Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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These figures approximate closely to those of the previous ten years, averages of which are tabulated below:—
Year. | No. of Samples examined. | Total Solids (average). | Non-fatty Solids (average). | Fat (average). |
---|---|---|---|---|
1944 | 100 | 12.29 | 8.81 | 3.48 |
1945 | 94 | 12.45 | 8.87 | 3.58 |
1946 | 214 | 12.33 | 8.81 | 3.53 |
1947 | 216 | 12.36 | 8.84 | 3.52 |
1948 | 214 | 12.29 | 8.78 | 3.51 |
1949 | 212 | 12.35 | 8.86 | 3.49 |
1950 | 216 | 12.32 | 8.80 | 3.52 |
1951 | 217 | 12.35 | 8.83 | 3.52 |
1952 | 179 | 12.39 | 8.86 | 3.53 |
1953 | 175 | 12.18 | 8.69 | 3.49 |
1954 | 157 | 12.20 | 8.61 | 3.59 |
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.
A person proposing to use a special designation authorised by the Regulations is
required to apply to the licensing authority of the area in which the milk is to be sold,
for a licence to use the designation. Upon being satisfied that the relevant provisions
of the Regulations are complied with; a Licensing Authority grant a dealer's licence to a
distributor in respect of each of his premises within their area rrom which the designated
milk is to be sold. Where a distributon holding a dealer's licence to use a special designation
in respect of milk sold from premises in one area, wishes to sell milk within the area of
another Licensing Authority, the latter authority may issue a dealer's supplementary
licence authorising the use of the designation in their area.
During the year 186 licences were issued, details of which are as follows:—
Dealer's Licences. | Dealer's Supplementary Licences. | |
---|---|---|
To sell Tuberculin Tested milk | 32 | 22 |
To sell Accredited milk | — | — |
To sell Pasteurised milk | 49 | 23 |
To sell Sterilised milk | 37 | 23 |
Milk — Bacteriological Examination.
During the vear, 96 samples of milk were submitted for bacteriological examination,
23 of these were from milk supplied to schools in the Borough and four to a Day
Nursery.