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Bethnal Green 1949

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

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26
SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply.
(1) Inspection of premises.
During the year a total of 537 visits were made by Sanitary
Inspectors to dairies and other premises in the Borough used in
connection with the distribution of milk. In 27 instances unsatisfactory
conditions were found to exist and appropriate action was
taken.
(2) Registration and Licensing.
The Food and Drugs (Milk and Dairies) Act, 1944, and
Regulations under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, as amended by
the 1944 Act became operative on 1st October, 1949, and these
enactments brought about a variation in the law relating to the
registration of dairies and dairymen and to the issue of Licences
authorising the use of special designations in connection with the
sale of certain milks.
Details of registrations and licences issued during the year are
given in the following tables.

Table: TABLE 9

TABLE 9

Number of registrations under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 (Subsequent to 1.10.49)
Dairies Distributors :—18
(a) Inside the Borough104
(b) Outside the Borough28