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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 1953
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953
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MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (RAW MILK) REGULATIONS, 1949.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) (PASTEURISED AND STERILISED)
REGULATIONS, 1949.
During the year under report the following licences were granted:—
Dealers' Licences.
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 54 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 74 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 108 |
Supplementary Licences.
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 16 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 17 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 20 |
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 1953 was 532, of
which number 180 were taken from schools, hospitals, etc.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Analysis.
| Condensed Milk | 19 |
| Sterilised Milk | 40 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 180 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | – |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 26 |
| Channel Islands Milk | 29 |
| South Devon Milk | 6 |
| 300 |
For Bacteriological Examination.
| For tubercle bacilli | 4 |
| For brucella abortus | 2 |
| 6 |
For Examination under Milk (Special Designations) Regulations
| Pasteurised Milk (from schools, hospitals, etc.) | 90 |
| Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 60 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | – |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 41 |
| Sterilised Milk | 35 |
| 226 |
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