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Milk Supply.
The milk supplied to Friern Barnet residents
is either pasteurised, sterilised or tuberculin-tested.
The twenty registered distributors include the large
dairy companies delivering milk daily and the occupiers
of shops retailing small quantities of sterilised milk
in association with some other business. There is
one dairy in the district at which milk is pasteurised
and bottled.
Samples of the different grades of milk were
taken regularly throughout the year. The one hundred
and thirty-four samples which were submitted for examination
were all found to be satisfactory.
No complaints were received as to the quality
of the milk supplied. There were, however, two complaints
of dirty milk bottles and in both instances the investigations
indicated that the bottles had been misused at some stage
before being returned to the dairy company concerned.
Ice cream.
Seventy-six, or more than half of all food
premises in the district are registered to sell ice cream.
One person manufactures ice cream in accordance with the
methods described in the Ice Cream (Heat Treatmant) Regulations.
Generally, however, the ice cream is obtained from the
nationally known manufacturers and sold in the wrapped or
packed conditions as supplied to them so that handling is
reduced to the minimum.
Sixty-four samples of the different products
offered for sale were submitted to examination by the
Public Health Laboratory and all satisfied the standard
test for bacteral cleanliness.
SHOPS .
There are some 313 shops in Friern Barnet. The
Shops Act 1950 is administered by the Council and deals with
such matters as hours of closing, the early closing day, Sunday
trading, the employment of young persons, and the comfort and
welfare of shop assistants.
One hundred and thirty-one inspections were made in
administering the various provisions of the Act. No serious
defects or infringements were observed and those matters
which needed attention were remedied without the necessity
for formal action under the Act.
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