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sorily notifiable in this District). Perivale, being comparatively
isolated from the other hamlets, the children from
which attend the same school. I communicated with Dr.
Young, the County and School Medical Officer, and he agreed
with my suggestion that children from this part of the
District should be excluded. This was done, and there were
no cases supervening at the school.
Food.
Milk Supply.
The conditions referred to under this heading in my
last Annual Report remain the same. I have not received
any complaints of nuisances, nor illness of an infectious
nature on any of the premises from whence milk is supplied,
and there has been no question as to the wholesomeness of the
milk produced within or imported into the District.
Other Foods.
Most of the food consumed is purchased in the surrounding
Districts, there being only a few small local shops. The
Sale of Food and Drugs Act is administered by the Middlesex
County Council.
There are no bakehouses in the District. The few shops
consist of general grocery and provision stores, and two
butchers. In connection with one of the latter, there is a
slaughter house, which was referred to fully in my last Annual
Report.
Several complaints were made about the insanitary
condition of these premises, so much so, that when a renewal
of the licence (which was only granted by the Council for
twelve months) was asked for, the Sanitary Committee,
at their meeting on April 12th, recommended to the Council
that the application for the licence could net be entertained
until the premises were put in a better condition. It was
accordingly refused by the Council at their meeting on April