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REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1961
persons on the register. There were two dairies on the register at the
end of the year.
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.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955
Two hundred and sixty samples of milk were submitted for
analysis. Of these 40 were samples of Channel Island and South
Devon milks with an average fat content of 4.46 per cent. The
remaining 220 samples had an average fat content of 3.64 per cent.
The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960
These Regulations which, as described in last year's Report, came
into force on 1st October, 1960, provide for the issue of Dealer's
(Prepacked Milk) Licences for the sale of milk under any of the
following designations:
"Pasteurized"
"Sterilized"
"Tuberculin Tested"
where milk is obtained by the dealer in the container in which it is to
be supplied to the consumer or is pasteurized or sterilized by the
dealer.

Two Dealers' (Pasteurizers') Licences were also granted during the
year.
A person who holds a "Tuberculin Tested" licence and a "Pasteurized"
or "Sterilized" licence may use the designations "Tuberculin
Tested (Pasteurized)" or "Tuberculin Tested (Sterilized)" as the case
may be.
Meat
There are 207 butchers' shops in the Borough. The majority are
registered under Section 16 (l)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955,
for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, preserved,
pickled or pressed foods. There were 687 visits made to these shops
during the year.