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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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MILK SUPPLY
(a) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations
1949 1953
(b) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 1954
The following licences were issued in respect of the year 1960 in accordance with these Regulations:-
| Principal licences | Supplementary licences | |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised milk | 190 | 22 |
| Sterilised milk | 181 | 23 |
| Tuberculin Tested milk | 123 | 22 |
| Milk distributors on the register and holding the above licences | 204 | 23 |
REGISTRATION OP POOD PREMISES
The number of premises registered in accordance with sections 16-18 of the
Food and Drugs Act 1955., as being used in respect of storage and sale is as
follows:-
Ice cream 587
Meat and meat products 170
Fish frying 34
FOOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
793 samples (97 formal and 696 informal) were taken during 1959 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination two formal and ten informal were found to be unsatisfactory Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table -
| Formal | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine | Unsat isfactory | Genuine | Unsatisfactory | |
| Milk | 84 | _ | 104 | - |
| Drugs | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages and meat products | 2 | 2 | 104 | 4 |
| Spirits | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | - | - | 21 | - |
| Others | 9 | - | 457 | 6 |
All unsatisfactory informal samples were followed by the taking of a formal
sample. Two formal samples were unsatisfactory and in each case a warning letter
was sent
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