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Bermondsey 1937
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1937
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Thirty-three milk sellers were registered under the above
Act during 1937, and thirty-seven were removed from the Register,
making a total of 260 milk sellers on the Register at the end
of the year under report.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1936.
During the year under report the following licences were
granted:—
Dealers' Licences.
| To bottle and sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 5 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 25 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 28 |
Supplementary Licences.
| To sell Accredited Milk | 1 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 14 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 9 |
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 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 35 schools, and a total of
702 samples have been examined, as follows: —
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination.
| Liquid Milk, undesignated | 250 |
| Liquid Milk, undesignated (informal) | 8 |
| Sterilized Milk | 95 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 1 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk (informal) | 1 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 47 |
| Pasteurised Milk (informal) | 54 |
| Chocolate Milk tinned (informal) | 1 |
| Condensed Milk (informal) | 30 |
| Dried Milk (informal) | 3 |
| 490 |
(110)