London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

City of Westminster 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

37
Registration of Premises used in Connection with the
Manufacture, Sale or Storage of Ice Cream.
On 1st January, 1950, 151 premises were registered for the sale and
storage of ice cream. During the course of the year applications were
received in respect of 22 further premises and these were duly registered,
making a total of 173 registered premises at the end of the year.
At the commencement of the year 12 premises were registered for
the manufacture of ice cream. There were no further registrations
during the course of the year.
Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc.) Regulations, 1947.
During the year 82 samples of ice cream were submitted for
examination by the methylene blue test. The samples were classified in
the provisional grades, as follows:—
Grade 1 51
Grade 2 7
Grade 3 20
Grade 4 4
The above grading is based upon the method of examination recommended
by the Ministry of Health. In this test the grading is consequent
upon the time taken for a measured volume of the ice cream to reduce
the colour of a measured volume of methylene blue dye.
Grade 1 Over 4½ hours.
Grade 2 Between 2 and 4½ hours.
Grade 3 Between ½ and 2 hours.
Grade 4 Under ½ hour.

Table: Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949. At the 31st December, 1950, the following were entered in the City Council's Registers of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—

Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949. At the 31st December, 1950, the following were entered in the City Council's Registers of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—

Premises used as dairies59
Distributors of milk (premises in Westminster)51
Distributors of milk (premises outside Westminster)21

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949. Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.

Table: The following are particulars of licences granted during 1950 to dealers in respect of the sale of milk under prescribed or special designations:—

The following are particulars of licences granted during 1950 to dealers in respect of the sale of milk under prescribed or special designations:—

Principal. Licence.Supplementary. Licence.
Tuberculin tested2014
Pasteurised10020
Sterilised7620