[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney].

  • Stepney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1958?]
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    Legal Proceedings. Summonses dealt with during the year by the Public Health Food Inspectors were as follows:- Number of Summonses Fines Costs £ s d £ s d Food and Drugs Act, 1955 6 25. 0. 0 18. 18. 0 Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955 17 224. 0. 0 5. 9. 0 23 £249. 0. 0 £24. 7. 0 In addition to the above, six summonses taken out were not heard owing to the death of the defendant. Cautionary Letters. On the instructions of the Public Health Committee, cautionary letters were sent in respect of each of the following contraventions:- Sale of buttered slices, the fat of which consisted of margarine. Sale of a bun containing a piece of wall tile. Sale of beef sausage containing undeclared preservative. Sale of 'chocolate cream eclairs1 containing artificial cream. Inadequate supply of hot water in a grocery shop. Fish stall not screened. Milk Samples. Milk samples taken and submitted for analysis during the year numbered 114, including 11 taken at hospitals and at a day nursery in the Borough. All proved satisfactory. The average fat and solids-not-fat contents of milk samples analysed wbx'u as xoiiows;- Fat Content Solids-not-Fat Contsnt. Jersey, Channel Islands Milk 4.31$ 8.8C$ Others 3.58$ 8.54$ It is interesting to recall that 50 years ago, 19.3$ of the milk samples taken were adulterated. 36