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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(A) MILK
Production
During the year milk production ceased at one of the nine farms in
the district and at two others only store cattle are now kept.
Tuberculin Tested milk is produced at five of the remainder and at
the other ungraded milk, which is sold wholesale.
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
licences issued under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949-54.
to 35 persons or companies:—
(1) The number of premises from which pasteurised milk was
sold 50
(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 21
Supervision
During the year 74 visits were paid by the Public Health Inspectors
to dairies and cowsheds in the district.
Sampling
40 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Colindale
Laboratory for analysis. All were satisfactory. This sampling is independent
of that carried out by the County Council.
Complaints
22 complaints were received during the year about the condition
of milk bottles. 11 were about the presence of foreign matter, and 11
about the dirty condition of the bottle. Summary proceedings
taken in one of the cases; warning letters were sent about the rest.
Many millions of bottles circulate in the district each year; the snia
number of complaints received testifies to the efforts of the Dairy Companies
and the co-operation they receive from those householders w
play their part by rinsing the milk bottles before returning them.
Monday is a difficult day for milk roundsmen, as householders do not
put out bottles to be collected on Sundays. This leads to the practice
of crates of empty bottles being stacked on the highway.