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Catering Establishments
All restaurants, caf6s, canteens and kitchens are regularly inspected
throughout the year. There are 478 such premises on the
register, and 1,164 inspections were made.
Food Stalls
All street stalls from which food for human consumption is sold
are regularly inspected and, where the food sold is stored in the
Borough, the storage places are also inspected.
There are 177 food stalls in the Borough, and 1,005 inspections
were made during the year.
Liquid Egg (Pasteurisation) Regulations, 1963
There are no egg pasteurisation plants in the Borough.
Bakehouses
There are 28 bakehouses in the Borough and during the year
107 visits by the food inspectors were made to these premises.
Eleven of the bakehouses are in basements and, as such, are subject
to the provisions of section 70 of the Factories Act, 1961. Certificates
of suitability under this Act were granted in all cases.
Bacteriological Examination of Food

Milk
Of the 36 samples of milk, 6 were submitted to the phosphatase
test, 6 to the methylene-blue test, and 24 to the turbidity test. All
samples were reported to be satisfactory.
Ice-cream
The 38 samples of ice-cream were examined at the Public Health
Laboratory by the methylene-blue test. The grading is determined
by the length of time taken to decolourize the methylene blue,
grade 1 indicating the highest standard bacteriologically.