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ICE CREAM (Cont.)
All the Grade 3 and 4 reports together with some of the
Grade 2 were concerned with one company and indicate a
concentrated effort to help the firm (whose factory is not in
this Borough) and the Inspector for the district involved to
trace and eliminate a source of contamination.
Whilst the precise cause of the unsatisfactory results
was not definitely established, it seemed to he "basically
"teething" troubles in a new factory which were successfully
dealt with, and subsequent samples were consistently good.
The Public health Laboratory Service advises that owing
to the numerous factors governing the hygienic quality of
ice cream it is unwise to pay too much attention to the
bacteriological results on any single sample. Judgment should
be based rather on a series of samples. It is suggested that
over a six monthly period, 50% a vendor's samples should
fall into grade 1 , 80% into grades 1 or 2, not more than 20%
into grade 3 and none into grade 4.
There is now no ice cream manufactured within the
Borough except from soft ice cream machines fitted on vehicles.
MOVEABLE POLLINGS.
The following sites remain licenced either under the
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960, or the
Public Health Act, 1936, Section 269.
1. The Riverhill Estate the lease of which is
held by a local Sports Club and where 36
caravans are permitted.
2. One caravan in the orchard of a private
house.
3. A temporary summer-house type of dwelling
on a large plot of land used only occasionally.
During the year a site licence was granted for the
stationing of three caravans on land at Chalky Lane, Chessington,
to be used as Circus Winter Quarters. This was not proceeded
with by the applicant.
As in the previous year a great deal of trouble was caused
by itinerant caravan dwellers who placed their vehicles on sundry
open sites in the Borough and were reluctant to move on. All
the offenders were eventually removed after much difficulty,
although it became necessary in three cases to take legal
proceedings, viz:-
(a) Green Lane Open Space.- Bench Warrants were issued in
respect of illegal parking of moveable dwellings on this open
space which was already covered by an Order. The owners of the
open space agreed to the blocking up of the entrances to the
field in question to prevent future parking.
(b) Old Kingston Road. - The Magistrates made an Order
prohibiting the parking of moveable dwellings in this area.
(c) Telegraph Hill, Leatherhead Road - An Order was sought
for the removal of 4 caravans and prohibiting the stationing of
any further moveable dwellings within an area enclosed by a
radius of 880 yards from the site.
There are now nine Orders under the Surrey County Council
Act in force in the Borough prohibiting the parking of moveable
dwellings.
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