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There are 127 registered dairies and 268 persons registered
to sell milk from premises other than dairies.
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.
708 samples were submitted for analysis. 700 of these were
genuine, with an average fat content of 3.63 per cent.
219 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological
examination, the phosphatase test and the methylene blue test.
23 of these failed to comply with the prescribed tests.
78 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted
during the year—41 for Tuberculin Tested milk, 36 for Pasteurised
Milk, and one for Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)
Milk.
There are four slaughterhouses in the Borough, but only
one is used at present. 103 animals were inspected either
before or after slaughter.
There arc now 32 war-time piggeries in the Borough.
281 inspections 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, who
made 792 visits during the year. During these visits,
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, six applications were received from persons
desirous of acting as slaughtermen.
157 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.
FOOD AND DRUGS ADULTERATION ACT,
1928.
1771 samples were procured for analysis during the year—
708 samples of milk, 929 other foodstuffs, and 134 drugs.