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4. Quality of Milk :
No. of samples submitted to Public Analyst 80
No. of samples reported as adulterated 2
The average fat content of the milk samples was 3.57 per cent.
The average non-fatty solids content was 8.71 per cent.
5. No. of visits paid to milk premises was 196
Ice-Cream.
No. of premises registered for manufacture 24
No. of premises registered for storage and sale 106
No. of premises registered for storage only 1
Although 24 premises are registered for the manufacture of ice
cream, only 4 premises were so used during 1953. Nine additional
premises were registered for the storage and sale of ice cream during
the year, and none registered for storage only.
Standard for Ice Cream.
Seven samples of ice-cream were submitted to the Public
Analyst and all complied with the prescribed standard.
Details of routine samples submitted for bacteriological
examination are as follows :—
No. of samples submitted 16
No. of samples satisfactory 14
No. of samples poor Nil
No. of samples unsatisfactory 2
Vendors or manufacturers of all samples where " Poor " and
" Unsatisfactory " results were recorded, were visited, and methods
of handling or manufacture closely examined to locate possible
reasons for those results.
The total number of visits to ice-cream premises was 60.
Legal proceedings instituted under the Food and Drugs Act,
1938, are enumerated in detail in Section " C" Sanitary
Circumstances.
Meat Inspection.
There is in the neighbourhood of the Smithfield Meat Market
a considerable number of wholesale butchers and offal shops, bacon