[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C.

  • Axbridge (Somerset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Axbridge R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (a) Insufficient 1 1 (b) Unsuitable or defective 1 1 (c) Not separate for sexes - - Other offences against the Act (not including offences relating to Outwork) 1 1 ( BAC Llborough) 3 3 POOD INSPECTION. Particulars of foods Meat 333f Cooked Meat 1 68J Pickles 6 Macaroni 3 Semolina 1 condemned during the lbs. Cakes Cheese jars. Cocoa pkts. Coffee pkt. year are as follows 3 lbs. 4 3 tins 6 tins Note; (Bone taint was the principal cause of unfitness of the meat). Canned Goods. Condensed Milk 38 cans Jams 24 cans Pish 54 s» Soups 116 M Meat, various 1 25 t» Vegetables 115 11 Fruit 200 Fruit Juice 1 11 Spaghetti & Macaroni 11 tf • SUMMARY OP 'WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS. Total number of inspections made (including re-inspections) 3*453 Total number of houses and premises inspected 1 9882 Number of inspection of Pood Shops and catering establishments 283 Camping Sites and Moveable Dwellings 524 Factories 74 Shops 147 Ice-cream premises 63 Petrol installations 1 21 Number of samples taken: - Milk 132 Ice-cream 136 Water 125 Rag flock and other filling materials 8 Complaints investigated: 193 Written notices and letters sent 1 ,077 Rooms, classrooms etc. disinfected 32 Nuisances from the keeping of animals abated 6 Nuisances from the accumulation of manure abated 4 Drain tests of old drainage systems 50 May I thank the Chairman and Members of the Council, the Medical Officer of Health, the Clerk and other Officers of the Council for the help which has been so readily given during the year, and record my appreciation of the excellent work done by the members of the staff and of the employees of the Public Health Department. I remain. Your obedient Servant, J. H. ELLIS. Chief Sanitary Inspector.