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St Pancras 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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(a) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949.
(b) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
These Regulations require the licensing of traders selling (a) pasteurised and sterilised
milks and (b) tuberculin tested milk.

Table: The following licences were issued at the end of the year in respect of the year 1953:-

The following licences were issued at the end of the year in respect of the year 1953:-

Main LicencesSupplementary Licences
Pasteurised milk17124
Sterilised milk18625
Tuberculin Tested milk11824

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Ice Cream.
The number of premises registered in accordance with Section 14 of the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938, as being used in respect of the storage and sale of ice cream is 414.
Food Sampling.
Chemical Examination.

Table: examination, of which six formal and seven informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:—

examination, of which six formal and seven informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:—

Formal.Informal.
Genuine.Unsatisfactory.Genuine.Unsatisfactory.
Milk175284—
Drugs211023
Sausages and meat products702462
Spirits40———
Ice Cream——59*—
Others612332

Table: The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows:—

The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows:—

Milk (2)Summons in each case.
Drugs (1)Warning letter sent.
Sausages (2)Summons in each case.
Pepper (1)Warning letter sent.