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(b) Number of food premises registered under Section 14 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1938, and number of dairies registered
under the Milk and Dairies Regulations 1949:—
Butchers 29
Ice Cream Shops 111
Dairies and Milkshops 15
— 155
(c) Number of visits made to registered food premises:—
Butchers 66
Ice Cream Shops 77
Dairies and Milkshops 3
(j) Disposal of Condemned Food
Meat: Collected by Messrs. John Knight for conversion into
non-edible fat for manufacture of soap etc.
Tinned Goods: Buried at the Council's refuse tip at Buckhurst
Hill.
Other Items: Disposed of for animal food if possible, if not,
buried at the Council's refuse tip.
(k) Special examination of stock or of a consignment of food
An examination of a wholesale grocer's stock was carried out
on 9th December, 1955. 312 x 8 oz. tins of tomatoes were found
unfit for human consumption on account of blown tins and were
condemned.
(1) Factories, Shops, etc.
(a) Factories and Workplaces.
146 visits have been made.
Inspection is carried out by this Department in connection with
the provision of means of escape in case of fire in accordance with
paragraph 60 of the Public Health Act, 1936 and the Factories
Acts, 1937 and 1948. Assistance in this work is given by the Essex
County Council Fire Brigade (Fire Prevention Branch) and a
technical officer from the Engineer and Surveyor's Department of
this Authority to whom I am very grateful for the help given.
3 certificates have been issued during the year.
(b) Outworkers.
354 visits have been made.
(c) Shops Act.
134 visits have been made.
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