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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
Bethnal Green 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE10
| Number of Licences Issued under | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1946 (Prior to 1.10.49) | Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 (Subsequent to 1.10.49) | ||||||
| Pasteurised | Tuber- lin Tested | Accredited | Sterilised | Pasteurised | Tuberculin Tested | Accredited | |
| Dealers' Licences Dealers' Supplementary | 21 | 19 | 3 | 106 | 42 | 12 | 6 |
| Licences | 5 | 5 | =- | 8 | 4 | 1 | =- |
| Total.. | 26 | 24 | 3 | 114 | 46 | 13 | 6 |
(3) Milk Sampling.
Eighty-two formal samples and 43 informal samples of milk
were submitted to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, all
of which were reported to be genuine.
In addition 15 samples of heat-treated milk were dealt with,
details of which are given below.
TABLE 11
| Class of Milk | No. tested | Phosphatase test | Meth : Blue test | Turbidity test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passed | Failed | Passed Failed | Passed | Failed | |||
| Pasteurised | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Heat treated (Prior to 1.10.49) | 9 | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| Sterilised (Subsequent to 1.10.49) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 15 | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - |
(b) Meat and Other Foods.
During the year 2,019 visits were made by Inspectors to shops,
stalls and other premises where food is sold, prepared for sale or
stored. In this connection 115 notices were served in relation to
unsatisfactory conditions found to exist.