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Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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into operation on the 1st November, 1923. Similar Regulations,
known as the Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, 1923, have
also been issued by the Ministry of Health, but these Regulations
do not come into force until the 1st May, 1924.
The Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1922-1923.
Under Section 3 of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act,
1922, sellers of milk under special designations, such as "Certified,"
"Grade A," or "Pasteurised" milk, must be licensed as from 1st
January, 1923, for that purpose, under the provisions of the Orders
made by the Minister of Health, and known as the Milk (Special
Designations) Order, 1922, the Milk (Special Designations) Amendment
Order, 1922, and the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
Under the Orders, the Lambeth Borough Council, as a Sanitary
Authority, is required to licence certain specially designated milks,
whilst the Ministry of Health is required to licence producers of
certain designated milks. With regard to pasteurised milk, the
special conditions stated in the Orders in regard to that particular
form of milk did not come into force until the 1st July, 1923.
During 1923, the following licences have been issued within
the Borough of Lambeth:—
1. "Certified" Milk.
(a) W. H. Hill, 5a, Cambria Road (producer, Brig.-Gen.
F. A. Buzzard, Hacksted Farm, Edenbridge, Kent).
(b) W. Hardy, 12, Herne Hill Road (producer, Brig.-Gen.
F. A. Buzzard, Hacksted Farm, Edenbridge, Kent).
(c) Curtis Bros. & Dumbrill, Ltd., 15, Croxted Road
(producer, J. & H. Robinson, Iford, Sussex).
(d) F. White, 234, Clapham Road (producer, Express Dairy
Co., Ltd., College Farm, Finchley).
(c) R. Higgs & Sons' Dairies, Ltd., 1 to 6, Canterbury Road,
43, Loughborough Road, 121, Acre Lane, 102, Brixton
Hill, 4, Tulse Hill, 30, Kepler Road, 56, Railton Road,
15, Bonnington Square, 191, Westminster Bridge Road,
67, Coldharbour Lane, 304, Clapham Road, 96, St. Marks
Road (producers, E. C. Lovell, Hatherton, near Andover).
(d) Adams & Co., 161, South Lambeth Road (producer,
Elveden, Hoebridge Farm, Old Woking).