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Bermondsey 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Fifty milksellers were registered under the above Act
daring 1931, and 40 names were removed from the Register,making
a total of 290 milksellers on the Register at the end of
the year under report.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
During the year under report, the following Licences were
granted:—
Dealers' Licences:—
To bottle and sell Grade " A " (Tuberculin Tested)
Milk 11
To sell Grade "A " (Tuberculin Tested) Milk 27
To sell "Pasteurised" Milk 5
Supplementary Licences:—
To sell " Certified " Milk 3
To sell Grade " A " Milk 3
To sell Grade " A "(Tuberculin Tested) Milk 5
To sell " Pasteurised " Milk 3
All premises used for the sale of milk are regularly inspected
to ensure that the standard of cleanliness laid down is maintained.
MILK SAMPLING.
A total of 513 milk samples has been taken during the year.
This is made up as follows: —
" For chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination."
| Liquid milk undesignated | 489 |
| Condensed milk | 1 |
| Condensed full cream milk | 2 |
| Condensed machine skimmed milk | 3 |
| Evaporated milk | 1 |
| Separated milk | 1 |
| Skimmed milk | 1 |
| Sterilised milk | 11 |
| Grade 'A ' (T.T.) milk | 1 |
| Pasteurised milk | 3 |
| 513 |