Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926
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FOOD PREMISES.
Milkshops and Dairies.
Twenty-nine* applications for registration were
considered during 1926, one of them being from a
firm outside the Borough, proposing to sell bottled
milk from their carts in the Borough. None of these
applications were refused.
The figures in regard to registration of Milkshops
are set out below:—
Number of purveyors of milk at retail milk-
shops on register at end of 1925 245
Deduct number of purveyors removed from
register during 1926 5
Add number of new purveyors added to
register by resolution of the Public
Health Committee during 1926 4
Number of purveyors of milk at retail milk-
shops on register at end of 1926 244
During the year 809 inspections of milkshops
were made by the Inspectors, and 83 notices were
served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
No legal proceedings were found to be necessary.
A copy of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, has
been furnished to each Dairyman in the Borough, and
his attention has been drawn to the requirements of
the Order.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Two purveyors in the Borough were licensed for
the sale of "certified milk" and "Grade A (Tuberculin
Tested) Milk," and eight for the sale of "Grade
A (Tuberculin Tested) Milk" only, while supplementary
licenses, one to sell "certified milk" in the
*This includes changes of occupier in premises previously on the register.