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drinks, and where some soft cheeses were described as "cream
cheese". Some extravagant claims in respect of medical
remedies were also challenged and the advertisements withdrawn.
One licence was issued to use the designation "pasteurised"
in relation to milk processed in the area. Premises were
inspected regularly and 59 samples taken. The premises and
samples were satisfactory.
Nineteen samples of raw milk were tested for tubercle
bacilli but none was contaminated.
Milk (Special Designations), (Raw Milk), (Pasteurised and
Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949 to 1953.
Dealers licences were granted to sell graded milk as
follows:
Tuberculin Tested 7
Pasteurised 7
Sterilised 19
Supplementary Licences:
Tuberculin Tested 13
Pasteurised 13
Sterilised 14
There were 24 distributors of milk and one dairy.
Complaints were received in respect of ten milk bottles
which either contained foreign matter or were not clean.
Warnings were given in each case.
Ice Cream
Premises at which ice cream was sold continued to
receive regular attention. There were no registered manufacturers
of ice cream in the area.
Seven premises were registered, under Section 16 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, for the sale of ice cream.
As in previous years the Council received complaints with
regard to the noise and disturbance caused by the various
instruments used by mobile ice cream vendors. On the 1st
December a byelaw made by the Middlesex County Council
with regard to noisy hawking came into force. It remains to
be seen whether this measure will enable an improvement in
the position to be achieved.
Clean Air
The Council supported the setting up of a Clean Air Coordinating
Committee embracing adjoining districts and in
April the West Middlesex Clean Air Co-ordinating Committee
was formed. The constituent authorities were the Borough of
Ealing and the Urban Districts of Hayes and Harlington and
Feltham. It was hoped that other districts would eventually
participate.