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Ealing 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The Ealing Council appealed against this decision to the Middlesex
Quarter Sessions who allowed the Appeals and awarded £10. 10s. 0d.
Costs to the Council.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, Sec. 345.
The occupants of 8 caravans of a semi-permanent type in the
Northolt area were summoned for continuing to occupy land in
the Borough as sites for their movable dwellings after the Ealing
Council had refused them permission to do so. 13 Cases were taken
before the local magistrates court and in 12 cases fines were imposed
amounting to a total of £14. 10s. Od. and in the remaining case the
defendant received an absolute discharge.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT 1938.
FOOD AND DRUGS (MILK, DAIRIES AND ARTIFICIAL CREAM)
ACT 1950.
| Inspections of Milk Purveyors' Premises | 109 |
| Contraventions of Acts, Orders or Regulations | 3 |
| Samples of Milk taken | 40 |
| Inspections of Food Premises | 2,243 |
| Contraventions found | 131 |
| Inspections of Ice Cream and Synthetic Cream Premises | 389 |
| Samples of Ice Cream and Synthetic Cream taken | 113 |
| Samples of other Foods taken | 16 |
Legal Proceedings.
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Sec. 9.
The following three cases relating to the sale of unsound food
were the subject of legal proceedings :
1. Unsound Chocolates—fined £5 (10/6 Costs).
2 and 3. (Two offences). Unsound Rabbits—fined £10.
(£1. Is. Od. Costs).
Milk Supply
There are 76 registered distributors of milk in the Borough.
At the commencement of the year licences for the milk under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations were as follows :
sale of granted
| Dealers' Licences | Supplementary Licences | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 48 | 9 | 57 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 46 | 11 | 57 |
| vSterilised Milk | 41 | 10 | 51 |