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Camberwell 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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43
FOOD AND DRUGS ADULTERATION.
The Council's Sampling Officer obtained 350 formal and
503 informal samples during the year for submission to the
Public Analyst under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act,
1938. The following table summarises the results of the examinations
made by the Public Analyst:—
Number examined.
Number adulterated, etc.
Percentage of
adulteration.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Formal.
Informal.
13
14
0.28
853
1
350
503
2.58
Details of the adulterated samples, together with particulars
of the action taken, appear in the table on pages 44 and 45.
Milk.
The following table shows the number of registered purveyors of milk in the Borough at the end of the year:—
| Dairies | 27 |
| Distributors of Milk in the Borough | 190 |
| Distributors of Milk dealing from premises outside | |
| the Borough 12 | 12 |
Special Designated Milk
Camberwell is a "specified area" under the provisions of
the Milk (Special Designations) Act, 1949, i.e., an area in which
the retail sale of milk is restricted to special designated milk.
The licences issued during the year in respect of the sale of
designated milk were as follows: —
Type of Licence.
Sterilised.
Pasteurised.
Tuberculin
Tested.
Dealers
175
139
86
Supplementary
21
19
19
Total
196
158
105