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15. MILK (SPECIAL RESIGNATION) REGULATIONS, 1949
Thirty nine Dealers Licences and twenty nine Supplementary
Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw
Milk) Regulations 1949 and the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations 1949.
Samples of milk are for examination taken by the Middlesex
County Council who are the Food and Drugs Authority in this area
16. ICE CREAM
There are in the District ninety four premises registered
for the sale of ice cream and one for the manufacture of ice
cream.
Forty seven samples were taken during the year for
examination by the Methylene Blue Test These were placed in the
following grades.
Grade I 38 Grade III 1
Grade II 6 Grade IV 2
Samples of ice cream for Chemical Analysis are taken by the
sampling officers of the Middlesex County Council.
17. PET SHOPS
There are 8 premises licensed under the Pet Animals Act.
1951. They were visited and inspected during the year and found
to be maintained in a satisfactory condition.
18. FOOD POISONING
There was no serious outbreak of food poisoning in this
District during 1956.
19. DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
21 premises were disinfected after cases of infectious
disease.
4 loads of bedding were disinfected in the Council's
steam disinfector.
8 premises were treated for insect infestation.
7 loads of bedding and articles were destroyed.
78 wasp nests were destroyed.
Pools ditches and stagnant water were treated to control
the breeding of mosquitoes.
20. MORTUARY
During the year fifteen bodies were received in the public
mortuary at Pinner Road Council Depot.
21. RODENT CONTROL
During the twelve months ended 31st December, 1956, the
following work was carried out by the Rodent Staff under the
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949:-
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