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Bermondsey 1956
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956
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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED) REGULATIONS, 1949 During the year under report the following licences were granted:— Dealers' Licences.
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 61 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 95 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 119 |
| Supplementary Licences. | |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 18 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 18 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 23 |
Supplementary Licences.
To sell Pasteurised Milk
18
To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk
18
To sell Sterilised Milk
23
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, school meals services and
hospitals in the borough. The total number of samples submitted for
analysis during 1956 was 459, of which number 216 were taken from
schools, hospitals, etc.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids Analysis).
| Condensed Milk | 7 |
| Evaporated Milk | 12 |
| Sterilised Milk | 27 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 166 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 9 |
| Channel Islands Milk | 18 |
| South Devon Milk | 1 |
| 240 |
For Bacteriological Examination.
| Evaporated Milk | 1 |
| Pasteurised Milk: | |
| For tubercle bacilli | 4 |
| For brucella abortus | 2 |
| 7 | |
For Examination under Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.
| Pasteurised Milk (from schools, hospitals, etc.) | 108 |
| Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 44 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 42 |
| Sterilised Milk | 22 |
| Channel Islands (Pasteurised) Milk | 2 |
| 218 |