View report page

17
Further samples were taken in the case of the unsatisfactory one
and the appropriate action was taken by the Essex County Council.
Licences to produce Tuberculin Tested and Accredited milk have
all been renewed during the year.
The number of farms producing Graded and Ungraded milk are—
Tuberculin Tested
(Certified) Accredited Ordinary
1 11 3
There are 18 Dairies and Milkshops on the register. 86 visits
were made.
There are 36 retail purveyors of milk on the register.
The following licences have been issued under the Milk (Special
Designations) Orders, 1936 and 1938.
Principal Licences—
Nil.
Licences—
Tuberculin Tested 5
Accredited 1
Pasteurised 4
Supplementary Licences—
Tuberculin Tested 9
Accredited 1
Pasteurised 8
Milk to Schools—
Milk supplied to Schools during the year was Accredited, Pasteurised
and ordinary. Biological examinations were made in respect of
the samples taken and all were satisfactory.
(b) Meat and other Foods—
There are 7 Slaughterhouses in the district, 6 registered and 1
licenced. Regular inspections are made and the number of visits was 587.
These will all become licenced under the Food and Drugs' Act,
1938. Your Medical Officer of Health is visiting all of these and will
make recommendations to the Council early in 1940.