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Fulham 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Satisfactory reports were received with the
exception of one sample of Pasteurised Milk which failed
to satisfy the Phosphatase Test for efficient heattreatment.
Four samples of Tuberculin Tested (Farm Bottled)
Milk, one of Tuberculin Tested Milk (Pasteurised) and one
of Pasteurised Milk were specially examined for the
presence of tubercle bacilli with negative results.
During 1949, the following licences to sell
designated milks were granted by the Borough Council:-
No. of licences to sell Tuberculin Tested Milk
34
No. of supplementary licences to sell
Tuberculin Tested Milk
5
No. of licences to sell Pasteurised Milk
30
No. of supplementary licences to sell
Pasteurised Milk
7
No. of licences to sell sterilised milk
88
No. of supplementary licences to sell
Sterilised Milk
4
ICE CREAM (HEAT TREATMENT) REGULATIONS, 1947
One-hundred and eighty-four samples of Ice Cream
were purchased during 1949, one-hundred and thirty-six of
which were subjected to the Methylene Blue test and Graded
as follows:-
Provisional Grade
No. of Samples
1
72
2
25
3
13
4
26
Total
136
The remaining forty-eight samples and thirteen
of those tabulated above were specially examined for
organisms of the typhoid group and all proved negative.
THE PHARMACY & POISONS ACT. 1933
The Poisons Rules 1933
etc.
The sale of poisonous substances is controlled by the
above, and every trader who is not a registered pharmacist
and who sells or desires to sell by retail to the general
public, or to persons in certain occupations, any of the
poisons or poisonous substances included in Part II of the