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Wood Green 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply
The following licences for the sale of milk under special
designations have been granted.
Tuberculin Tested Accedited Pasteurised Sterilised
14 1 20 , 38
Supplementary licences to sell milk from premises which are
outside the area of the Licensing Authority.
Tuberculin Tested Accedited Pasteurised Sterilised
11 — 12 13
Seventeen samples of milk were submitted for examination
during the year and all of these conformed to the standards under
the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949.
(b) Ice Cream
There are 11 premises registered for the manufacture of Ice
Cream in the district and 105 premises registered for retailing Ice
Cream. During the year, 179 visits were paid to these premises, and
37 samples were submitted for bacteriological examination. Of
these samples :
28 were Grade I 4 were Grade II
Nil were Grade III 5 were Grade IV

(c) Meat and Other Foods

The undermentioned foodstuffs were certified as unfit for human consumption during the year :—

lbs.Tins
Meat1,870Meat185
Fish296Fish22
Fruit12Vegetables260
Cheese8Fruit536
Meat pies20Evaporated Milk123
Cakes, etc.125½Jam78
SweetsSoup32
Biscuits25
Cereals84
Sausages .55
2,5003/41,236