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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
The following statistics relate to the sale of milk in the area :—
| Registration particulars :— | |
| 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 |
In addition to the above, eleven persons are registered as
"purveyors of milk " working from registered premises outside
the Borough.
There are no cow-keepers or farms within the Borough.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
The following licences were issued by the Council under the above-mentioned Order :—
| Number of Dealers' licences to sell :— | |
| (a) Tuberculin Tested Milk | 7 |
| (b) Accredited Milk | 1 |
| (c) Pasteurised Milk | 19 |
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
As pointed out in previous reports, the major portion of the
meat supply comes through the Central Meat Market of London,
although there is one depot of a wholesale distributing firm
located at the Brentford Market.
Although there are five slaughter-houses on the register,
three only are in continual use and in one of these only a few
sheep and pigs are slaughtered.