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THE SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
There are four Inspectors engaged in the supervision of the
Food Supply. The Food and Drugs Inspector procures samples
of food and drugs for analysis by the Public Analyst. The three
Food Inspectors supervise premises where food is sold, stored,
manufactured or prepared for sale and inspect the slaughterhouses.
They also carry out the duties required under Part II.
of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
On the outbreak of war, Messrs. W. H. Jones, Food and
Drugs Inspector, and A. E. Handley, Food Inspector, were seconded
for duty under the Food Controller. On 6th October, 1940,
officers of the Ministry of Food took over these Food Control
duties and Messrs. Jones and Handley returned to the Department.
The inspection of food premises is not confined to those
businesses which are subject to some form of legal control, but
in order to ensure adequate supervision of foodstuffs sold in the
Borough and because it is a common occurrence for more than
one food business to be conducted on the same premises, all
premises where food is sold or prepared for sale are inspected.
A register is kept giving the essential particulars about each of
the premises and indicating the nature of the food businesses
conducted from them.
The number of separate food premises, particulars of which
are entered on the register, is 2,779, and the number of inspections
made during 1940 was 19,114.
Milk and Milk Supply.
There are 164 registered dairies in the Borough and 464
registered dairymen. About two-thirds of the latter are registered
for the sale of milk in bottles or cartons, registration of