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Summary of Visit by Milk and Dairies Inspectors.
Dairies—Routine Inspections 400
Miscellaneous visits 21
Milkshops—(Milk sold in sealed containers only) Routine
Inspections 164
Miscellaneous Visits 22
Vehicles inspected 78
Dairies and Milkshops—Inspections under Milk (Special
Designations) Regulations, 1936/1946 91
776
During the year 38 Notices intimating nuisances or defects were served.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936—Offensive Trades.
The offensive trades operating in the Borough are as follows:—
(a) Three Tripe Boilers.
(b) One Knacker.
(c) Two Fur Skin Dressers.
(d) Six Gut Scrapers.
52 visits were made and appropriate action taken where necessary.
Diseases of Animals Act.
During the year no outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease occurred in the proximity
of London which brought this Borough within an infected area.
Pharmacy & Poisons Acts, 1933-1941.
Number of visits made 554
Number of sellers of Part II poisons othe than
registered pharmacists:—
1/1/48—30/4/48 195
1/5/48—31/12/48 198
Number of initial registration during the
year 29
Number of samples taken 39 .
Islington Crematorium.
There were 151 cremations during the year at the Council's Crematorium, East
Finchley, all of which were certified by the Medical Referee or Deputy Medical
Referee.
Public Mortuary.
During the year 1948 four bodies were received pending burial. The Coroner's
Court was not used, neither were inquests nor autopsies carried out in the Court.