[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Penzance (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Penzance U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Samples from all sources of supply retailed in the Borough were taken monthly in 1953 and the results are tabled below;- Samoles taken. No, which failed % Failures. Methylene Blue Test. Designated Non- 52 4 7-7% Designated 32 3 9.0% Clean Food Campaign. The information required by the Minister of Health, as requested by Circular 1/54, dated 12th. January, 1954, is set out below:- (i)No. of food premises in the Borough:- Butchers o5 Sweets & Confectionery 26 Manufactur¬ al- Hotels, Restaurants ing Butchers 17* Cafes & Snack Bars 66 Bakers 21* Dairies 25 Fish-friers 20x Licensed Premises 42 Grocers 84 Wet fish shops 8 Fruiterers & Wine & Spirit Greengrocers 2? Merchants _ 2 Ice Cream Premises 73* (ii)No. of registered premises in Borough:- (a) Under Sec.14, Food & Drugs Act, 1953 (See ± in (i) above) 110 (b) Under Milk & Dairies Regulations 25 (iii)The number of inspections of all types of food premises is shown in the summary of visits and inspec¬ tions in Appendix G. (iv)No new educational activity in the form of clean food guilds or otherwise was undertaken during the year, (v)Condemned food has been disposed of by one of two methods, i.e. unsound and diseased meat has been taken to the premises of Cornish Fish Products Ltd, at Stable Hobba where it was rendered down for use with other artificial manures; other foodstuffs in small quantities have been taken to the Council’s refuse tip for burial. (2) Factories Acts, 1Q')7 & 1948. The Department’s activities under the above Acts are summarised in the copy of the Annual Return as sent to the Minister of Labour and National Service and which appears as Appendix F at the end of the report. Only minor defects had to be dealt with during the year. (3) Housing. The major work in this field has been in connection with investigations into claims for points under the Council’s Points Scheme. Often these revealed bad conditions due either to overcrowding or dis-repair. -15-