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Tottenham 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]

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43
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK.
32 persons were registered as retail purveyors of milk during the
year.
There are now 169 purveyors of milk on the register and during the
year 349 visits were made to their premises. There are no cowsheds in
the district.
In 1935, licences under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923,
were granted as follows:—
For the sale of Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested)
Milk 25 (including 5 supplementary licences).
For the sale of Pasteurised
Milk 26 ,, 3 ,, ,,
For the sale of Certified
Milk7„4„„
For the sale of Grade A
Pasteurised Milk 5 ,, 3 ,, ,,
For the sale of Grade A
Milk 1
BREAD.
There are 52 bakehouses in the district and during the year 226
visits were made to these premises by your inspectors.
MEAT, FISH AND FRUIT.
There are now 3 registered and 6 licensed slaughterhouses in the
Borough. One slaughterhouse carries on a wholesale trade.
There are in Tottenham 116 butchers' shops, 145 fruiterers' and
greengrocers' shops, and 84 fish shops.