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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 1948

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1948

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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933 AND
PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT, 1941.
Fifty-seven premises were entered on the Council's list for the
year under report.
As a result of samples being purchased, it was found that six
contraventions of the Act occurred, poisons being sold wrongly by
unlisted vendors. Warnings were given in all cases.
MILK PREMISES.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
MILK AND DAIRIES ORDER, 1926.
Ten milk sellers were registered under the above Acts during
1948, and 9 were removed from the Register. There were 102 milk
sellers on the Register at the end of the year.

Table: MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1936—1946. During the year under report the following licences were granted:—

MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1936—1946. During the year under report the following licences were granted:—

Dealers' Licences.
To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk21
To sell Pasteurised Milk37

Table: Supplementary Licences.

Supplementary Licences.

To sell Pasteurised Milk11
To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk6

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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 1948 was 646, of
which number 92 were taken from schools.