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Wimbledon 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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SECTION E. - INSPECTION AND
SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936/46, licences were granted to retailers as follows:—
| Pasteurisers' Licences | |
| Dealers' Licences— | |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 10 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 17 |
| Supplementary Licences | 17 |
| 44 |
During the year seventy-five samples of milk were sent for bacteriological examination. Fifty-five of these samples were of special designated milk and the results are given below:—
| Milk. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised | 18 | - |
| Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised | 13 | - |
| Tuberculin Tested Certified | 12 | 7 |
| Heat Treated | 5 | - |
Four of the seven unsatisfactory samples of Tuberculin Tested
Certified milk were taken from one firm and three from another.
Communications were sent to the County Medical Officers of the areas
concerned in order that investigations could be carried out at the
source of production. At the end of the year, samples taken from
both retailers were reported upon by the bacteriologist as satisfactory.
Twenty samples of ungraded milk were taken during the year. There
is no standard laid down with which ungraded milk has to conform.
In fourteen cases, however, the bacteriologist reported that the ungraded
milk was up to the standard of pasteurised milk. In most,
if not all, of these instances, the milk had previously been pasteurised,
but was not actually sold as pasteurised milk.
During the year 46 samples of ice cream were sent to the Public Health Laboratory Service at Epsom for bacteriological examination.
The results of these sam p les were as follows:—
| Grade 1 | 21 |
| Grade 2 | 12 |
| Grade 3 | 9 |
| Grade 4 | 4 |
| Total | 46 |