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The Inspectors made 620 visits and 306 formal samples were taken and submitted for
analysis.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to 1943.
The number of licences granted during 1946 were :—
Licences.
Supplementary.
To sell Tuberculin Tested milk
42
5
To sell Pasteurised milk
53
8
To pasteurise milk
1
—
Meat and Other Foods.
(i) Public Health [Meat) Regulations, 1924.
Periodical visits of inspection were made as follows :—
Meat Depots
64
Butchers' Shops and Meat Stalls
768
Prepared Meat premises
364
(ii) Inspection of other premises where food, is prepared or offered for sale.
The Food Inspectors have continued to keep all such premises under regular and frequent
observation, the following inspections being made for this purpose :—
Ice cream
650
Fishmongers
107
Fried fish
85
Others
732
Food Sampling.
A total of 799 samples (404 formal and 395 informal) were sent for analysis, of which
9 formal and 15 informal were found to be adulterated.
Ice Cream.
There are 153 premises in the borough registered for the sale of ice cream. This number
includes most of the manufacturers, who also sell by retail. The majority of the registered
premises were in use during the year, only a few not carrying out business owing to the difficulty
of obtaining supplies.