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Registered Food Premises
At the 31 st December 1966 the following premises were registered under Section 16 of the Food and
Drugs Act 1955:-
Sale of ice cream 776
Manfr. and sale of ice cream 11
Storage of ice cream 1
Cooking of hams and other meat 64
Fish frying 47
Fish curing (smoking) 3
Sausage manufacturers 99
Preparation of 'Hot Dogs' 1
Preparation of jellied eels 3
Shellfish 2
Prepared foods 14
Pickle making 1
Pickling meat 8
Total 1030

Milk and Dairies Regulations
During the year eleven further applications for registration as milk distributors were dealt with. No
applications were received in respect of dairies. Of the eleven new registrations, four were for new
premises and the other seven were in respect of change of proprietorship of previously registered premises.
No. of distributors 255
No. of dairies 6
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations
At the 31st December 1966, licences to use the following designations were valid for premises in
the Borough:-
Pasteurised Milk 190 licences
Sterilised Milk 196 „
Untreated Milk 23 „
Ultra-heat treated Milk 33 „
Milk Supplies
Samples of miIk for bacteriological examination are submitted to the Central Public Health Laboratory
for routine testing for the presence of brucella abortus. During one such examination the presence of
rickettsia burnetti, a causal agent of "Q" fever, was found. The Company concerned and the Local Authority
from whose district the milk originated were informed and the milk from the particular farm was not sold
untreated until affected animals had been isolated by a veterinary surgeon and excluded from the herd.
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