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Various licences were granted as under:—
Primary. Supplementary.
Pasteurised13 6
Tuberculin Tested21 4
Accredited — 1
34 11
Three of the above retailers bottle Tuberculin Tested milk and two firms
pasteurise and bottle the milk on their premises.
Supplementary licences are granted to milk retailers who live outside
the Borough, but who sell milk in the Borough; the primary licence is
granted them by the Authority of the area in which they reside.
Meat and other Foods.
'The following is a list of the visits paid by the inspectors during the
year:— Butchers' shops 259
Fish shops 115
Coffee shops 6
Ice-cream shops 62
Shops and stalls 197
Slaughterhouses 120
Bakehouses 39
Dairies and milkshops 125
The following carcases were examined during or shortly after
slaughter:—
Oxen 62
Sheep and lambs 228
Pigs 208
There are two slaughterhouses in the Borough (both licensed) and visits
are made when slaughtering is carried on; the figures shown above are not
very large, consequent upon the fact that the majority of the meat sold in
this Borough is bought from the London markets.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
No application was received during the year for "Licence as Slaughterman
" ; those at present in force were granted by the Council for a period of
three years.
Unsound Food.
The following is the list of food surrendered for examination and
retained as unfit for human consumption:—
Carcase and organs of 1 pig.
2 boxes of dog fish.
1 box of cod fillets.
1 box of roe.
1 box of coal fish.
½ box of skate knobs.
4 ox livers.
6 tins of ox tongues.
6 bottles of plums.
1 barrel of vinegar.
Veal and ham pie.
Custard tarts.
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