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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS, 1949
Thirty-nine Dealers' Licences and thirty-one Supplementary
Licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw
Milk) Regulations, 1949 and the Milk (Special Designation)
(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Five samples of Milk were taken for examination by the
Methylene Blue Test and the results were satisfactory. Samples
of milk were also taken for examination by the Middlesex County
Council who are the Pood and Drugs Authority in this area.
ICE CREAM
There are in the District ninety-four premises registered
for the sale of ice cream and one for the manufacture of ice
cream.
Fifty-one samples were taken during the year for examination by
the Methylene Blue Test. These were placed in the following
grades: -
Grade I 43 Grade III 1
Grade II 7 Grade IV 0
Samples of ice cream for Chemical Analysis are taken by
the sampling officers of the Middlesex County Council.
PET SHOPS
There are 7 premises licensed under the Pet Animals Act,
1951. They were visited and inspected during the year and found
to be maintained in a satisfactory condition.
FOOD POISONING
There was no serious outbreak of food poisoning in this
District during 1958.
DISINSECTION AND DISINFESTATION
9 premises were disinfected after cases of infectious
disease.
3 loads of bedding were disinfected.
5 verminous premises were disinfested.
5 premises were treated for other insect infestation.
14 loads of bedding and articles were destroyed.
59 wasp nests were destroyed.
Pools, ditches and stagnant water were treated to control
the breading of mosquitoes.
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