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During the year 12 applications for registration as milk
distributors were dealt with. No applications were received in
respect of dairies. Of the 12 new registrations 7 were for new
premises and the other 5 were in respect of the change of
proprietorship of previously registered premises.
The number of premises and distributors registered at 31st
December, 1955 was as follows:-
Distributors - 153
Dairies - 8
There are now no premises in the Borough at which milk is
pasteurised or sterilised.
Slaughterhouses
There are two licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough at
which regular slaughtering takes place, although one of these is
mainly concerned with the slaughter of horses. The work of meat
inspection continues to occupy a major place in the work of the
department and the accompanying table shows the large numbers of
animals slaughtered in Tottenham during 1955. The inspectorate
constantly work in the slaughterhouses outside normal office hours
and allowing compensatory time off is not, always possible,
particularly during the normal annual leave period, when further
depletion of staff cannot be permitted. During the year 16
licences to slaughter were issued under the provisions of the
Slaughter of Animals Act, l933.
Knackers Yard
There is one licensed knackers yard in the Borough. During
the year the Council adopted byelaws under Section 58(1) of the
Pood and Drugs Act, 1938 for securing that knackers yards are kept
in a sanitary condition and are properly managed and requiring
that records should be kept of the animals brought to the yard and
of the manner in which those animals were disposed of.