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MORTUARY AND CREMATORIUM
The Mortuary at Wandsworth was used throughout the year and
243 bodies were received there.
Dr. Bertha Sharpe, Medical Officer of Division 9. London
County Council, and' Dr. G. Macdonald, Medical Officer of Health,
Battersea, have now been appointed Medical Referees, in addition
to Dr. MacDonnell and myself, under the Crematorium Regulations,
1980. During the year we authorized 634 cremations.
SUPERVISION OF FOOD
There are four Inspectors engaged in the supervision of the
food supply.
The number of separate food premises is 2,567 and during 1848
they were inspected on 40,982 occasions.
There are 110 registered dairies and 301 persons registered to
sell milk.
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.
886 samples were submitted for analysis. 875 of these were
genuine, with an average fat content of 3.51 per cent.
315 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological examination,
the phosphatase test, and the methylene blue test. Five of
these failed to comply with the prescribed tests.
106 licences for the sale of designated milks were granted during
the year—13 for Tuberculin Tested milk, 38 for Pasteurised milk and
55 for Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) milk.
131 samples of ice-cream were submitted for bacteriological
examination, the coliform test and the methylene blue test.
Five samples of artesian well water were submitted for bacteriological
and chemical examination.
There are three private slaughterhouses in the Borough. Two
animals were inspected either before or after slaughter.