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Carshalton 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Section E-Inspection and Supervision of Food
Milk Supply
The whole of Surrey is now an attested area, consequently Carshalton
is a specified area for the purposes of the Milk (Special Designations)
(Specified Areas) Order, 1951 and all milk sold in the district must be
"designated" milk.
Milk Distributors
Designated licences issued under the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 1960 during the year were as follows:—
| Designation | Number of Distributors Holding Licences | No. of Licences in force on 31.12.61 |
|---|---|---|
| Dealers (Pre-packed Milk) Licences | ||
| Sterilised | 12 | 20 |
| Pasteurised | 8 | 16 |
| Tuberculin Tested | 7 | 15 |
Bacteriological Examination of Milk
One hundred and eighty-six samples of milk were procured and
submitted for bacteriological examination. The milks were sold under the
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations and all complied with the
prescribed Regulations.
Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:—
| Designation under which | No. of samples | Methylene blue test | Phosphatase Test | Turbidity Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | U is-factory | ||
| Pasteurised | 94 | 94 | — | 94 | — | — | — |
| T.T. Pasteurised | 82 | 82 | — | 82 | — | — | — |
| sterilised | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — |
| 186 | 176 | — | 176 | — | 10 | — | |
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959—Regulations 18 to 20
No action was called for under Part VII of the Milk and Dairies
(General) Regulations, 1959, which empowers the Medical Officer of
Health to examine persons handling milk or milk receptacles who are
suspected of being infectious or to suspend from work workers found to
be infectious or to deal appropriately with any milk supply, where there
is evidence of its being the cause of disease or reasonable grounds for
believing that it is.
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