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Licences for the sale of special designated milk under the Milk (Special
Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, were
granted as follows.
New Licences Renewals
Dealers' Supplementary Dealers' Supplementary
Pasteurised 6 . 30 10
Tuberculin Tested 3 25 10
Sterilised 5 . 47 11
Thirty-six samples of milk were taken in course of delivery or from
shops and submitted for bacteriological examination. All proved to be
satisfactory.
BAKEHOUSES
There are 14 bakehouses in the Borough, three of them being underground
and in respect of which certificates of suitability are in force.
Those underground are subject to special inspection every five years under
Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937 and the next special inspection is
due in 1959.
All bakehouses are frequently inspected to ensure that hygienic conditions
are maintained.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES
No slaughterhouse licences have been issued since 1939.
There are 42 meat traders and with eight exceptions they obtain all
meat supplies from Smithfield Market.
ICE CREAM
Thirty-four samples of ice cream were taken for bacteriological examination
with the following results:—
Grade 1: 24 Grade 2: 7 Grade 3: 2 Grade 4: 1
Samples classified within Grades 3 and 4 are unsatisfactory.
Investigations were carried out to ascertain at what stage in the production
the contamination occurred. More effective sterilisation was introduced
in the plant from which the Grade 4 sample was obtained, and
subsequent samples proved satisfactory. One of the Grade 3 results was
of a sample taken from ice cream manufactured in bulk in a neighbouring
borough and the information was transferred to that authority for further
investigation. The second Grade 3 sample was below standard because
of lack of care in preparation of the mix from which it was taken. Later
samples proved satisfactory.
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