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B. Coli was present in 1/1000 c.c. Structural alterations and improved
methods of handling the products were made and on further samples
being submitted for analysis it was reported that ''The sample was of
a high standard of bacterial purity and in this respect is a clean product."
There is no legal standard of cleanliness for ice cream.
BREAD.
There are 53 bakehouses in the district and during the year 142
visits were made to these premises by your inspectors.
MEAT, FISH AND FRUIT.
There are now 3 registered and 6 licensed slaughterhouses in the
district. One licensed slaughterhouse was removed from the register
during the year. One slaughterhouse carries on a wholesale trade.
There are in Tottenham 116 butchers' shops, 153 fruiterers' and
greengrocers' shops, and 80 fish shops. During the year, 610 visits were
made to the butchers' shops, 343 to the fish shops and 253 to the fruiterers'
and greengrocers' shops. Visits are made at all hours of the day.
Slaughtermen are required by law to notify the Council of the times
at which they propose to slaughter animals. If the slaughtering is
carried on at fixed hours on regular days of the week, there is no need to
give a daily notification. When irregular slaughtering is carried on
your officers endeavour to be present at the time of slaughtering. At
places where slaughtering is carried on all day, your officers examine the
carcases before these leave the slaughterhouses.
During the year 1,964 visits were made to slaughterhouses, and the
following animals were inspected:—Bulls 12, Bullocks 112, Cows 12,
Heifers 35, Calves 1,498, Sheep 8,107, Swine 13,833. Disease was
found to exist in:—Bulls 9.4 per cent., Bullocks 22.2 per cent., Cows
30 per cent., Heifers 14.2 per cent., Calves 0.2 per cent., Sheep 2.1 per
cent., Swine 5.7 per cent.
Of the 5.7 per cent. swine affected, 4.8 per cent. were suffering from
Tuberculosis, mostly in the neck glands, and Tuberculosis accounted for
one-third of the diseased conditions found in the Bovines.