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Shops Act, 1950—section 38
Three certificates of exemption in respect of sanitary conveniences
were issued during the year.
Pharmacy and Poisons
The names of 17 persons were entered on the Council's list of
persons entitled to sell poisons in Part II of the poisons list and the
names of 193 persons previously registered were retained on the register.
207 visits were paid by the food inspectors in connection with the
granting and renewal of these licences.
Slaughterhouses and slaughtermen
There is one private slaughterhouse in the borough in respect of
which the licence was renewed during the year, with the proviso that
only pigs could be slaughtered. The premises were visited periodically
by the food inspector. 342 pigs were slaughtered and the carcases
inspected during the year. 8 of these carcases with a total weight of
l,260 1bs. were condemned as tuberculous, and 3951bs. of heads and
offals from 25 carcases were also destroyed.
3 slaughtermen's licences were granted during the year.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952
The sanitary inspectors are authorised for the purposes of
inspection and testing of heating appliances under the Act.
10 inspections were made during the year, and no adverse comments
were made.
Offensive trades
There are no offensive trades carried on in the borough.
Food work generally
Mr. Thomas, the group food inspector, in commenting on the
fact that the amount of food condemned during the year fell by 4½ tons as
compared with 1954 states that this is almost entirely because butchers
have no longer to accept meat allocated to them but can themselves buy
what they require and can see, at the same time, the quality and
condition of the carcases. Another factor has been the return to the
practice of the wholesalers giving credit notes for blown tinned goods
which are returned to them.
Amongst the samples taken during the year were a number of hot
milks purchased in restaurants, and some of these were found to be
adulterated with water. This adulteration is usually caused by the
addition of hot steam to cold milk in order to produce a so-called
"hot milk." The result is of course a mixture of milk and water which
cannot legally be sold as "milk."