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Milk.
The fourteen dairies within the borough have been regularly
inspected and have been maintained in a hygienic condition, and
in no case has there been any complaint as to the milk distributed
therefrom.
During the year, practical reconstruction of the dairy, installation
of new pasteurising plant and renewal of bottle—washing and
filling machinery were completed at the milk bottling depot in Bollo
Lane. Inspection of the premises and plant and the results of
sampling from time to time of the processed milk have shown a
very high degree of efficiency in the dairy, and no complaint has
been received with respect to any milk or bottle distributed therefrom.
Much attention has been devoted to the inspection of milk
bottles, with a view to ensuring the distribution of a clean and
wholesome milk supply. A number of complaints were received as
to the presence of foreign matter in milk in bottles and as to dirty
bottles containing milk, delivered from dairies outside the Borough,
and these were reported to the Public Health Committee, when
appropriate action was authorised. In the cases of two bottles of
milk the firm who sold the milk in dirty bottles were prosecuted
under the Food and Drags Act, 1938, for having sold milk unfit for
human food, and fines of £25 and costs were imposed on the firm
in respect of each sale.
Six samples of milk were taken from premises or roundsmen in
the borough, and on submission to bacteriological examination all
were found to be satisfactory samples. Including the regular
sampling of pasteurised milk at the bottling depot in Bollo Lane, 146
samples have been taken from premises and roundsmen, and on
submission to the prescribed Phosphatase Test, in each case the milk
was proved to have been properly pasteurised.
Water.
Five samples of water were taken and submitted for examination,
three as to bacteriological and two as to chemical content, and
in every case the result showed the sample to be satisfactory.
Diseases of Animals.
In the course of the year there occurred outside the borough
four outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease, in respect of which
Acton was included in the Schedules of Infected Areas, and 741
licences were granted by this Local Authority for the removal of
pigs into the borough for slaughter. In a number of cases,