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MILK SUPPLY
The number of Licensed Distributors operating in the
Borough is 80.
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,34 satisfying
the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests which indicate keeping
quality and efficiency of heat treatment, and 30 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 39 28
Tuberculin Tested Milk 34 28
Sterilised Milk 48 32
HAMPSTEAD HEATH FAIRS
Catering Hygiene. During Bank Holiday periods members of the
Inspectorial staff have continued to exercise
a vigilant supervision of the itinerant vendors of food and the food
stalls which are such a popular part of the attraction of the fair.
Apart from actual sampling activities - and these were
quite considerable, totalling 88 samples - much time is spent in
giving advice on food hygiene.
There is an arrangement with the L.C.C. (who let the food
Plots to tender), for all the tenderers first to submit a certificate
from the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which they
operate that their arrangements for food production, storage and
handling are satisfactory and hygienic.
The L.C.C. then notify the Public Health Department of
the name and address of the successful tenderers and the following
note is addressed to all of them:-