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Festival Pleasure Gardens, Battersea Park.
Regular inspections are made of catering establishments in these
Gardens. Any alterations to such premises entailing drainage work
are carried out under the jurisdiction of Council officers. Many
thousands of visitors use these Gardens, and there was no recorded
case of an illness being traced to food purchased in the Gardens.
Butchers' Shops.
There are 72 butchers' shops in the Borough, and in addition a
number of shops where cooked meats are sold. All these shops are
systematically inspected, 904 visits having been made during the year.
In general, the shops are well conducted, and no formal action was
found necessary.
Four shops where horseflesh is sold for human food are included
in the above figure.
Dairies and Milk Distributors.
At the end of the year there were 151 premises in the Borough
registered for the sale of milk, 6 new registrations having been effected
during the year. Thirty-nine of these premises, including 7 wholesale
dealers, were registered as dairies. The occupiers of the remaining
112 premises were registered as milk distributors.
A total of 290 visits were made to these shops during the year.
Generally they are very well conducted, and in no case was any
contravention of the Statutory requirements found.
In addition, 30 persons selling milk in Battersea from premise
in other Boroughs were on the " Out-of-Borough" Register.
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Enforcement of these Regulations, which relate to premises wher e
milk is stored, processed, or sold, is dealt with in the preceding
paragraph.
It was not found necessary to take any action under Regulation 20
which gives power to the Medical Officer of Health to stop the supply
of milk suspected of conveying infectious disease.
Milk (Special Designations).
Under the above Regulations three designations only are no w
prescribed—Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised and Sterilised.
Tuberculin Tested milk must be supplied in a properly closed
container. If the container is a bottle, the cap must bear the address
of the premises at which the bottle was filled and the words "Tuberculin
Tested Milk." Any other type of container must be closed with
tightly fitting cover and suitably sealed and labelled.