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Kensington and Chelsea 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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in England and Wales shall be specially designated, and that retailers
must be licensed by the local authority to sell such milk. Licences are
issued by the Council for a five-year period and all current licences
are valid until the end of 1970.
The number of licences granted by the Council during the year in respect of each designation, together with the total number in force at the end of the year, are shown in the following table:-
| Designation | Licences issued in 1966 | Total number in force at end of year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated milk | 2 | 108 | ||
| Pasteurised milk | 6 | 230 | ||
| Sterilised milk | 5 | 190 | ||
| Ultra-heat Treated milk | 28 | 140 | ||
Milk Examinations.
| Designation | No. of Samples | Methylene blue test | Phosphatase test | Colony Count test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | Passed | Failed | ||
| Untreated | 23 | 15 | 4 * | - | - | - | - |
| Pasteurised | 85 | 3 | 85 | - | - | - | |
| Ultra-heat Treated | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
* Four samples of Untreated milk were not submitted to
the methylene blue test as the atmospheric shade
temperature exceeded 70°F. which is the limit specified
in the Regulations.
MILK AND DAIRIES (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1959.
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 cream in sealed containers) was 229.
Unclean milk containers.
It is an offence under these 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. In the case of bottled
milk, the time "immediately before use" is considered to mean at the
time the bottle is first filled and, therefore, any offence would be
committed at the time and place of bottling.
Seven complaints of "dirty milk bottles" were investigated during
the year and each case was referred to the local authority in whose
area the bottling plant was located.