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Number of addresses received from other Councils 110
Number of addresses forwarded to other Councils 61
Number of premises where outwork was carried on at
the end of 1966 158
Underground bakehouses in use at the end of the year 1
Cleansing Station
One of the occasional but important duties of a local authority
is to ensure the disinfestation of verminous persons and their clothing.
To this end, the former Merton and Morden U.D.C. maintained a
Cleansing Station at Aston Road, S.W.20. The premises formed part
of a building containing slipper baths for public use, and the Cleansing
Station section contained two slipper baths, and incidental rooms.
A Dodwell and Dunning electric dlsinfector for clothing had been
installed, and the whole of the premises are maintained and staffed
by the Baths Manager. Although the use of the facilities may be
infrequent, when the need arises in an area which does not possess
these facilities, the attendant difficulties can be hard to overcome.
During the year 1966, 36 local residents and five persons from
other districts received treatment for scabies or lice infestation. A fee
of 30s. is payable by outside authorities for persons sent by them for
treatment.
It will be necessary during the coming year to transfer staffing
arrangements to the Health Department, and it is hoped to install an
independent hot water supply and space heating unit.
SERVICES UNDER FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959.
The number of Distributors of milk in the Borough as shown
by the Register kept in accordance with these Regulations is 141.
There are four dairies handling milk in bottles or sealed churns,
and two pasteurising establishments, one of which also processes milk
by ultra high temperature treatment.
Milk (Special Designation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965.
Schedule 1 of the Regulations which refers to the special conditions
subject to which licences to use the special designation ' Ultra
Heat Treated' may be granted, were applied to the dairy processing
this milk. Many enquiries were received during the year from other
Councils to whom applications had been made for licences in respect
of the sale of U.H.T. milk, and a number of Health Certificates were
issued to the company concerned for the export of U.H.T. milk.
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963, as amended.
The following licences, which will remain in force until 31st
December, 1970, have been issued under these Regulations:—
Dealers' (Pasteuriser's) Licences 2
Dealers' (Ultra Heat Treated) Licence 1
Dealers' (Pre-packed Milk) Licences:—
Untreated milk 61
Pasteurised milk 145
Sterilised milk 116
Ultra Heat Treated milk 27
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