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Butchers' Shops
There are 48 butchers' shops in the Borough.
All the shops are provided with glass fronts.
These premises have been visited and the provisions of the
Public Health (Meat) Regulations which provide for the cleanliness
of the premises, apparatus, utensils and vehicles, the precautions
to be taken against the contamination of meat, the storage and
removal of refuse, etc., have generally been well observed.
Bakehouses
The number of bakehouses in the Borough is 30.
At 25 bakehouses motive power is used.
The bakehouses have been visited by the inspectors and steps
have been taken to cause them to be maintained in a proper
sanitary condition. The periodical cleansing of these premises, as
required by statute, has generally been carried out.
In one case legal proceedings were pending with regard to
the unsatisfactory conditions.
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops
New legislation which came into force during the year had
the effect of reducing the powers of the Council. Sterilised milk is
now a designated milk and the licensing of the plants for processing
sterilised and pasteurised milks and the sale of milk therefrom is
a duty now imposed upon the Food and Drugs Authority (the
County Council) instead of the Local Council and the registration
of dairy farms and dairy farmers passes to the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries.
The alteration of the definition "dairy" now excludes shops
from which milk is supplied only in properly closed, and unopened
vessels in which it is delivered to the shop, or a shop or other place
in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only.
The result of this amendment has reduced the number of
registered premises from 25 to 9.
Fees for licences to sell designated milks were abolished under
the new legislation but the number of licences granted substantially
increased.
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