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HOUSING
No statistics in the tabular form usually required by the Ministry of
Health are submitted. The Minister has not asked for this information
and, owing to the present chaotic state of housing repairs and the difficulty
in remedying defects, such statistics would not give an accurate picture
of housing as a whole.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951, came
into operation on 1st October, 1951, under which Order the use of special
designations for retail sales of milk within the Borough became compulsory.
During the year the following samples were examined under the
provisions of the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilized
Milk) Regulations.
Designation No.
Pasteurised 69
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 16
Sterilized 5
90
With the exception of 2 samples of pasteurised milk which failed
to comply with the methylene blue test, the samples conformed to the
standards prescribed by the Regulations.
MEAT
No animals intended for sale for human consumption were slaughtered
in the Borough during the year.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938
On 1st April, 1940, the Corporation became the Food and Drugs
Authority for the Borough, and took over the duties under the Act from
the Surrey County Council.
Dr. H. Amphlett Williams, Ph.D.(Lond.), A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., of
1 Southwark Street, London, S.E.I, is Public Analyst for the Borough.
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