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Ice Cream.
Forty premises were on the register at the end of the year for the manufacture,
storage or sale of ice cream. Of these, 5 were for manufacture, storage
and sale; 23 for storage and sale; 1 for storage only; and 11 for sale only.
Ice Cream—Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 281 samples of ice cream were subjected to the Methylene
blue test, and the results in the grading suggested by the Ministry of Health
were as follows:—
Grade 1.—45.
Grade 2.—95.
Grade 3.—54.
Grade 4.—63.
24 were coloured ices which did not respond to the test.
The samples were also examined for the presence of B. Coli, with the following
results:—
Absent in 1 c.c.—83.
Present in 1 c.c.—64.
Present in 0.1 c.c.—43.
Present in 0.01 c.c.—36.
Present in 0.001 c.c.—43.
Present in 0.0001 c.c.—12.
Inspection and Supervision of Food.
Milk: Fifty-seven premises were on the register at the end of the year (16
dairies, 12 restaurants and 29 general shops). These premises were all inspected
as occasion required during the year. In addition, 24 retailers are registered
for itinerant sale of milk from premises in the areas of other local authorities.

Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924: 333 inspections of butchers' shops
and market stalls were made during the year.
Inspection of Other Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale:
2,651 inspections of such premises were made during the year. 99 notices
under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, were served requiring defects to be
remedied.