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Hendon 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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PREMISES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 16, FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Registered Premises Inspections
Ice Cream Premises 234 28
Preservation of Food 69 29
15 samples of ice cream were taken during the year and submitted for
logical examination to the Central Public Health Laboratory Colindale.
The results of the ice cream samples were as follows
Grade Number of samples
I 14
II 1
REGISTRATION OF HAWKERS AND HAWKERS' PREMISES UNDER SECTION 11.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL ACT, 1950.
Number Registered Number of Inspections
Hawkers 74 17
Premises 25 7
MILK SUPPLY
Number of registered dairymen and distributors 46
Number of registered dairies not being dairy farms 11
Number of visits made to dairies during the year 20
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949
During the year there were no contraventions of the Act and in no case was it
necessary to institute legal proceedings.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS
The following table shows the number of licences issued under these Regulations during 1959.
| Dealers Licences: | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 38 |
| Pasteurised | 37 |
| Sterilised | 44 |
| Dealers Supplementary Licences: | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 20 |
| Pasteurised | 20 |
| Sterilised | 20 |
MILK SAMPLING
The number of samples taken during the year is as follows
Pasteurised 9
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 4
Sterilised 3
Milk in cartons (Pasteurised) 2
Raw Tuberculin Tested Bulk 19
In addition 80 samples of bottle rinses were taken,
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