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Certified—
Satisfactory, 6.
Unsatisfactory, 0.
Grade "A" Pasteurised—
Satisfactory, 1.
Unsatisfactory, 1 (B. Coli present in cc.)
With regard to all cases of designated milk failing to meet
the requirements of the Order, special letters of caution were sent
asking for immediate investigations to be made with a view to
tracing the source of contamination and preventing a recurrence.
Other Foods.
All factories dealing with food of various kinds, also retail
shops, bakehouses (there are 34 underground bakehouses), and
other premises, are under the constant supervision of the District
Sanitary Inspectors, and 5,585 inspections were made during the
year.
The Inspector under the Food and Drags Acts is also the
Inspector and Official Sampler under the Fertilisers and Feeding
Stuffs' Act, 1926.
Ice Cream.
Twenty-seven samples of Ice Cream were taken from shops
and itinerant vendors, and submitted for bacteriological examination,
as under:—
1. Satisfactory (from barrow in
street) —
2. Bacterial Count heavy and Letter of caution sent, premB.
Welchii present in 10 ises and utensils inspected,
c.c. (from barrow in street) Sampled again ; see No. 13.
3. Satisfactory (from barrow
outside Recreation Ground) —
4. Bacterial Count heavy, and Letter of caution sent, premstreptococci
present in 1 c.c. ises and utensils inspected,
(from barrow in street) Sampled again; see No. 19.
5. Satisfactory (from barrow
outside school) —
6. Satisfactory (from barrow in
street) —
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