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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
Dairies and Milkshops.
At the end of the year there were 32 dairies within the
Borough and 43 other shops from which milk was retailed.
Eighteen dairymen supply milk within the Borough who
operate from other districts.
There are no cowsheds within the Borough.
The dairies and milkshops are inspected periodically. A high
standard of cleanliness exists.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
During the year licences were granted as follows: —
For sale of Pasteurised Milk 20
Certified Milk 4
Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk 7
Grade "A" Milk 3
,, Grade "A" (Pasteurised) 2
Nineteen samples of milk were taken from roundsmen's
barrows and sent for bacteriological examination.
In sixteen instances the results varied from 1,900 to 59,233
organisms per cubic centimetre, as compared with the limit of
100,000 organisms allowed for pasteurised milk.
In two samples taken from one dairyman whose premises
are situated outside the Borough the bacterial counts were
566,500 and 639,500, and in another sample taken from a dairyman
whose premises are in the Borough the bacterial count was
369,500.
The local authority in whose district the outside dairy was
situated, the dairyman and the farmers supplying the milk were
communicated with, after which fresh samples were taken and
found to come well within the limit allowed.
(b) Meat and other Foods.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, came into
operation on the 1st day of April, 1925.
Under these regulations notice of intention to slaughter has
to be sent to the Town Hall by all butchers who have a slaughterhouse
in Hornsey. In this way the Inspectors are enabled to
inspect the carcase and organs of every animal killed in the
Borough. The general standard of meat sold in Hornsey is good,
and in no case has it been found necessary to seize any portion
of a carcase or any organ.