Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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(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 107. During the year, 143 inspections
were made and 11 notices were served.
In addition 37 persons are registered as purveyors of milk whose
premises are situated outside Hampstead.
On 5th February, 1937, a person whose name in 1936 had been
removed from the Register of Dairymen and whose dairy premises
had also been removed from the Register, on account of the unsatisfactory
manner in which the business was conducted, was, at the
Marylebone Police Court, (fined £3 With £1 1s. 0d. costs for
using the premises as a dairy without their having been registered.
On 9th June he was also prosecuted for selling milk in Kilburn without
being registered as a dairyman and was fined £10 and £2 2s. 0d. costs.
(ii) Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936.
Number of licences in force during 1937, for the sale of milk
under special designations:—
Number of
Purpose of Licence. Licences
granted.
Sale of Tuberculin tested Milk from shop or other
premises 12
Sale of Accredited Milk from shop or other premises 3
Sale of Pasteurised Milk from shop or other premises 40
No licence for graded milk was refused or revoked during the
year.
In 13 cases supplementary licences were granted authorising the
sale of graded milk within the Borough from premises outside
Hampstead.
This Order prescribes the special designations which may be used
in relation to milk. These are (1) "Tuberculin Tested," which is
the only designation for raw milk from tuberculin-tested cows. If
desired this milk can be pasteurised, and where this is done it must