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to schools, hospitals and institutions in the Borough was continued
during the year. Of the 68 samples taken, 24 samples were submitted
for the Phosphatase test, 24 samples for the Methylene Blue test,
and 20 for chemical examination.
Routine visits to the premises of milk distributors were
carried out during the year. Defects were found at two milk
premises and notices to remedy the defects were served on the persons
responsible.
ICE CREAM
There were 334 registered ice cream premises in the Borough at
the end of the year, of which five premises were used for manufacture
and six for the storage of ice cream.
Pre-packed ice cream only is sold from the majority of these
premises.
Routine inspections of all the premises are made, and during the
year six defects were found and subsequently remedied. Five
informal notices and one formal notice were served.
The premises of each new applicant for registration are
inspected in order to ensure that they are satisfactory and that
the requirements of the Heat Treatment Regulations are fully understood.
During the year eight samples of ice cream were submitted to the
Laboratory for grading by the Methylene Blue Test. The results of
the tests indicated that seven of the samples were in Grade 1 and
one in Grade II.
MEAT INSPECTION
The incidence of parasitic infections of cattle to which I
referred in my report of 1954, namely Cysticercus Bovis, the
parasite producing tapeworm in man, and Distoma Hepaticum (Liver
Fluke) which destroys the liver of cattle, showed no decline during
1956. The animals mostly affected were cattle originating from
Ireland.
Altogether Cysticercus Bovis was found in 68 instances during
the inspection of Ox carcases. Otherwise all carcases were in good
condition, and after refrigeration treatment to destroy the cysts
the meat was released for human consumption.
A large number of ox livers were rejected because of acute
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