[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sunderland County Borough.

  • Sunderland (Tyne and Wear, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Sunderland County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Food trades in the town have given every assistance by providing volunteers for training, a list of those enrolled being as follows:- Wholesale provision firms Retail provision shops,or Wholesale bakers., ... Butchers.. . . . . . . o © a a © o 3 i u 35 55 10 35 volunteers. si it n Total 135 All the volunteers have received anti-gas training and instruct! n in treatment of foodstuffs, They will do the work of removal of food¬ stuffs, as far as possible, in addition to treatment. Arrangements have been made for transport and a site prepared for washing and airing. Temporary food storage premises have been ear¬ marked . The scheme has received the formal approval of the Ministry of Food and approval has also been given for expenditure in providing equipment, such expenditure to be Included in claims for grant recognition by the Ministry of Home Security. INSPECTION OF FOODSTUFFS: NUMBER OF VISITS TO PREMISES Meat Trades, Othe r F o oc l Trad e s . Slaughter-houses.......... Wholesale depots.... Retail depots.. Vehicles. .... Butcher shops. ..... Allotments. ... Rabbits and poultry.. . 1695 Wholesale provision houses...168 o 312 Retail provision shops.1124 , 180 Fruiterers.. .... 2 04 « 354 Fish shops.................. 216 .1784 Market stalls............... 270 . 5 Other visits................ 82 . 108 Knackers yard............... 10 A number of verbal notices were given in respect of the handling of meat, accumulations of rubbish, dirty premises, choked drains etc., the nuisances being abated in all cases. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE SPREAD OF ALIMENTARY INFECTIONS. , The meat trade made a ready response to co-operate in the measures taken to protect the public against the spread of infectious diseases which might be conveyed by food and 160 butchers and assistants attended for inoculation. Water, soap, and towel are available in all butcher shops; but it has not been possible to secure hot water at all times without occasion¬ al delay; and proper wash basins cannot always be bought even by butchers anxious to instal them. --o0o--