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ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHOPS ACTS.
The inspection of shops was merged more into general district work. Standards
of cleanliness were raised and co-operation from shopkeepers generally is excellent.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Milk.
The following licences under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, were
granted during 1944 :—
for the sale of Tuberculin Test Pasteurised 1
for the sale of Tuberculin Tested milk 7
for the sale of Accredited milk —
for the sale of Pasteurised milk 8
for Pasteurisatio 1
Supplementary Licences 3
a total of 20 licences being in force at the end of the year.
Sampling.
Forty-six samples of milk, designated and undesignated, were sent during the
year for bacterial count. The examinations are carried out at the National Institute for
Research in Dairying, Reading, or at the Public Health Emergency Laboratory. The
samples are sent by train to the Institute or delivered at the Laboratory, and are invariably
examined within 4 to 6 hours of being taken.
Food Sampling.
The chemical or bacteriological analyses of 174 food samples taken during the year
by the Sanitary Inspectors were carried out by the Public Health Emergency Laboratory.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act is administered by the County Council.
The figures for 1944 are not available.
Food Inspection.
Inspections are made of the carcases of recently-slaughtered animals, and of
premises where meat, fish and other foods are sold or prepared for sale. There is no
registered slaughterhouse or public abattoir in the district, and most of the meat supplied
comes from the Ministry of Food Distribution Centre.