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Wandsworth 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following licences for the sale of milk under these designations were granted during the year:

The following licences for the sale of milk under these designations were granted during the year:

Dealers'Dealers' SupplementaryTotal
Pasteurized27435309
Sterilized32438362
Tuberculin Tested19633229
Total794106900

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36 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1957
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954,
and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurized and Sterilized Milk)
Regulations, 1949-1953.
These regulations, which came into force on 1st October, 1949,
provide for the issue of licences to persons who sell milk under any
of the following designations:
"Pasteurized"
"Sterilized"
"Tuberculin Tested"
Two distributors' (pasteurizers') licences were granted during the
year and are included in the above figures.
A person who holds a "Tuberculin Tested" licence and a
"Pasteurized" or "Sterilized" licence may use the designations
"Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurized)" or "Tuberculin Tested (Sterilized)"
as the case may be.
Meat
There are 212 butchers' shops in the Borough. The majority
are registered under Section 16(1)(b) of the Food and Drugs Act,
1955, for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted,
preserved, pickled or pressed foods. There were 696 visits made to
these shops during the year.