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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
MILK
7 persons were registered as retail purveyors of milk during the
year.
There are now 166 purveyors of milk on the register and during the
year 298 visits were made to their premises. There are no cowsheds in
the district.
In 1936, licences under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923,
were granted as follows: —
For the sale of Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested)
Milk 21 (including 5 supplementary licences).
For the sale of Pasteurised
Milk 24 ,, 4 ,, ,,
For the sale of Certified
Milk 7 ,, 4
For the sale of Grade A
Pasteurised Milk 5 ,, 3 ,, ,,
For the sale of Grade A
Milk 1
BREAD.
There are 51 bakehouses in the district and during the year 197
visits were made to these premises by your inspectors.
MEAT, FISH AND FRUIT.
There are now 3 registered and 5 licensed slaughterhouses in the
Borough, a reduction of one licensed slaughterhouse. One slaughterhouse
carries on a wholesale trade.
There are 117 butchers shops, 145 fruiterers' and greengrocers'
shops and 80 fish shops in the district.