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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1954
[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, 19U9-1953,
(b) Milk (Special Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations„ 1919-1950^
The following licences were issued at the end of the year in accordance
with these Regulations in respect of the year 1955;
Main
Licences
Supplementary
Licences
Pasteurised milk 201 26
Sterilised milk 206 27
Tuberculin Tested milk 145 26
ICE-CREAM
The number of premises registered in accordance with Section 14 of the
Pood and Drugs Act, 1938 as being used in respect of the storage and sale of
ice-cream is 474
POOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
825 samples (139 formal and 686 informal) were taken during 1954 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination of which five formal and eleven 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 | |
| Milk | 101 | 1 | 96 | - |
| Drugs | 1 | 1 | 63 | 2 |
| Sausages and meat products | 9 | - | 99 | 4 |
| Spirits | 18 | - | - | - |
| Ice-cream | - | - | 46* | - |
| Others | 5 | 3 | 371 | 5 |
The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows
Milk Warning letter sent
Pepper Legal action taken
Natural lemon juice Explanation accepted
Almonds squash Warning letter sent
Chocolate figures Whole consignment re exported to
country of origin
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