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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Kensington 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Food premises (all categories) | No. of Premises | No. of Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses-underground | 6 | 7 |
| Bakehouses-others | 7 | 6 |
| Bread and cake shops | 45 | 32 |
| Butchers | 61 | 144 |
| Dairies and premises where milk is sold | 201 | 175 |
| Fishmongers | 29 | 38 |
| Food Factories | 16 | 13 |
| General Stores | 60 | 109 |
| Greengrocers | 81 | 41 |
| Grocers | 217 | 470 |
| Ice-cream | 377 | 154 |
| Preserved food | 30 | 26 |
| Public houses and off-licences | 193 | 44 |
| Restaurants and cafes | 330 | 362 |
| Sweet shops | 154 | 59 |
| Street markets, stalls and storage premises | 95 | 352 |
| (licensed traders) | (102 mis-cellaneous visits) |
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations. 1960
These Regulations, which came into operation on 1st October,
1960, consolidated and re-enacted with amendments the Milk (Special
Designation)(Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954, and the Milk (Special
Designation)(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949-1953.
The principal changes were:-
1. All dealers' licences, other than those issued by the
Minister, will be issued by the food and drugs authority for the
area in which are situated the premises at or from which the milk is
sold. A dealer's licence no longer restricts sales to the area of
the licensing authority and supplementary licences are therefore
discontinued.
2. A new form of licence, the dealer's (pre-packed milk)
licence, is introduced which may authorise, in a single form of
licence, the use of any or all of the appropriate special designations
where the milk is obtained by the licensed dealer pre-packed, i.e.
in the container in which it is to be delivered to the consumer, or
is pasteurised or sterilised by the dealer in accordance with a
dealer's (pasteuriser's) licence or a dealer's (steriliser's) licence.
The dealer's (tuberculin tested) licence is being retained.
3. Dealers' licences issued on or after 1st January, 1961,
will be valid for five years from that date, and will be renewable
for subsequent quinquennial periods.
4. The half-hour methylene blue test is prescribed for
tuberculin tested milk if the licence in respect of which the
sample is taken is a dealer's licence, and the clot-on-boiling test
if the licence is a producer's licence. The latter test will
therefore be applied only to samples taken by the Ministry. The
four-and-a-half hour methylene blue test is no longer prescribed.
The methylene blue test for tuberculin tested milk and pasteurised
milk has been modified and a new phosphatase test for pasteurised
milk has been prescribed.
5. The sealing of wholesale containers of tuberculin tested
milk despatched to dealers is no longer obligatory. The sealing
of retail containers (other than bottles) continues to be required.