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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK SUPPLY.- No registration of retailers or
producers has had to be refused under the provisions
of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926.
No additional retailers were registered during
the year.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936,
31 Dealers' Licences, 1 Pasteuriser's Licence and 17
Supplementary Licences were granted.
Bacteriological etc. examinations of milk are no
longer carried out by the Borough Council. This work
is undertaken by the County Council, but we continue
to co-operate very closely with the County in checking
up on local milk supplies.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.- Butchers' shops, restaurants,
bakehouses, grocers' shops, fruit stores and fish
shops have been inspected frequently. Regular visits
were made to the Ministry of Food Meat Depot and
large quantities of meat examined.
A considerable quantity of food of all kinds was
condemned during the year as unfit for human
consumption. This was disposed of, whenever possible,
as salvage.
RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION.
Work under the above Act was carried out during
the year in accordance with the procedure set out in
the Annual Report for 1944. During the year, 6248
treatments were carried out at 289 premises.
Although it cannot be said that infestation by
rats and mice represents a serious problem in
Southgate, especially so far as food stuffs are
concerned, the work does play quite a useful part
in the public health programme.
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