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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS, 1949
Forty-one 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.
Samples of milk were 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-seven premises registered
for the sale of ice cream and one for the manufacture of ice
cream
Twenty-five samples were taken during the year for examination
by the Methylene Blue Test, These were placed in the
following grades;-
Grade I 21 Grade III 2
Grade II 2 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 6 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 1959.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
13 premises were disinfected after cases of infectious
disease.
1 load of clothing was disinfected.
4 verminous premises were disinfested.
11 premises were treated for other insect infestation.
3 loads of bedding and articles were destroyed.
330 wasp nests were destroyed.
Pools, ditches and stagnant water were treated to control
the breeding of mosquitoes.
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