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(i) No cattle are kept in the District of Wood Green.
(ii) The following licences for the sale of milk under special
designations have been granted during the year:—
Certified 2
Pasteurised 1
Grade "A"—Tuberculin Tested 1
All the firms concerned are outside this District.
(iii) It has not been necessary to refuse or revoke registration
of any retailer.
(iv) Bacteriological examinations of graded and other milk
are not carried out by the Council, but by the County Authority.
(6) Meat.
The occupier of the licensed slaughter-house in the District
has given notice of the times of slaughtering, and arrangements are
made for the inspection of all carcases by the Chief Inspector or his
Assistant, who both hold the Certificate of the Royal Sanitary
Institute for Meat Inspection.
In the remaining slaughter-houses, only one notice of slaughtering
(sheep) has been received.
Almost the whole of the meat consumed in the District is
purchased from the London markets, and has, presumably, been
inspected.
The Public Health (Meat) Regulations came into operation on
the 1st April, 1925, and are a valuable addition to our Sanitary
provisions. They deal with the cleanly condition and transport of
meat in the markets, shops and stalls, and especially affect the
housekeeper, in that a person selling meat or exposing or offering
the same for sale, must protect it from mud, filth or dust being