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Hayes and Harlington 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply
There is one producer in the district licensed by the County
Council under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders for the
production of accredited milk.
Two milk dealers were licensed during the year to pasteurise milk. The table below gives particulars of the other nineteen licences granted during the year.
| Designation | Dealer's Licence | Supplementary Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised | 6 | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 5 |
No refusal or revocation of licences to retailers has been made.
There are now twenty-six persons registered in accordance
with the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, as under:—
Wholesale Traders or Producers of Milk 8
Retail Purveyors of Milk with premises in the district 7
Retail Purveyors of Milk with premises outside the district 11
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(b) meat
There is no Ministry of Food slaughter-house in the district.
(c) Other Foods
The following foods (other than fresh meat) were condemned
during the year 1946:-
Batter mixture 120 pkts.
Bacon 51 lbs.
Baked beans 80 tins
Biscuits 23 lbs.
Bovril 1 jar
Brawn 12 lbs.
Cake mixture 30 lbs.
Canned fish 294 tins
Cereals 28½ lbs.
Cheese 199 lbs.
Cocoa 144 pkts.
Dried fruit 365 lbs.
Dried egg 1 pkt.
Dried milk 3 tins
Drinking chocolate 7 lbs.
Egg yolk 2,250 lbs.
Eggs (shell) 570
Evaporated milk 373 tins
Fish cakes 74 lbs.
Fresh fish 1,656 lbs.
Horseradish and beetroot
sauce 24 jars
Jams and Preserves 36 lbs.
Loaves (J quarter) 85
Macaroni 1 tin
Macaroni cheese 2 tins
Meat paste 3 jars
Meat pies 19
Mustard 4 tins
Pickles 6 jars
Rissole mixture 20 lbs.
Rollmops 13 jars
Sausages (fresh) 18 lbs.
Sauce 1 bot.
Soup 28 tins
Sugar confectionery 26 lbs.
Suet ½ lb.
Spaghetti 1 tin
Sugar 44¼ lbs.
Smoked fillets 17 jars
Tinned fruit 20 tins
Tinned vegetables 147 tins
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