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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 1938
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1938
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MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
Thirty-six milk sellers were registered under the above
Act during 1938, and forty were removed from the Register,
making a total of 256 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 | 4 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 22 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 24 |
Supplementary Licences.
| To sell Accredited Milk | 1 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 16 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 8 |
All premises used for the sale of milk are regularly inspected
to ensure that the standard of cleanliness laid down is maintained.
MILK SAMPLING.
In addition to the samples of milk taken from registered milksellers,
arrangements are made for the sampling of milk supplied
to all schools in the borough, both for bacteriological and
chemical analysis.
Fifty-six samples of milk have been taken from schools, the
total number submitted for examination being 729.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Examination,
| Liquid Milk, undesignated | 327 |
| Liquid Milk, undesignated (informal) | 3 |
| Sterilized Milk | 79 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 5 |
| Accredited Milk (informal) | 2 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 24 |
| Pasteurised Milk (informal) | 55 |
| Condensed Milk (informal) | 19 |
| Sterilized Milk (informal) | 1 |
| Buttermilk (informal) | 1 |
| Malted Milk | 1 |
| Malted Milk (informal) | 1 |
| 518 |