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During the year 15 applications for registration as milk distributors
were dealt with. No applications were received in respect of dairies. Of
the 15 new registrations 11 were for new premises and the other 4 were in
respect of the change of proprietorship of previously registered premises.
The number of premises and distributors registered at 31st December, 1954,
was as follows:-
Distributors 168
Dairies 11
The Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex
County Council (which is the licensing authority for premises at which milk is
processed) reported that "Up to May, 1954. there was one dealer/steriliser
licensed by my Council in Tottenham the firm then ceased operations. From
January to May the premises were regularly inspected and in all 13 samples of
sterilised milk taken and submitted to examination- All samples proved satisfactory".
Slaughterhouses and Knackers Yards
The work of the department in connection with slaughter-houses has
assumed a new significance during this year. For the first time, since 1939,
my annual report has to deal with the subject of meat inspection other than
horse slaughtering. Until December 1953 there were 5 licensed slaughter
houses in the Borough. When it became known that decontrol of the meat
industry was to take place in 1954 applications for licences in respect of 3
of these slaughterhouses were refused. Appeals against these refusals were
lodged in the Magistrates Court, but were subsequently withdrawn. There are
therefore now only two licensed slaughterhouses operating in Tottenham:
(1) Messrs. Smith & Spalding Markfield Road N. 15.
(2) Messrs. Allen, Philip Lane, N.15.
the latter having been re licensed after extensive repairs and redecorations
were carried out.
Aliens slaughter cattle, sheep and pigs, and the table shows the
extent to which the work has developed. The figures in respect of horses
slaughtered at Messrs. Smith & Spalding are for the full year i.e. January to
December but the remainder cover the period from July 3 when control was
removed, to December 1954. The normal hours of slaughtering are from 7 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday inclusive, but owing to limited hanging and
refrigerated space the evening times of slaughtering have to be extended. To
ensure that an adequate" and efficient meat inspection service is maintained,
it has been necessary to introduce a rota of inspectors. The rota covers