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Bethnal Green 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Eight dairymen were licensed to sell " Grade A
(Tuberculin Tested)" Milk, 1 for the sale of " Grade
A " Milk, and 2 for the sale of " Pasteurised " Milk,
while supplementary licences to sell " Certified " milk
in the Borough from premises in Stepney and Hackney
and others to sell " Grade A (Tuberculin Tested),"
"Grade A" and "Pasteurised" milk in the Borough
from premises in Poplar, Shoreditch, Hackney, Stepney
and Islington were also granted during the year.
The samples of graded milks taken during the
year were found to be in conformity with the Order.
Cowhouses.
There were at the end of 1931, eleven licensed
cowhouses in the Borough. Forty-six inspections
were made during the year. No notices were served.
The premises are as follows: —
63, Bishop.s Road.—Shed No. 1—(8 cows).
Shed No. 2—(6 cows).
42, Cheshire Street—(6 cows).
23, Ezra Street—(6 cows).
38, Fellbrigg Street—Shed No. 1—(8 cows).
Shed No. 2—(8 cows).
104, Gibraltar Walk—(18 cows).
34b, Green Street—(45 cows).
1, Hamilton Road—(14 cows).
55, Kerbela Street-—Shed No. 1—(18 cows).
Shed No. 2—(2 cows).
2, Lisbon Street—(19 cows).
64, Squirries Street—(14 cows).
38, Three Colts Lane—(23 cows).
A copy of the Milk and Dairies Order, 1926, was
furnished to each cowkeeper in the Borough, and
his attention was drawn to the requirements of the
Order at the time it came into operation. Renewed
representations were made during the year to the London
County Council, as the licensing authority for cow—
houses, concerning the unsatisfactory charaoter of