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88 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1932.
Health Committee, after considering the amount of adulteration
and circumstances of sale, decided not to prosecute the vendors
but to take further samples.
Samples of milk were taken on delivery at the following
hospitals and institutions between 5 and 8 a.m. in the early
morning:—
Hospitals. Wandsworth Prison London County
Council Schools.
71 12 33
All samples delivered to the hospitals and schools were reported
genuine, but two of the twelve samples taken on delivery to the
Wandsworth Prison were found to each contain 1½ per cent. of
extraneous water and to be 8 per cent. deficient in milk fat:
proceedings were instituted and £2 2s. 0d. costs imposed.
Two prosecutions were taken against dairymen for bottling
milk in the street in contravention of the provisions of the Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926; a fine of 15s. and £3 3s. 0d. costs were
imposed.
10 samples of milk were taken at various railway stations
in the course of transit from farmers to retailers. Six from one
farm were reported against and proceedings were taken against
the farmer. The case was dismissed as the magistrate was satisfied
that the milk was sold as given by the cow.
389 samples were taken from milk vendors in the street during
the early morning (5 to 7 a.m.) and of these five or 1.2 per cent.
were reported against.
The Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923
The following licences for sale of designated milks were
granted:—
Certified 31
Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) 49
Grade A Pasteurised 7
Pasteurised 20
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
94 samples of milk were examined microscopically by the
Council's dispenser for the presence of Tubercle Bacilli. As a