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In Bromley, 621 cans, representing 6,288 lbs. of ham, were
condemned during the year 1951.
FOOD PREPARING PLACES.
There are approximately 258 premises within the area issued with
a catering licence by the Ministry of Food, this figure includes school
and industrial canteens, hospitals, nursing homes, nurseries and
institutions, hotels and public restaurants, etc.
INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES.
Two thousand nine hundred and seventy-six visits of inspection
were made to Food Premises during the year and 149 defects were
noted. Two hundred and twenty defects were abated during 1951 ;
this figure includes those noted in 1950 which were remedied in 1951.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1938 AND 1944.
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949.
The following licences were issued by the Local Authority under
the above Regulations: —
Dealers' (Pasteurisers') Licence 1
Dealers' Licences: —
"Pasteurised" Milk 15
"Sterilised" Milk 15
"Tuberculin Tested" Milk 15
Supplementary Licences: —
"Pasteurised" Milk 18
"Sterilised" Milk .. 15
"Tuberculin Tested" Milk 13
MEAT INSPECTION.
Slaughterhouses.
There are five slaughterhouses still in existence within the Borough.
Two only of these are used at the present time, slaughtering being
carried out on behalf of local pig-keeping clubs, etc. No other
slaughtering of animals is carried out in the area.
Annual licences were granted to five slaughtermen under the
provisions of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
The following table gives details of the ante- and post-mortem
inspection of animals made during 1951: —