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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
Bromley 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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47
MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS.
Fifteen dairies are registered under the above Regulations and
details of the licences issued for the year 1956 are as under :—
Dealers' (Pasteurisers') Licences 2
Dealers' Licences: —
" Pasteurised " Milk 14
" Sterilised " Milk 28
" Tuberculin Tested " Milk 15
Supplementary Licences: —
" Pasteurised " Milk 14
" Sterilised " Milk 17
" Tuberculin Tested " Milk 14
| No. of Samples taken. | Description. | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory | ||
| 117 | 117 | — | |
| 15 | — | ||
| — | — | — | |
| 132 | — | ||
| — | — | — | |
| No. of Samples Taken | Description | Satis. | Unsatis. | Methylene Blue Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | II. | III. | IV | ||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||
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* Two samples unsuitable for test. More acid than pH4.
Three samples were submitted for chemical examination, the
lowest fat content being 10.95% and the highest 13.6%.
The standard of ice cream remains at a high level, and in no
instances have pathogenic organisms been cultivated in any sample
examined since the inception of the tests in 1947.