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Designations) Order (viz.: that it contains less than 100,000 bacteria
per c.c.).
Three of the samples which have been taken, were found to
contain bacteria in excess of the limits allowed by Statute. I immediately
communicated with the dairies concerned, and was particularly
impressed with the help and co-operation which was afforded me by
the technical advisers of these firms. Records and reports were forthcoming
which proved conclusively that the milk had been efficiently
pasteurised, but the increased count had resulted most probably through
some slight contamination during transit of the milk from their depots
to the hospitals. The firms themselves arranged to take bacteria
samples nightly from the milk to be delivered to the two institutions,
and to examine very closely the mode of transit from their depots to
the hospitals and to make appropriate modification if found advisable.
Further samples have subsequently been taken by officers of this
department, all of which have proved satisfactory.
Milk for School Children.
Milk supplied to Hampstead Scholars under the scheme of the
London County Council is required to be pasteurised and to comply
with the requirements of the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
(i) Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915.
Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
The number of premises in respect of which persons are registered
as purveyors of milk is 92. During the year, 167 inspections
were made and 7 notices were served.
There were 164 milk samples taken under the Food and Drugs
(Adulteration) Act, and of these 5 were unsatisfactory. The average
composition of the milk samples examined was :—
Total milk solids 12-32 per cent.
Fat 3.52 „
Solids not fat 8.80 „