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Ealing 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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During the year licences for the sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations were granted as follows :—
| Dealers' Licences | Supplementary Licences | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 49 | 10 | 59 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 54 | 12 | 66 |
| Sterilised Milk | 48 | 12 | 60 |
Under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations)
(Specified Area) Order 1951, all milk sold by retail in the Borough
must be "designated milk," i.e., Tuberculin Tested, Pasteurised
or Sterilised Milk.
Fifty-nine samples of milk were taken and submitted to the
Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests at the Public Health
Laboratory, Ealing.
The results were as follows :
| Designation | Samples | Phosphatase | Methylene Blue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | ||
| Pasteurised | 58 | 56 | 2 | 57 | 1 |
| T.T. Pasteurised | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| 59 | 57 | 2 | 58 | 1 | |
Subsequent samples were taken from the suppliers of the 2
samples which failed the Phosphatase Test, and these proved
satisfactory.
In addition, 249 samples of Pasteurised Milk from processing
plants in the Borough were taken by the Officers of the County
Council who are the licensing authority under the Milk (Special
Designations) Regulations. Of these 2 failed the Methylene Blue
Test and 6 failed the Phosphatase Test.
Ice Cream.
The 319 registered ice cream premises in the Borough were
all visited during the year and the source of supply checked. It
was found that their ice cream is obtained from one of the 7
registered manufacturers in the Borough or from the 22 manufacturers
outside the Borough. Samples from each of these 29
manufacturers were taken once or more during the year, a total of 96
samples of ice cream, ice cream constituents and ice lollies being
submitted for bacteriological examination.