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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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| No. of Dairies on register at end of 1955 | 9 |
| No. of Distributors on register at end of 1955 | 123 |
| No. of transfers approved during 1955 | 9 |
| No. of new applications approved during 1955 | 5 |
| No. of premises removed from register during 1955 | 2 |
| Dealers | Supplementary | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin Tested | 53 | 26 |
| Pasteurised | 73 | 26 |
| Sterilised | 80 | 29 |
| No. of samples submitted to Public Analyst | 88 |
| No. of samples reported as adulterated | NIL |
| Average fat content of milk samples | 3.53% |
| Average non-fatty solids content | 8,65% |
| No. of samples submitted for bacteriological examination | 57 |
| No. reported as fully satisfactory | 50 |
(Some of the tests on the remaining 7 samples were rendered void owing
to the shade temperature exceeding the prescribed maximum).
Ice Cream
At one time Finsbury was the centre of a flourishing ice cream
trade, the article being manufactured on a small scale in many parlours,
kitchens and back yards. Even before the second World War
these had almost entirely disappeared, but there still remained
several small premises where ice cream was made in restricted unsuitable
accommodation though the sale of the prewrapped commodity prepared
in large central factories was spreading.
During the war and in the years immediately succeeding the
rationing of food stuffs and later the requirements of new regulations
with regard to heat treatment led to the closing down of most of the
small firms and prevented others from commencing manufacture.
Much attention was devoted to the supervision of the manufacture
wherever it was carried on and this frequently involved elaborate
investigations including the bacteriological examination of many
samples taken at various stages during the process.