Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1932
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Forty-seven milksellers were registered under the above Act
daring 1932, and 41 names were removed from the Register,
making a total of 296 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 | 29 |
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 | 6 |
To sell "Pasteurised" Milk | 4 |
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 511 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 | 479 |
Condensed milk | 6 |
Condensed full cream milk | 1 |
Condensed machine skimmed milk | 2 |
Separated milk | 3 |
Sterilised milk | 9 |
Pasteurised milk | 11 |
511 | |
"For bacteriological examination." | |
Grade 'A' (T.T.) milk | 70 |
Pasteurised milk | 17 |
Liquid milk undesignated | 50 |
For tubercle bacilli | 7 |
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