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OVERCROWDING.
67 dwellings were recorded as overcrowded at the end
of the year.
38 cases of overcrowding, representing 258 persons, have
been abated during the year.
SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
There are four inspectors engaged in the supervision of
the food supply.
Tne number of separate food premises is 2,246, and during
1943 they were inspected on 23,759 occasions.
There are 134 registered dairies and 141 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.
443 samples were submitted for analysis. 434 of these were
genuine, with an average fat content of 3.61 per cent.
13 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological
examination and the phosphatase test. All were reported
genuine and complying with the standard laid down.
70 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted
during the year—35 for Tuberculin Tested Milk, 34 for Pasteurised
Milk, and one for Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)
Milk.
There are three slaughterhouses in the Borough, but only
one is used at the present. 268 animals were inspected cither
before or after slaughter.
During the year, 13 piggeries were licensed for the duration
of the war. 420 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 unfi't
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, 10 applications were received from persons
desirous of acting as slaughtermen.
147 consignments of foodstuffs of all kinds suspected to
be unsound, were examined at the request of the owners, and
afterwards released for animal feeding. The owners were
granted a certificate to this effect.