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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1940
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1940
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938,
Nineteen milk sellers were registered under the above
Acts during 1940, and 62 were removed from the Register,
making a total of 210 milk sellers on the Register at the end
of the year under report.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1936. During the year under report the following licences were granted :—
| Dealers' Licences. | |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 17 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 26 |
| Supplementary Licences. | |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 11 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 6 |
All premises used for the sale of milk are regularly inspected
to ensure that the standard of cleanliness laid down is maintained.
MILK SAMPLING.
Samples of milk, both for bacteriological and chemical
examination, are taken from milksellers, and special arrangements
are made for the sampling of the milk supplied to all schools in
the borough. The total number of samples submitted for
analysis during 1940 was 618 of which number 52 were taken from
schools.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.
| Liquid Milk, undesignated | 372 |
| Liquid Milk, undesignated (informal) | 6 |
| Sterilized Milk | 68 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 24 |
| Pasteurised Milk (informal) | 15 |
| Condensed Milk (informal) | 20 |
| 505 |
For Bacteriological Examination.
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 42 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 7 |
| Pasteurised Milk (from schools) | 26 |
| Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 32 |
| For tubercle bacilli | 4 |
| For brucella abortus | 2 |
| 113 |
(47)