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(a) The Phosphatase Test for efficient pasteurisation which is satisfied
by milk which gives a reading of 2.3 Lovibond Blue Units or less and
(b) Methylene Blue Test for keeping quality which is satisfied by milk
which fails to decolourise methylene blue in thirty minutes#
SALE OF MILK REGULATIONS. 1939
During the year under review, four-hundred and fifty-eight samples
of milk were purchased by the Sampling Officer for chemical analysis by the
Public Analyst. Of these three-hundred and six were purchased from milk
vendors in the streets of the Borough during the early delivery, seventy-one
were purchased on Sundays and seventy-two were taken at the early morning
delivery to hospitals in the Borough.
Four (or 1.02 per cent) of the four-hundred and fifty-eight samples
of milk examined were adversely reported upon,, the details being as follows
Sample No. Result of Analysis Action taken
5 6% added water (Informal) )(All taken from same vendor.
Legal proceedings re Nos. 18 &
16 8.5% " "32. Fined £3 on each of two
)summonses and £3.3s.0d. costs.
18 5.956 » « (Formal) )
)
32 4%
As in previous years, the arrangement for samples of milk to be
taken in course of delivery to the hospitals, institutions, schools eto.,
in the Borough was continued, and the following were taken during 1950;-
No. cf Samples Taker:
Bacterid ogical
Institution Chemical Analysis Examination
Fulham Hospital 42 36
Western Hospital 30 24
L.C.C. Schools 59 42
Meals Kitchens etc. 21 -
Fulham Maternity Home 1 -
Totals 153 102