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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Brentford and Chiswick 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
Number of premises registered:
| (a) Selling loose milk | 13 | |
| (b) Selling in bottles and sealed containers | 37 | |
| (c) Selling in sealed cartons only (B.D.) Milk | 28 | |
| Total | 78 | |
| Number of licences issued to sell: | ||
| (a) " Certified " Milk | 2 | |
| (b) " Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) " Milk | 6 | |
| (c) " Grade A " Milk | 3 | |
| (d) " Pasteurised " Milk | 18 | |
| Bakehouses. | ||
| Number in district in use | 20 | |
| Contraventions of Factory Acts | 2 | |
| Unsound Food. | ||
| Meat (including bacon) seized and surrendered (approximate weight) | 5 cwt. 29 lbs. | |
| Poultry | 34 lbs. | |
| Fish | 196 lbs. | |
| Fruit—Apples | 5 cwt. 52 lbs. | |
| Vegetables (Potatoes) | 9 cwt. | |
| Offensive Trades. | ||
| Number of premises in district Nature of trades: | 17 | |
| One soap boiler, one rag and bone dealer, and fifteen fried fish shops | ||
| Number carried on under yearly licence | 4 | |
| Number of inspections made | 52 | |