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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
Camberwell 1947
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1947
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The following table shows the number of licences issued under these Regulations during 1947.
| Tuberculin Tested | Accredited | Pasteurised. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Producers | – | 1 | – |
| Dealers | 19 | – | 45 |
| Supplementary | 13 | – | 15 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 60 |
Samples of Designated Milk were submitted for Phosphatase and Methylene Blue Tests with the following results:-
| Methylene Blue Test | Phosphatase Test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Total | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Total | |
| Pasteurised | 41 | 3 | 44 | 36 | – | 36 |
| Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised | 6 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 7 |
| Sterilised | 9 | – | 9 | 9 | – | 9 |
| Heat treated | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Accredited | 4 | 1 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 62 | 4 | 66 | 53 | – | 53 |
EXAMINATION OF MILK FOR THE PRESENCE OF TUBERCLE, BACILLI.
Three samples of raw milk and four samples of other milk were
examined by means of the animal test for the presence of tubercle bacillus
with negative results.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT.
No infringements of the Merchandise Marks Act were recorded "during
the year or of the various orders under the Agricultural Produce (Grading
and Marking) Act, 1923.
BAKEHOUSES.
The number of bakehouses on the register at the end of the year
was 63 overground and 24 underground.
PARTICULARS OF INSPECTION & SUPERVISION OP FOOD, 1947. No. of Registered Food Premises.
| Manufacture of ice cream | 35 | Storage & sale of ice cream | 241 |
| Manufacture of sausages | 143 | Preparation or manufacture of potted, pickled or preserved food | 338 |
| Fish Curers | 35 | ||
| Fish Fryers | 50 | ||
| Miscellaneous food factories & wholesale warehouses | 44 | Eating houses | 230 |
| Dairies & milkshops | 261 |