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MILK SUPPLY.
The number of Licensed Distributors operating in the
Borough is 77.
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS.
In addition to obtaining milk samples from distributors
direct, it is customary to take samples for both chemical
analysis and Methylene Blue Test and Phosphatase Test from the
various hospitals, schools and institutions in the Borough.
These have yielded excellent results, 24 satisfying
the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests which Indicate keeping
quality and efficiency of heat treatment, and 33 samples being
genuine chemically. The average milk fat content was 3.6 per
cent, as against a legal minimum of 3 per cent.
The number of Licences issued to traders is as follows:-
Main Supplementary
Licence. Licence.
Pasteurised Milk 37 26
Tuberculin Tested Milk 33 26
Sterilised Milk 44 30
HAMPSTEAD HEATH FAIRS
Catering Hygiene.
Your Inspectors have again given unstintingly of their
time and energy during the various Bank Holiday Fairs to
ensure that foodstuffs sold to the public are produced and
distributed as cleanly and safely as possible.
To this end, no less than 197 samples of foodstuffs
and/or catering equipment were taken, 96 for bacteriological
examination and 101 for chemical analysis.
This year a special Investigation was undertaken, in
conjunction with the Fishmongers' Company, in connection with
the bacteriological purity of shellfish.
Normally, cockles and whelks are purchased direct from
Billingsgate Market and transported to the Fairground by the