[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FOOD PREMISES Particulars of the various types of food premises in the District are given below Number of food premises in area ^excluding registered dairy premises) A. Food Manufacturing Premises. Edible Fat Refineries 2 Cheese Straw Factory 1 Cheese Factories 2 Bakers 15 B. Retail Shops Grocers 109 Confectioners 36 Butchers 21 Fishmongers & Greengrocers (combined) 4 Greengrocers 8 Dairies 2 C. Catering Premises, 52 D. Premises registered under the provisions of Section 14 of the Food & Drugs Act, 1938 (excluding premises used for the manufacture Storage , and sale... of ice-creamY~ Sausage making 13 Fish frying i 3. Routine inspections were made during the year of all these premises. The work of the District Sanitary Inspectors in this field is unspectacular but extremely important, the whole emphasis being on the advisory rather than the enforcement aspect of the various enactments affecting food premises. Informal discussions with food traders are the basis of this type of work. Particulars of the number of inspections made are given at the end of this report. MILK AND DAIRIES Number of registered dairies 1 2 Number of milk distributors registered (premises in this District) 48 Number of milk distributors registered(premises outside the District) 12 Milk Samples Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 83 Satisfactory 7 Satisfactory 29 Unsatisfactory Nil Unsatisfactory Tested for Tubercle Bacilli - 8 Negative, Nil Positive. The trend in recent years towards a reduction in the number of milk distributors has been reversed this year. This is due to the increasing number of shop-keepers who sell bottled pasteurised milk and not to any increase in the number of dairymen or milk roundsmen.