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30 samples of raw bulk milk were taken from rail tanks,
and 100 milk bottles immediately after cleansing in the bottle
washing machines.
The total number of milk samples taken for examination
was 166, Tuberculin Tested Milk 32, Pasteurised Milk 86, and
Non-Designated Milk 48. All the Pasteurised Milk samples
satisfied the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests.
The total number of samples (including cleansed bottles)
was 266.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES:
The Livestock (Restriction on Slaughtering) Order, 1940,
made under the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939, prohibits
the slaughter of animals for human consumption except under
the terms and conditions of a licence granted by, or under the
authority of, the Minister of Food.
Neither of the two slaughterhouses in the district is
licensed by the Ministry of Food and slaughtering has temporarily
ceased.
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919;
INFESTATION ORDER, 1943:
759 complaints of rat or mouse infestation were received
in the Department.
Th6 work generally was supervised by the District
Sanitary Inspectors.