Byelaws.