[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough.

  • Arundel (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ice Or earn <0 During the year one applicant was registered in the Borough for the production and retailing of ice cream. Other vendors of this product visited the distil'. the year offering for sale a oonnodity manufactured from outside sources. Ten premises in the Borough are registered under the Pood and Drugs Act, 1938 for the sale of 5 cream* Pood anti J>rugjs_ Ac17__1938 West Sussex County Council is the Authority responsible Pood Adulteration sections of this Act. Ho details of the talien in the Borough ore available, WaI ereress, Satisfactory visits of injpection were paid to the watercress beds in the Borough and no complaints have been received. Other Poods. The for the samples The following items of foodstuffs during the year to be unfit for human weighing 491 lbs were found consumption and condemned 1 cwt Butter Beans. 1 cwt Herrings 2 stones God 4 stones Haddock 40 lbs Hoes 2 stones Kippers 5 dozen fish cakes 12 tins evaporated Milk 7 condensed Milk 1 tin BuPiar Beans 9 tins Baked Beans 15 fins Pilchards 20 tins Salmon fillets 1 tin Pears 1 tin Apricots 1 tin Peaches 2 tins plums 20 tins Mandarines 1 tin Grapefruit 26 tins Jam 1 tin Mixed Vegetables 1 tin tomatoes 2 Jars Minoemeat 0 ff engive ? ra d e s. There are no offensive trades'-7 within the definition contained in the Public Health Act, 19”6. operative within the Borough. Pried_Pish chops<, During the yc&r the premises of a wetfish dealer were converted to those of a fried fish shop. Owing to limited oil supply the use of the promises is somewhat restricted. No complaints regarding the premises have been received. Mortuary. The Corporation own end maintain a mortuary which is situate in Pord Hoad. The building is well equipped and kept in a S3tis factory condition. Mosquito Control. During the year no action was considered necessary in regard to mosquito control. Common Lodging Houses. Thera -are no such premises within the Borough. Laundries» Thera are no laundries employing staff within the Borough. Petroleum and Carbide. During the 3^ear eleven licences for the storage of petroleum spirit were issued and one for the keeping of oarbide of calcium.