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Greenwich 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]

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for storage or conveyance of milk and, for the purpose of the
Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations 1937/48, certificates
were officially recognised in respect of the following:—Argentina,
Australia, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
Chile, China, Czechoslavakia, Denmark, Finland, Gibraltar,
Greece, Guatemala City, Hungary, Japan, Lebanon, New Zealand,
Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Roumania, South Africa, South West
Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, The
Netherlands, The Sudan, Uruguay, Yugoslavia and Zambia.
MILK
Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations, 1959.—Under
the provisions of these Regulations each person retailing milk in
the Borough must be registered as a Distributor. The number of
persons so registered at the end of the year was 188.
On 289 occasions the premises of distributors and dairies
were visited other than for sampling purposes, and any defects
found were remedied.

Table: The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963 and 1965.—There is one milk processing plant in the Borough in respect of which a Dealer's Steriliser's Licence and a Dealer's Pasteuriser's Licence were in force on 31st December, 1965, as were the following licences in relation to milk obtained in pre-packed form for sale to the general public :—

The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963 and 1965.—There is one milk processing plant in the Borough in respect of which a Dealer's Steriliser's Licence and a Dealer's Pasteuriser's Licence were in force on 31st December, 1965, as were the following licences in relation to milk obtained in pre-packed form for sale to the general public :—

In Operation 31.12.65
Distribution of Sterilised Milk175
.. Pasteurised Milk133
„ Untreated Milk69

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Sampling.—Under provisions of the aforementioned Regulations,
Methylene Blue and Phosphatase tests are prescribed, the
former for assessing the "keeping" qualities of milk, and the
latter for estimating the efficiency of pasteurisation. In addition,
a Turbidity test is also prescribed for ascertaining the effectiveness
of the heat treatment of Sterilised Milk.
Two hundred and sixty-one samples of Pasteurised and
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised milks were submitted for the