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Hampstead 1925
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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organisms in 0.1 c.c. Pasteurisation or heating of Certified or
of Grade A (Tuberculin tested) Milk is not allowed.
The Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, contains the
following provisions : —
"Section 3.—(1) A person shall not, either by himself or by
"any servant or agent, except under and in accordance with a
"licence granted by the Minister of Health, or with his authority
"under the provisions of an order made by him under this Act—
"(a) sell or offer or expose for sale any milk as 'Certified'
"'Grade A,' 'Pasteurised'. . . . .or
"(b) on or in connection with any sale or offer for sale or
"proposed sale of any milk in any advertisement, circular,
"or notice relating to any milk, describe or refer to the
"same as 'Certified,' 'Grade A,' 'Pasteurised' . . .
"or use any description or designation including or
" resembling any such description or designation."
"By Section 9.—(1) It is provided that if any person is guilty
"of a contravention of, or non-compliance with, the provisions
"of this Act or any of them, he shall, save as otherwise provided
"in this Act, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding,
"in the case of a first offence, five pounds, and, in the case
"of a second or subsequent offence, fifty pounds, and if the offence
"is a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding forty
"shillings for each day during which the offence continues."
During 1925, a summons was taken out by the Food Inspector
against a firm vending milk in Hampstead, whose milkshop was situate
in an adjoining Borough, for selling milk as "Grade 1" Milk ; this
being a descriptional designation resembling "Grade A" Milk. The
firm had no license to sell "Grade A" milk in Hampstead. The
summons was withdrawn upon the vendors undertaking to discontinue
the use of the misleading title and to pay the sum of four guineas costs.
No licences for graded milk or registrations of retailers were refused
or revoked during the year.
Meat.
The inspection of meat in the Borough is carried out by the
Food Inspector, Mr. F. H. Hudson, who also attends at the licensed
slaughter houses at any time when slaughtering takes place.
Number of licences granted for the sale of milk under special designation, classified as in the Fourth Schedule to the Milk (Special. Designations) Order, 1923 ; types of apparatus licensed for the pasteurisation of milk.
| Sale of "Certified" Milk. | ||
| License in respect of the establishment at which the milk is produced | - | |
| Licence in respect of the shop or other premises (not being such establishment as aforesaid) at or from which the milk is sold | 22 | |
| Supplementary Licence to sell milk from premises which are outside the area of the licencing authority | 2 | |
| Sale of "Grade A (Tuberculin tested)" or " Grade A " Milk. | ||
| Licence in respect of the establishment at which the milk is produced | - | |
| Licence in respect of the establishment (whether the establishment at which the milk is produced or not) at which the milk is bottled | - | |
| Licence in respect of the shop or other premises (not being the establishment at which the milk is produced or bottled) at or from which the milk is sold | 6 | |