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pollution and it is known that a substantial number of wrong
connections was found and remedied which should assist in improving
the quality of the water flowing in the various water
courses.
The County Council have continued the systematic sampling
of river water at monthly intervals from two selected points, one
near where the River Brent enters and the other near where it
leaves the Borough, and the results of chemical examination by
the County Chemist have been generally satisfactory.
6. FOOD HYGIENE. The number of food premises in the
area, by type of business, the number of premises registered and
the number of inspections are set out in the statistical appendix
on page 37.
Condemned food is disposed of at the Council's Refuse Disposal
Plant at Alperton Lane either by incineration in the
furnaces or, if suitable, in the Waste Food Plant.
The Wembley Clean Food Association has continued its
activities in the Borough and by way of an innovation inaugurated
a Clean Food Conference which was held in the Town Hall early
in 1954 and attended by some 120 delegates representing Clean
Food Guilds and Associations, together with Members of Parliament,
Councillors and Officers of Local Authorities and representatives
from the various Ministries including, of course, the Ministry
of Food. These delegates came from London and the south
generally, but a number came from the Midlands.
His Worship the Mayor, Alderman C. H. Smith, O.B.E., J.p.,
welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Borough of Wembley, and
Mr. Councillor M. J. Curley of Wembley was elected Chairman
of the Conference.
An instructive address was given by Dr. Betty C. Hobbs of
the Public Health Laboratory Service.
The real object of the Conference was to discuss the modus
operandi of Clean Food Guilds, their future, the further improvement
of food handling and the formation of a National Clean Food
Association. The Conference agreed in principle to the formation
of such an Association and set up a Committee to take the necessary
procedural steps with a view to the formation of an Association.
7. FOOD AND DRUGS (MILK, DAIRIES AND ARTIFICIAL
CREAM) ACT, 1950; THE MILK AND DAIRIES
REGULATIONS, 1949; THE MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION)
(RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949 and 1950; THE MILK
(SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED
MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949 and 1950; THE MILK (SPECIAL
DESIGNATION) (SPECIFIED AREAS) ORDER, 1951.
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