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Food and Food Premises.. 91
the majority of cases this is because milk is being sold in bottles
or cartons, and as the milk is sold in sealed receptacles, registration
of the premises as dairies is not required.
Milk Supply.
There are 503 registered dairymen and 203 registered dairies
in the Borough, one of them being also a cowshed. The Food
Inspectors made 719 visits to these premises during the year.
The bulk of the milk sold by retail within the Borough is
sent out in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies, and its
quality throughout the year has been good. The average fat
content shown by the analyses of 980 samples of whole milk
reported as genuine was 3.59, which is the same as in 1933, 1934
and 1935.
The milk utensils and barrows used in the delivery of milk
have been inspected regularly in the streets. The majority of
the milk barrows are now fitted with canopies in order to protect
the utensils during transit.
Registration of Premises where Ice Cream, Sausages,
Preserved Meat, etc., are prepared.
The Public Health (London) 1936 Act requires that any
premises used or proposed to be used:—
(1) for the sale or the manufacture for the purpose of
sale of ice cream or other similar commodity intended for sale;
or
(2) for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or
potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meat, fish or other food
intended for sale;
shall be registered by the owner or the occupier thereof with the
Sanitary Authority.
During the year 74 applications were submitted to the
Council for the purpose of registration under this Act. In each
case the premises were inspected and found to be satisfactory and
registration was granted.
Meat.
There are five private slaughterhouses in the Borough.
The Food Inspectors made 1,227 visits during the year to these