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Poplar 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION E.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
(1) Inspection of premises.
During the year a total of 310 inspections of dairies ana
other premises in the Borough used in connection with the
distribution of milk were made by the Food Inspector.
Defects were found to exist in three instances and appropriate
action was taken.
(2) Registration and Licensing.
The Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944, and
Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, as
amended by the 1944 Act, became operative on 1st October,
1949, and these enactments brought about a variation in
the law relating to the registration of dairies and dairymen
and to the issue of Licences authorising the use of special
designations in connection with the sale of certain milks.
Details of registrations and licences issued during the
year are given in the following tables:
TABLE X.
| Number of registrations under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 (Subsequent to 1.10.49). | |
|---|---|
| Dairies | 16 |
| Distributors:— | |
| 122 | |
| 19 |
TABLE XI.
| Number of Licences issued under | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1946 (Prior to 1.10.49). | Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 (Subsequent to 1.10.49). | ||||
| Pasteurised | Tuberculin Tested | Sterilised | Pasteurised | Tuberculin Tested | |
| Dealers' Licences | 11 | 14 | 56 | 15 | 3 |
| Dealers' Supplementary Licences | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Pasteurisers' Licences | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 22 | 20 | 70 | 22 | 5 |