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ADMINISTRATION OF THE SHOPS ACTS
The adjustment of hours to meet wartime conditions and the obvious endeavour
of shopkeepers generally to co-operate to secure the best result, offset the unavoidable
neglect of this work. The routine inspection of food shops which was maintained
enabled some control to be exercised on other trades.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Milk.
The following licences under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, were
granted during 1941:—
for the sale of Tuberculin Tested milk 9
for the sale of Accredited milk 1
for the sale of Pasteurised milk 21
for Pasteurisation 2
Supplementary Licences 4
a total of 37 licences being in force at the end of the year.
Sampling.
Forty-two samples of milk, designated and undesignated, were sent during the
year for bacterial count. The examinations are carried out at the National Institute for
Research in Dairying, Reading, or at the Public Health Emergency Laboratory, Ealing.
The samples are sent by train to the Institute or delivered at the Laboratory, and are
invariably examined within four to six hours of being taken.
Food Sampling.
The chemical or bacteriological analyses of four food samples taken during the
year by the Sanitary Inspectors were carried out by the Public Analyst.
The Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act is administered by the County Council.
The figures for 1941 are not available.
Food Inspection.
Inspections are made of the carcases of recently slaughtered animals, and of
premises where meat, fish and other foods are sold or prepared for sale. There is no
registered slaughterhouse or public abattoir in the district, and most of the meat supplied
comes from the Ministry of Food Distribution Centre.