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VERMINOUS PREMISES AND ARTICLES. No action had to be taken under Sections 83
and 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
VERMINOUS PERSONS. One verminous persons was cleansed under the provisions of
Section 85 of the Public Health Act, 1936. During the year 87 children in attendance
at schools in the Borough were found to be verminous and because of the failure of
parents to take necessary action 34 of these children had to be cleansed by the School
Health Department.
Louse infestation is much too prevalent, and is due solely to lack of personal
cleanliness. The problem of the persistently verminous children or family is a difficult
one and is usually not one of uncleanliness alone.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951. This Act is designed to regulate the sale of pet animals
and the main provision is that no person shall keep a pet shop except under the
authority of a licence granted in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Under
the provisions of this Act 8 premises in the Borough have been licensed and 24 visits
of inspection were made during the year.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK At the end of the year, 12 dairies were registered under the Milk and
Dairies Regulations. During the year 68 inspections were made at dairies and retail
purveyors' premises. Under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 42 licences
for the sale of 'tuberculin tested' milk, 44 for the sale of "pasteurised' milk, and
52 for the sale of "sterilised' milk were issued.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Special Areas) Order, 1951. came into operation
on 1st October, 1951. This Order defined the County of Middlesex as an area in
which the use of a special designation becomes obligatory for the purpose of all
sales of milk by retail for human consumption (other than a catering sale). The
special designations permitted are 'sterilised', 'pasteurised' and 'tuberculin tested'.
ICE CREAM. Under the Pood and Drugs Act, 'premises used for the sale or the
manufacture for the purpose of sale, of ice-cream, or the storage of ice-cream intended
for sale' must be registered!. This does not apply to premises used primarily as
a club, hotel, inn or restaurant and only to a theatre, cinematograph theatre, music
hall or concert hall if the ice-cream is manufactured on the premises. The number
of premises registered at the end of the year was 239
The Ice-Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations require all ice-cream except
complete cold-mix powders, to be heat treated with a view to killing any pathogenic
organisms which may be present and lay down the temperatures at which mixtures are
to be kept before and after heat treatment - these temperatures are such as to discourage
bacterial growth.
The Regulations also require that ice-cream shall be protected from dirt, dust
or other contamination. The enforcement of these Regulations calls for regular and
persistent supervision of premises, plant and method of manufacturing and handling.

The percentage of doubtbul and unsatisfactory samples was 17.1 as compared
with 13,3 in 1957 and 31.2 in 1956.
BAKEHOUSES. There are 21 bakehouses in the Borough and 85 visits of inspection
were made during the year.
SLAUGHTERHOUSES, etc. There is no public abattoir, private slaughterhouse or
knacker's yard operating in the Borough.
SLAUGHTER OP ANIMALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954- No application for a licence, under
the provisions of the Act, has been received.
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