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SECTION E
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
1. Milk Supply.
(a) Inspection of premises.
During the year 1951 the Inspectors made 286 inspections
of dairies and other premises in the Borough used in connection
with the distribution of milk and found conditions to be satisfactory.
(b) Registration and Licensing.
(i) Registrations under the Milk and Dairies Regulations,
1949:
Dairies 16
Distributors
Inside the Borough
Outside the Borough
135
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(n) Licensing under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised
and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special
Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949:
Sterilised.
Pasteurised.
Tuberculin
Tested.
Dealers' 129 67 19
Supplementary 25 22 19
Pasteurisers' - 2 -
(c) Milk Sampling.
100 samples of milk (78 formal, 22 informal) were submitted
to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, and of this
number one sample was found to be adulterated. Appropriate
action was taken.
112 samples of designated milk (89 Pasteurised, 12 Tuberculin
Tested Pasteurised and 11 Sterilised) were submitted to
Phosphatase, Methylene Blue and Turbidity Tests. One
sample of Pasteurised Milk failed the Phosphatase Test and five
samples of Pasteurised Milk failed the Methylene Blue Test.
(d) Milk delivered to Schools.
104 samples of milk delivered to London County Council
Schools were taken during the year.
52 of these samples were submitted for chemical examination,
one of them being reported as deficient in fat.
52 were submitted for bacteriological examination, the
results showing that four of these samples failed to pass the
Methylene Blue Test and the Phosphatase Test.
Appropriate action was taken in respect of the unsatisfactory
samples.
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