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Bermondsey 1949

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1949

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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED)
REGULATIONS, 1949.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) REGULATIONS, 1936—1946.

Table: During the year under report the following licences were granted :—

During the year under report the following licences were granted :—

Dealers' Licences.
To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk18
To sell Pasteurised Milk39
To sell Sterilised Milk85

Table: Supplementary Licences.

Supplementary Licences.

To sell Pasteurised Milk9
To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk7
To sell Sterilised Milk12

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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 1949 was 561, of
which number 67 were taken from schools.

Table: For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Analysis.

For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Analysis.

Liquid Milk, undesignated154
Sterilized Milk128
Pasteurised Milk66
Condensed Milk23
Tuberculin Tested4
Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)12
Evaporated Milk4
Channel Islands Milk17
Skimmed Milk6
South Devon Milk3
417

Table: For Bacteriological Examination.

For Bacteriological Examination.

For tubercle bacilli4
For brucella abortus2
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