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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 1945
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1945
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UNSOUND FOOD.
The general inspection of food in shops and on stalls forms part
of the duty of the District Sanitary Inspectors. Food, in the quantities
stated, came under the notice of the Inspectors during the year,
and being found unfit for human consumption was destroyed or disposed
of for animal feeding purposes.
Description of Food
Weight
tons cwts. qrs. lbs.
Fish — 6 2 10
Dairy Produce .. .. •• — I — 1 15
Dried Fruit .. .. .. • • — 4 1 14
Meat — 9 2 22
Various .. .. .. .. 1 10 1 —
Total 2 11 1 5
MILK PREMISES.
MILK AND DAIRIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1922.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
Seven milk sellers were registered under the above Acts during
1945, and 38 were removed from the Register. There were 104 milk
sellers on the Register at the end of the year.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1936.
During the year under report the following licences were granted:— Dealers' Licences.
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 17 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 24 |
| Supplementary Licences. | |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 9 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested 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.
Samples of milk, both for bacteriological and chemical examination,
are taken from milksellers, and special arrangements are made for the
sampling of the milk supplied to all schools in the borough. The total
number of samples submitted for analysis during 1945 was 436, of
which number 19 were taken from schools.