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Southall 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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Milk. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Licences.
The following licences under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, were
granted during 1946 :—
for the sale of Tuberculin Test Pasteurised 1
for the sale of Tuberculin Tested milk 10
for the sale of Accredited milk —
for the sale of Pasteurised milk 13
for Pasteurisation 1
Supplementary Licences 3
a total of 28 licences being in force at the end of the year.
Sampling.
Eighty-eight samples of milk, designated and undesignated, were sent during the
year for bacterial count. The examinauons are carried out at the National Institute for
Research in Dairying, Reading, or at the Public Health Emergency Laboratory.
Food Sampling.
The chemical or bacteriological analyses of 117 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 1946 are not available.
Food Inspection.
Inspections are made of the carcases of slaughtered animals at St. Bernard's Hospital
(L.C.C.) Slaughterhouse and pig clubs, 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.
FOOD INSPECTIONS
Table O Details :
| Total Inspected (lbs.) | sound | unsound | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (lbs.) | Stock (lbs.) | Production (lbs.) | Consumption (lbs.) | Total (lbs.) | Animal Feeding (lbs.) | Bye-Products (lbs.) | Destruction (lbs.) | ||
| Canned | 100,082 | 30,593 | 889 | 27,731 | 1,973 | 69,489 | 48,233 | 695 | 20,561 |
| Raw | 36,641 | 28,206 | — | 281 | 27,925 | 8,435 | 844 | 2,894 | 4,697 |
| Totals | 136,723 | 58,799 | 889 | 28,012 | 29,898 | 77,924 | 49,077 | 3,589 | 25,258 |
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919
Infestation Order, 1943
The Southall Borough Council continues to act as statutory authority for rats and
mice destruction in accordance with the Infestation Order, 1943.
Initial deratisation of sewers was completed during the year. Factories employ their
own deratisation agents. Individual infestations were checked by the District Sanitary
Inspectors. Work remained in progress on certain open spaces.
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