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Islington 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]

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The follwing is an analysis of Milk Samples taken during the Year-

Number of Samples taken 549

For Chemical Analysis507For Bacteriological Examintaion42
Formal482PassedFailed
Genuine482
AdulteratedNilMethylene Blue365
Informal25Phosphatase383
Genuine19B. Coli2910
Adulerated6

Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1946.
(a) Number of Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 41
(b) The following Licences were granted:—
Designation
Tuberculin Tested (Dealer) 30
Tuberculin Tested (Supplementary) 6
Accredited (Dealer) —
Accredited (Supplementary) —
Pasteurised (Pasteuriser) 1
Pasteurised (Dealer) 65
Pasteurised (Supplementary) 9
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The Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1946, came into operation 1st
March 1946, superseding the Heat-Treated Milk (Prescribed Tests) Order of 1944
and amending the Milk (Special Designations) Order 1936.
The principle of the amendment is that both Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)
Milk and Pasteurised Milk shall comply with prescribed bio-chemical tests known
as the phosphatase and methylene blue tests. The technique of the tests is defined
for each of the graded milks and is carried out by the Royal Institute of Public
Health on behalf of the Council.
Ice Cream.
Visits to premises—276.
Registered Artificial Cream Premises.
(At present dealing in Synthetic Cream)
Visits—4.
Underground Bakehouses.
Number of premises 42
Number of routine Inspections 158
Number of Intimation Notices served 30
Pharmacy & Poisons Acts.
Number of visits made 485
Number of sellers of Part II poisons other than
registered pharmacists 191
Number of initial registrations during the year 36
During the year applications were received, more or less simultaneously from
48 shopkeepers in the Borough to have their names entered in the list of persons