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Kensington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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49
Principal Supplement ary
Dealers licensed to sell
Tuberculin Tested Milk;
142 25
Forty-eight samples of Tuberculin Tested Milk (Farm bottled)
were submitted for examination during the year. Nine failed to pass
the prescribed tests and in each case particulars were forwarded to the
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The following table summarises
the details of the samples taken
Designation
No. of
samples
Methylene
blue test
Passed
Failed
Tuberculin Tested
(Farm bottled)
48 39 9
Milk (Special Designations)(Pasteurized and Sterilized Milk)
Regulations, 1949/53
Details of licences granted during 1958 are as follows
| Principal | Supplementary | |
|---|---|---|
| Dealers' licences to sell Pasteurized Milks | 157 | 25 |
| Dealers' licences to sell Sterilized Milks | 152 | 27 |
The following table shows the number of samples of processed milk taken during the year, together with results of the examinations
| Designation | Methylene blue test | Phosphatase test | Turbidity test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of samples | Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | |
| Tuberculin tested | |||||||
| (Pasteurized) | 14 | 14 | _ | 14 | _ | _ | _ |
| Pasteurized | 54 | 54 | _ | 54 | _ | _ | _ |
| Sterilized | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949/54
(a) Registrations
The number of persons registered under these Regulations at the
end of the year, to sell milk from premises in the borough (including the
sale of milk and cream in sealed containers) was 225.
(b) Unclean milk containers
It is an offence under the Regulations for any dairy farmer or
distributor to use for holding milk any vessel that is not in a state of
thorough cleanliness immediately before use.
During the year six contraventions were reported to the Public
Health Department. In five cases investigations failed to reveal