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FOOD CONDEMNED PUKING THE YEAR, 1954
Fruit and Vegetables 2,139 lbs
Fish 52 stone
Meat 28 cwt
Perishable Goods 9.72 cwt
Tinned Foods 6,616 tins
SLAUGHTERHOUSES
Number on the Register (including one Knacker's Yard) 2
Contravention of Bye-laws -
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
(vide Livestock (Restriction on Slaughter) Order, 1940)
Number of Licences to Slaughter Animals issued during the year
New Licences 2
Renewed Licences 1
MILK
During 1954, the following licences were issued under the Regulations
mentioned:-
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised & Sterilised Milk) Regulations
1949 to 1953.
Dealer's Licences 53
Supplementary Licences 18
Milk (Special Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
Dealer's Licences 22
Supplementary Licences 9
Routine inspection of dairies was carried out in order to maintain the
standard laid down by the Food & Drugs Act, 1938, for the condition of such
premises.
BAKEHOUSES
Number in district in use 13
Contraventions of Food & Drugs Act, 1938. -
BRENTFORD MARKET
This is a very large wholesale market for the sale of fruit, vegetables
and flowers and covers an area of some 13 acres. It is under the contrel of
the Borough Council and there are 450 holdings with 150 tenants. It has a
Corporation staff of 16 members and roughly 1,500 vehicles pass through the
market every day.
Frequent visits are paid by the Sanitary Inspectors to confirm the main
tenance of good sanitation and the avoidance of nuisances, and also to ascertain
that the market is free from rodent infestation.
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