London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Hammersmith 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Provisional Grade
1
2
3
4
Time taken to decolourise
Methylene Blue
4½ hours or more
2½ hours or more
½ to 2 hours
Less than ½ hour
The 38 samples were placed in the following grades: —
25 were within Grade 1
8 were within Grade 2
3 were within Grade 3
2 were within Grade 4
The two samples in grade 4 were manufactured outside the Borough.
Ice Cream and Preserved Food Premises
The following summary which includes new registrations effected during the
year, shows details of the number and type of premises registered under Section
16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
| Ice-Cream Manufacturers | 2 |
| Ice-Cream sales only | 15 |
| Confectioners (sweet shops) selling ice-cream | 119 |
| Restaurants (selling ice-cream for consumption off the premises) | 10 |
| Grocers selling ice-cream | 52 |
| Bakers and Confectioners selling ice-cream | 4 |
| Fruiterers and Greengrocers selling ice-cream | 11 |
| Off-Licensed Premises serving ice-cream | 4 |
| Butchers preserving meat and /or manufacturing sausages | 45 |
| Grocers and Provision Dealers preserving meat | 21 |
| Grocers and Provision Dealers preserving fish | 1 |
| Fishmongers curing fish | 4 |
| Food Factories manufacturing sausages and preserved food | 3 |
| Total | 291 |
Pasteurised Egg
The Liquid Egg (Pasteurisation) Regulations 1963 came into force on 1st
January, 1964; they require that all liquid egg used for food must be pasteurised
by being retained at a temperature not lower than 148°F. for at least 2\ minutes,
and immediately thereafter cooled to a temperature below 38°F.
In March a large bakery company in the Borough commenced pasteurisation
of liquid egg which had been imported into this country. Frequent inspections
were made to ascertain that the required temperatures were being maintained.
The plant ceased to operate in June. The fourteen samples of liquid egg taken
during the period of operation were all found to be satisfactory.
Milk Supplies
There are two large milk processing depots situated in the Borough, each
with its own private railway siding enabling them to receive milk by rail and
road from the country.