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Mobile shops from which groceries, meat, fish, ice
cream, refreshments etc. are sold are all fitted with
wash basins and carry supplies of hot water, soap, towels
and nail brushes but such a high standard is not enforceable
in the case of vehicles from which fruit and vegetables
are sold.
Number of hawkers registered 38
Number of hawkers storage
premises registered 8
Sampling of Food and Drugs.
(a) Miscellaneous foods such as shell-fish, cream
cakes and meat products are regularly sampled by the Public
Health Inspectors for bacteriological examination. Although
there are no recognised standards of bacteriological
quality for this class of food the results are of considerable
assistance to the Inspectors in their contacts with
food handlers illustrating, as they often do, that the
greatest care is necessary in the storage and handling of
this class of food.
The bacteriological examination of samples of milk,
ice cream water and miscellaneous foods is carried out at
the Public Health Laboratory, Ealing, and I am indebted to
the Director and Staff of the Laboratory, for their ready
assistance at all times. Details of the samples submitted
will be found elsewhere in this report under their respec
tive headings.
(b) The sampling of food and drugs for chemical
analysis is carried out by the Middlesex County Council
and the following information regarding samples obtained
during the year has been kindly supplied by the Senior
Public Control Officer.
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