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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 1950

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

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27
SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
(a) Milk Supply.
(1) Inspection of Premises.
A total of 229 visits were made in 1950 to dairies and other
premises in the Borough used in connection with the distribution
of milk and in 46 instances appropriate action was taken to deal
with unsatisfactory conditions which were found to exist.
(2) Registration and Licensing.
Details of premises on the register at the end of 1950 and the
number of licences issued during the year under the Milk (Special
Designation) Regulations, 1949, are set out in the accompanying
tables.

Table: TABLE 9

TABLE 9

Number of premises on register at end of year.
Dairies18
Distributors:—
(a) Inside the Borough106
(b) Outside the Borough28

Table: TABLE 10

TABLE 10

Number of Licences issued under Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
SterilisedPasteurisedTuberculin TestedAccredited
Dealers' Licences111752910
Dealers' Supplementary Licences2118172
Total132934612