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171½ lbs. Marmalade 5¼ lbs. Beverages
100 lbs. Jam and Mincemeat 1 Bottle (13 fl. ozs.) Orange
14 lbs. Sugar Squash
11. MILK SUPPLY
There are in this district:—
17 Retail Distributors
4 Dairies
Producers Licensed by the Middlesex County Council for:—
Accredited Milk—2
Tuberculin Tested Milk—1
Pasteurised Milk—1
Twenty-nine Dealers' Licences and 23 Supplementary Licences
were granted under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)
Regulations 1949 and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Ten samples of milk were taken for examination by the
Methylene Blue Test and the results were satisfactory. Samples
were also taken by the Middlesex County Council who are the
Food and Drugs Authority in this area.
12. ICE CREAM
There are six premises registered for the manufacture of ice
cream in the district. Five of these manufacturers produce ice
cream by the hot-mix method involving the use of materials
requiring heat treatment, as laid down in the Ice Cream (Heat
Treatment) Regulations, 1947, whilst one manufacturer produces
ice cream from a complete cold-mix powder.
There are also 73 premises registered for the sale of ice cream
in the district.
One hundred and ninety-nine samples were taken during the
year for examination by the Methylene Blue Test. These were placed
in the following grades:—
Grade I 73
Grade II 52
Grade III 38
Grade IV 36
Samples of ice cream for Chemical Analysis are taken by the
sampling officers of the Middlesex County Council.
13. FOOD POISONING
During the latter part of April, 1950, there was an outbreak of
Paratyphoid B (Type II) involving five persons in this district and
eight persons in a neighbouring district. This outbreak was due to
Salmonella Paratyphoid B Organisms contained in the artificial
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