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11.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
1728 inspections were mads at premises where food intended for sale for
human consumption was prepared, stored or sold.
Milk Supply.
Number of registered dairymen and purveyors of milk 13
Number of registered premises 32
Number of cowkeopers 7
Number of forms where milk is bottled on the premises 4
174 spocial visits have been made to secure cleanliness of dairies and
dairy farms and for protecting milk against contamination.
There is one pasteurising establishment in the district and during the year,
52 samples of bottled pasteurised milk taken immediately after machine capping were
submitted for bacteriological examination. One of the samples failed to comply with
the requirements of the Milk(Special Designations) Order, 1936 and 1938, the bacteria
exceeding 100,000 per millilitre, although all samples gave satisfactory results on
the phosphatase test - a test devised to indicate that pasteurised milk has been
adequately heated.
Twenty-four samples of raw bulk milk were taken from rail tanks, and 27
milk bottles immediately after cleansing in the bottle washing machines.
The total number of milk samples taken for examination was 219
Tuberculin Tested Milk 23, Accredited Milk 5, Pasteurised Milk 144, and NonDesignated
Milk 47.
The 144 pasteurised milks satisfied the phosphatase test, although in
addition to the one sample mentioned above, in five samples taken from another
dairy the bacterial count exceeded the prescribed standard. The dairy concerned
was in an adjacent district, and representations were made to that Local Authority.
Of the 23 Tuberculin Tested and the 5 Accredited Milks, one sample of the
latter and 8 of the former failed to conform to the prescribed tests. These milks
were not bottled in establishments in Hendon and copies of reports on their
examination were forwarded to the appropriate licensing authorities.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
Pour slaughterhouses arc licensod for the slaughter of animals intended
for human consumption.