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Dealer's
Licences.
Supplementary
Licences.
To sell pasteurised milk 3 9
To sell sterilised milk 16 10
To sell tuberculin-tested milk 4 10
Thirty-three samples of milk were taken to check
either bacterial cleanliness or the efficiency of the heattreatment
processes. All these samples were satisfactory.
There were very few complaints with regard to the .
milk supply. One complaint was investigated concerning
the finding of pupae cases of the fruit fly in a bottle of
milk, whilst another related to a bottle containing a deposit
of plaster of paris. These incidents were resolved after
meetings and discussions with the dairy companies concerned.
We also investigated the circumstances in which a
number of bottles of milk delivered in a neighbouring district
from premises in Friern Barnet contained a quantity of
sediment. This sediment was identified as consisting of
cotton fibres, miscellaneous organic matter, and fragments
of mould hyphae and spores, and although bacteriological
examination of the milk shewed no significant organisms the
sediment clearly should not have been present. This
experience did not recur and although a thorough examination
of the entire plant was carried out no certain explanation
was found for what was happily a temporary defect. We did,
however, find the filtering arrangements for the raw milk
of doubtful quality and these were subsequently improved.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply has been satisfactory in quantity
and quality. It is provided by the Barnet Water Company
and is obtained from deep wells sunk into the chalk. A
small portion of the district, in the South Ward, is supplied
from the mains of the Metropolitan Water Board.
All the houses in the district have a piped supply.
Bacteriological and chemical examinations of the
water were made at frequent intervals, and the following is
characteristic of the reports received:
"This is a very satisfactory sample. It is
clear and bright in appearance and of the
highest standard of bacterial purity indicative
of a wholesome water suitable for public
supply purposes".
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