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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) 30
Total 80
In addition to the above, 11 persons are registered as
"purveyors of milk" working from registered premises outside
the Borough.
There are no cowkeepers 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 18
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
The major portion of the meat supply to the Borough
comes through the Central Meat Market of London, but in
addition there is one wholesale distributing depot located in
the Brentford Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market.
There are now only four private slaughter-houses operating
in the Borough in a small way, and in two only are cattle
slaughtered in very moderate numbers.
A return of animals slaughtered within the Borough during
the year is set out on page 32 of this report. The figure given
shows a falling off from that of the previous year, due partly