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Southgate 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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Fruit and Greengrocery 62
Wet Fish 17
Fried Fish 7
Restaurants and cafes (including schools canteens,
works canteens, clubs etc.) 108
Confectionery and sweets 82
481
In the Borough there are 303 premises registered under Section
16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, 211 in respect of ice-cream
and 92 in respect of preserved foods.
There was until early in December one dairy in the Borough
registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949-54. The
premises changed hands in December, and are now operated by the
new occupiers as a distributing depot only.
Under the provisions of the Middlesex County Council Act,
1950, relating to hawkers of food and their premises, there were
90 hawkers on the register at the end of 1958. Of these 21 have
storage premises in the Borough, and 69 have their storage premises
in other areas.
Post-Mortem Inspection of Animals.
No slaughtering of animals took place in the Borough during
1958.
Milk Regulations and Milk Sampling.
During the year under review, 55 samples of milk were obtained
and submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological
examination. All samples gave satisfactory results.

Ice-Cream Sampling.

During the year under review, 61 samples of ice-cream were obtained and submitted for bacteriological examination. The results were :

Grade 159
„ 21
„ 31
„ 4nil
61