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Camberwell 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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53
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
Administration of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The Borough Council is required by the provisions of the Milk
and Dairies Order, 1926, to keep registers of all persons carrying on
in the Borough the trade of cowkeeper or dairyman, and of all
premies which are used as dairies.
The following summary shows the state of the registers at the end of 1933:—
| Cowkeepers and cowhouses | 1 |
| Dairymen with premises in the Borough | 415 |
| Dairymen with premises outside the Borough | 20 |
| Purveyors of milk in sealed bottles | 113 |
| Dairies and milkshops | 368 |
During the year 14 inspections were made of the cowhouses in
the Borough and 1,781 visits were paid to the dairies and milkshops.
In several instances it was necessary to serve notices regarding the
use of dirty utensils and 26 notices requiring the cleansing of
premises used as dairies.
Milk Bottling.
Under sub-section 2 of section 31 a person who delivers milk
in bottles shall cause every such receptacle to be filled and closed
on registered premises. Cautions were administered to four
roundsmen, owing to their contravening the provisions of the above
section, by filling bottles with milk and sealing same in a public
thoroughfare.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923. The licences granted to "dealers" for the sale of designated milk, during the year ended December 31st, 1933, were as follows:
| Certified Milk | 9 |
| Certified Milk (supplementary) | 1 |
| Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk (including two bottling establishments) | 25 |
| Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk (supplementary) | 5 |
| Grade "A" Milk | 1 |
| Grade "A" Milk (supplementary) | 1 |
| Grade "A" Milk (pasteurised) | 6 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 35 |
| Pasteurised Milk (supplementary) | 3 |
| Total | 86 |