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Bermondsey 1935
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1935
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Forty-two milksellers were registered under the above Act
during 1935, and 50 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 | 9 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 27 |
| To sell Grade "A" Pasteurised Milk | 1 |
| To sell "Pasteurised" Milk | 20 |
| To sell "Certified" Milk | 1 |
| Pasteuriser's Licence:— | |
| To sell Milk as "Pasteurised" | 1 |
| Supplementary Licences:— | |
| To sell "Certified" Milk | 3 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Pasteurised) Milk | 4 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 7 |
| To sell "Pasteurised" Milk | 7 |
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 exist for the sampling of the milk supplied to
all schools in the borough. Samples are taken for both bacteriological
and chemical analysis; and so far a good standard has
been maintained.
Samples have been taken from 34 schools, and a total of
738 milk samples have been examined, as follows: —
"For chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination."
| Liquid milk undesignated | 414 |
| Condensed milk (informal) | 6 |
| Dried milk (informal) | 3 |
| Grade A (Tuberculin Tested) milk | 3 |
| Pasteurised milk (informal) | 49 |
| Separated milk | 1 |
| Sterilised milk | 32 |
| 508 |