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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(A) MILK
Production
The number of farms in the district, nine, is the same as last year.
Two of the farms produce ungraded milk which is sold wholesale; at
the other seven, tuberculin tested milk is produced.
Distribution and Licensing
Two dairies in the district are equipped with pasteurising plants and
are licensed by the Middlesex County Council.
The following are particulars of the numbers of various types of
licenses issued under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1949-54:
(1) The number of premises from which pasteurised milk was
sold 51
(2) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
pasteurised milk was retailed in the district 21
(3) The number of premises from which T.T. milk was sold 47
(4) The number of premises outside Harrow from which T.T.
milk was retailed in the district 21
(5) The number of premises from which sterilised milk was sold 49
(6) The number of premises outside Harrow from which
sterilised milk was retailed in the district 20
Supervision
During the year 85 visits were paid by the Public Health Inspectors to
dairies and cowsheds in the district.
Sampling
43 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Colindale
Laboratory for analysis. All were satisfactory.
Complaints
Fourteen complaints were received during the year about the condition
of milk bottles. Six were about the presence of foreign matter:
and eight about the dirty condition of the bottle. Summary proceedings
were taken in one of the cases; warning letters were sent about the rest.
Many millions of bottles circulate in the district each year; the
small number of complaints received testifies to the efforts of the Dairy
Companies and the co-operation they receive from those householders
who play their part by rinsing the milk bottles before returning them-
(B) MEAT
Slaughtering
Slaughterhouses. The Government's long term policy for regulating
the provision of slaughterhouses in England and Wales was published on
the 9th May in a white paper Cmd. 9761. This policy is based on the
recommendations of the Inter-Departmental Committee on