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Bermondsey 1936
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Thirty-one milksellers were registered under the above Act
during 1936, and fifty-seven names were removed from the
Register, making a total of 264 milksellers on the Register at the
end of the year under report.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDERS, 1923, 1936. During the year under report the following licences were granted:—
| Dealers' Licences: To bottle and sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 7 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 21 |
| To sell Grade "A" Pasteurised Milk | 1 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 22 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 1 |
| Pasteuriser's Licence: To sell milk as Pasteurised | 1 |
| Supplementary Licences: To sell Certified Milk | 4 |
| To sell Grade "A" Pasteurised Milk | 3 |
| To sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk | 7 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 11 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 1 |
MILK SAMPLING.
Arrangements are made for the sampling of 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 32 schools, and a total of
707 samples have been examined, as follows:—
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.
| Liquid Milk undesignated | 307 |
| Liquid Milk undesignated (informal) | 3 |
| Grade "A" Tuberculin Tested Milk | 6 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 49 |
| Pasteurised Milk (informal) | 46 |