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The baths waters are treated by continuous filtration and breakpoint chlorination.
While baths' staff do everything to maintain a 'safe' standard of bath water
bathers could assist very materially by the observance of strict personal hygiene.
During the year 7 samples of baths water and 2 from a paddling pool were taken and
all were found to be satisfactory.
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 person was cleansed under the provisions
of Section 85 of the Public Health Act, 1936. During the year 41 children in attendance
at schools in the Borough were found to be verminous and because of the failure
of parents to take necessary action 16 of these children had to be cleansed by the
School Health Department.
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
27 visits of inspection were made during the year.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK. At the end of the year, there were 40 distributors registered under
the Milk and Dairies Regulations. During the year 84 inspections were made at dairies
and retail purveyors' premises. Under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations,
42 licences for the sale of 'tuberculin tested' milk, 45 for the sale of 'pasteurised'
milk, and 53 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'.
Twelve samples of pasteurised milk were tested. The pasteurisation was found
to be satisfactory in 9 and slightly unsatisfactory in 3. The attention of the firms
concerned was drawn to these results.
Seven complaints were received of dirty milk bottles, 2 of foreign matter in
the milk and one of a metallic taste in the milk. Pour of the complaints were not
substantiated, and in one case proceedings could not be taken as the complainant
was unwilling to give evidence in Court. In two cases warning letters were sent and
proceedings in the remaining three cases resulted in fines of £15 and costs of
£5 5s Od.
ICE CREAM. Under the Food 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 250.
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
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