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FOOD PREMISES.
There are some 529 food premises in the area, made up as
under:—
Bakers
Bakers and Bakehouses 13
Butchers 57
Dairies 4
Fishmongers (wet and dried) 13
Fishmongers (wet, dried and fried) 9
Fishmongers (fried) 2
Greengrocers' shops and stalls 60
Grocers 136
Ice Cream premises, other than those included in (1), (2), (4),
(8), (9) and (13) but including confectioners 76
Public Houses and Hotels with catering facilities 11
Public Houses without catering facilities 21
Restaurants, Cafes 34
Works Canteens 12
School Canteens, etc 43
Private Canteens 8
Confectioners (not included under Ice Cream premises) 12
529
Sixteen Dairy premises are registered in the district and
18 persons are registered as Distributors of Milk.
The following are details of licences to deal in specially
designated milks, issued by the Council, in respect of 1957:—
Dealers. Supplementary.
Pasteurised 19 14
Sterilised 27 13
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 19 13
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Thirty-six samples of designated milk were taken with the
following results:—
Number passing phosphatase test 36
Number failing passing phosphatase test —
Number passing methylene blue test 35
Number giving unsatisfactory methylene blue result —
Thirty-seven samples of milk were submitted for chemical
examination, thirty-five of which proved satisfactory. Appropriate
action was taken in connection with two inferior samples.
ICE CREAM.
Eighteen samples were taken during the year. Eight were
placed in Grade I, seven in Grade II and three in Grade III.
PIGGERIES.
There are 15 piggeries of varying size in the district, one of
which has a normal complement of approximately 1,000 pigs.
Eighty-four visits of inspection were made and seven defects found
were subsequently remedied.