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Barking 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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samples of milk for the presence of tubercle is carried out by
Professor R. T. Hewlett of the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, by
animal inoculation.
The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923:—
| "Certified" Milk | 1 |
| Grade "A" Milk | 1 |
| "Pasteurised" Milk | 3 |
| Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk | 10 |
| Grade "A" Milk, Pasteurised | 1 |
Licences were granted to two local firms for the bottling of
Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk.
There are in the district 46 retailers and 11 wholesale distributors
of sterilised milk.
One dairyman was prosecuted for bottling milk in the street.
The provision during the year of steam raising equipment for
the cleansing of their utensils and bottles, was an improvement for
which dairymen in the district should be given every credit. Bacteriological
examination of milk taken subsequent to the installation
of such equipment indicated the improvement in the conditions of
cleanliness.
39. MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
(a) Meat.—The one licensed slaughter-house continued in the
occupation of the same person and has not given cause for complaint
during the year.