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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1958.
Those sections of the above Act concerning adulteration and sampling of
foodstuffs are enforced by the County Authority in this district.
The following details shevr the number and nature of the samples taken in
the Urban District of Barnet during the year, and the results of the analyses,
Milk (Pasteurised) 8
Milk (Homogenised) 1
Milk (Tuberculin Tested) 2
Milk (Sterilised) 1
Beef Sausage 1
All were found to be genuine.
The number of samples taken could in my opinion be increased, having regard
to the fact that this is the largest shopping centre in this corner of the
County, and supplies a much larger population than that of Barnet. There is
also no variety in the articles sampled.
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
The drains or sanitary fittings to 95 premises were found to be in some
respect defective.
In eleven cases, the drains were found to be so defective as to necessitate
their being taken up and entirely relaid. In two instances, drains discharging
into a watercourse were cut off therefrom and connected to the Council's sewer.
The drains to twenty houses were found to be stopped up.
During an investigation of pollution of the Dollis Brook, it was found that
crude sewage was being discharged into the Brook from. St. Joseph's Convent,
Totteridge. The Institution's sewage disposal plant, installed at the instance
of this Council in 1937, had been neglected during the war and had fallen into
disrepair. Notice was served, requiring the overhaul and repair of the
filtration plant. This work was put in hand, but was not completed by the end
of the year.
Remedial work in connection with all the above properties required the
provision of 31 new water closets; 20 sinks; 44 water closet flushing cisterns,
31 inspection chambers and 16 soil pipes.