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SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
There are four Inspectors engaged in the supervision of
the food supply.
The number of separate food premises is 2,288, and
during 1942 they were inspected on 24,447 occasions.
There are 138 registered dairies and 239 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.
349 samples were submitted for analysis. 337 of these
were genuine, with an average fat content of 3.63 per cent.
57 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted
during the year—27 for Tuberculin Tested Milk and 30 for
Pasteurised Milk.
There are three slaughterhouses in the Borough, but only
one is in use at the present. 291 animals were inspected either
before or after slaughter.
During the year three piggeries were licenced for the
duration of the war. 252 inspections of piggeries 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 11 applications were received from
persons desirous of acting as slaughtermen.
Food and Drugs Adulteration Act, 1928.
1,469 samples were procured for analysis during the year—
349 samples of milk, 992 other foodstuffs and 128 were drugs.
22 samples were found to be adulterated. 12 were
samples of milk, two of mixed spice, one of sausages, two
of table cream powder, one of Seidlitz powder, one of jelly
crystals, one of egg powder, one of baking powder and one of
self-raising flour.