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Supervision of Food.
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111 cases of overcrowding representing 690 persons have
been abated during the year.
Supervision of Food.
There are four Inspectors engaged in the supervision of
the food supply.
The number of separate food premises is 2,485 and during
1941 they were inspected on 24,703 occasions.
There are 162 registered dairies and 423 registered dairymen.
The bulk of the milk sold by retail within the Borough is
sent out in bottles filled in properly constructed dairies and its
quality is good.
138 samples were submitted for analysis. 134 of these were
genuine with an average fat content of 3.49 per cent.
65 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted
during the year-34 for Tuberculin Tested Milk and 31 for
Pasteurised Milk.
There are four slaughterhouses in the Borough but only one
is in use at present. 149 animals were inspected either before
or after slaughter.
During the year 44 piggeries were licensed for the duration
of the war and 579 inspections of these were made.
Since the outbreak of the war a Wholesale Meat Depot has
been established at 666, Garratt Lane for the reception and
distribution of meat slaughtered outside the Borough. This
Depot is visited daily by the Food Inspectors. During these
visits considerable quantities of meat were found to be unfit for
human consumption. Most of this was the result of decomposition
caused by delays in transportation from the places where
the animals were slaughtered. After condemnation the meat
was released for industrial purposes.
During the year nine applications were received from persons
desirous of acting as slaughtermen.