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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 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
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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 | 48 |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 79 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 115 |
| Supplementary Licences. | |
| To sell Pasteurised Milk | 16 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested Milk | 16 |
| To sell Sterilised Milk | 21 |
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, school meals services and
hospitals in the borough. The total number of samples submitted for
analysis during 1954 was 515, of which number 214 were taken from
schools, hospitals, etc.
For Chemical (i.e., Fat and non-Fatty Solids) Analysis.
| Condensed Mill | 11 |
| Sterilised Milk | 47 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 195 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 20 |
| Channel Islands Milk | 19 |
| South Devon Milk | 1 |
| Liquid Milk, undesignated | 3 |
| 296 |
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.) | 107 |
| Pasteurised Milk (other than from schools) | 47 |
| Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk | 33 |
| Sterilised Milk | 32 |
| 219 |
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