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Hendon 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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53
where proper precautions were not being taken against
contamination of food.
57 were complied with including 18 from 1946 entries.
The principal matters dealt with were:—
Sanitary Accommodation:
Defective sanitary conveniences 17
Without proper water supply 4
Defects in drainage system 5
Choked drains 8
Compartment cleansed 22
Provision of washing facilities:
Provision of hot water supply 15
Refrigerators:
Interiors cleansed 2
General:
Insufficient accommodation for
refuse storage 5
Want of cleanliness 32
Other defects 53
MILK SUPPLY:
Number of registered dairymen and purveyors of
milk 13
Number of registered premises 32
Number of Cowkeepers 6
Number of farms where milk is bottled on the
premises 4
120 special 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 past year 64 samples of bottled pasteurised milk
taken immediately after machine capping were submitted for