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Number and Classes of Food Premises in the Borough.
Below is a summary of the food premises classified under type
of business:
Bakers and Confectioners 37
Butchers 60
Grocery and Provisions 116
Fruit and Greengrocery 63
Wet Fish 4
Fried Fish 8
Restaurants and cafes (including school
canteens, works canteens, clubs, etc.) 109
Confectionery and Sweets 80
487
In the Borough there are 285 premises registered under Section
14 of the Food and Drugs Act 1938, 196 in respct of ice-cream and
89 in respect of preserved foods.
There is one dairy in the Borough registered under the Milk
and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
Under the provisions of the Middlesex County Council Act
1950, relating to hawkers of food and their premises, there were
79 hawkers on the register at the end of 1954. Of these, 17 have
storage premises in the Borough and 62 have their storage premises
in other areas.
Post-Mortem Inspection of Animals.
No slaughtering of animals took place in the Borough during
1954.
Milk Regulations and Milk Sampling.
During 1954, 85 samples of milk as against 79 in 1953 were
obtained and submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for bacteriological
examination. Only one of the samples taken gave an
unsatisfactory result on examination. This was taken up immediately
with the purveyor concerned. A check sample was taken
and proved satisfactory.
Ice Cream Sampling.
During 1954, 166 samples of ice cream as against 75 in 1953
were obtained and submitted for bacteriological examination. The
results of examination of the 166 samples were:
Grade 1 133
„ 2 17
„ 3 8
„ 4 8
166
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