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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
Finsbury 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION "E" - INSPECTION SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
MILK SUPPLY
Analysis of Milk.
During the year 16 samples of milk were submitted to the Public Analyst,
No samples were found to be adulterated.
Bacteriological Examination of Milk.
23 samples of Designated Milk and 74 samples of Ordinary Milk were
submitted for bacteriological examination,
Milk Shops and Dairies.
| Number of applications for Registration approved | 9 |
| Number of purveyors on the Register at the end of 1943 | 117 |
| Number of purveyors removed from the Register during the year | 7 |
| Number of purveyors on the Register at the end of 1942 | 115 |
| Number of visits of inspection carried out | 334 |
| Number of notices served for cleansing and repairs to dairy premises | 3 |
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations 1936-1943. Number of applications for licences received –
| (a) Tuberculin Tested Milk – Dealers | 3 |
| (b) Pasteurised Milk – Dealers | 27 |
| (c) Pasteurisers | 1 |
| (d) Supplementary Licences | 9 |
| (e) Number of samples taken for examination | 23 |
A Pasteuriser's Licence was granted to the City of London Dairies, Limited,
116/130, Goswell Road, E.C.1., in September of this year. A high temperature short-time
pasteurising plant was installed and on examination and test was found to fulfil all the
requirements of the Provisional Regulations, 1941.
Milk in Schools.
Five samples of the milk delivered to the Schools were taken during the
year and submitted for bacteriological examination.