[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough.

  • Chorley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chorley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of Food Premises and Hawkers Registered Section 16, Food and Drugs Act, 1955:— Ice-cream premises 160 Potted and preserved food premises 30 Section 14, Lancashire County Council (General Powers) Act, 1951:— Hawkers’ premises 31 Hawkers 36 Inspection of Food Premises Food Hygiene Regulations, “‘Clean Food” Byelaws, etc. As many inspections as possible were carried out during the year but the number was limited for the reasons previously stated. It was necessary to serve 21 informal notices regarding contraventions of the Food Hygiene Regulations, and by the end of the year 15 of these notices were complied with. Other improvements were also secured following verbal notifications of contraventions. The Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, came into operation on 1st October, 1960. These Regulations amend and consolidate the previous regulations. Automatic Ball Gum Vending Machines The condition of certain automatic ball gum vending machines caused concern towards the end of the year. The machines were stood outside various shops in all weather and many were in a dirty condition and obviously not weatherproof. Two balls of gum were obtained from each of twelve of the machines, and the internal surfaces of the outlets of each of them were “swabbed.” The balls of gum and swabs were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological examination. Subsequent reports from the Laboratory showed that eleven of the machines were considered sterile, but heat resistant Clostridium Welchii were isolated from the swabs of one machine. Ten samples of ball gum were con- sidered sterile, but in two cases culture growths of Streptococcus faecalis were obtained (The presence of Cl. Welchii and/or Streptococcus faecalis indicates faecal contamination).