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Preserved Food Manufacturers.
Section 90 of the Hornchurch Urban District Council Act, 1936,
requires registration of preserved food manufacturers and premises. At
the end of the year 65 persons and 84 premises were registered for the
manufacture of preserved meat, an increase of 2 persons and 2 premises.
Regular supervision is maintained over them.
Essex County Council Act, 1952, Section 103.
This section which deals with the registration of hawkers of food and
their premises came into force on 1st April, 1953 and at the end of the
year 54 persons and 13 premises had been registered.
Milk Distributors.
There are 13 milk distributors with registered premises in the district.
There are also 13 firms registered as milk distributors in Hornchurch
whose premises are registered in other districts. In addition 46 shopkeepers
are registered for the sale of bottled milk only.
Cleanliness of Milk Bottles.
The year provided its usual quota of complaints. It is difficult to
deal as one might wish with certain types of complaint since the Authority
in the area of bottling is primarily concerned.
When complaints of the type brought to our notice arise as they do
it is clear that no fool-proof standard of inspection is reasonably practicable
and that equally no lesser standard of inspection should be considered
adequate.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949-54,
and The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949-53.
The number of licences issued by the Council during the year was
as follows:—
Dealer's (Pasteurised) 56
Supplementary Pasteurised 7
Dealer's Sterilised 79
Supplementary Sterilised 8
Dealer's Tuberculin Tested 41
Supplementary Tuberculin Tested 6
Milk Sampling.
The 102 samples of milk taken from the dairies and in the streets
during the course of delivery to customers throughout the year were
submitted to the Counties Public Health Laboratories for testing. In
each case a satisfactory report was received. In addition 43 samples
were submitted to the Public Analysts.
Liaison With Other Authorities.
Our excellent liaison with the London County Council in respect of
the Hornchurch Children's Homes and the Brentwood Group Hospital