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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1934
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1934
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Fifty-one milksellers were registered under the above Act
during 1934, and 51 names were removed from the Register,
making a total of 298 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 | 9 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 28 |
| To sell Grade "A" Pasteurised Milk | 1 |
| To sell "Pasteurised" Milk | 14 |
| Pasteuriser's Licence:— | |
| To sell Milk as "Pasteurised" | 1 |
| Supplementary Licences:— | |
| To sell "Certified" Milk | 2 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Pasteurised) Milk | 2 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 4 |
| To sell "Pasteurised" Milk | 6 |
All premises used for the sale of milk are regularly inspected
to ensure that the standard of cleanliness laid down is maintained.
MILK SAMPLING.
Arrangements have been made for the sampling of the milk
supplied to all schools in the borough, under the new milk scheme.
Samples are taken for both bacteriological and chemical analysis,
and so far a good standard has been maintained.
Samples have been taken from 38 schools, and a total of
674 milk samples have been examined, as follows: —
"For chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination."
| Liquid milk undesignated | 457 |
| Condensed milk | 6 |
| Evaporated milk | 2 |
| Machine skimmed milk | 1 |
| Homogenized milk | 1 |
| Separated milk | 6 |
| Sterilised milk | 5 |
| Pasteurised milk | 2 |
| Pasteurised milk (Informal) | 39 |
| 519 |