Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Milk Supply
Registration and Licensing.
For details of registration of distributors see page 47.
Licences issued under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation (Raw Milk)) Regulations, 1949:-
Sterilised | Pasteurised | Tuberculin tested | |
---|---|---|---|
Dealers | 112 | 63 | 24 |
Supplementary | 28 | 23 | 23 |
Milk Sampling.
A total of 13 samples of milk ( - formal, 13 informal) were submitted to the
Public Analyst for chemical examination. All samples were satisfactory. For average
solids in all samples, excluding Channel Islands milk, the figures were: Fat 3.5,
Non fatty solids 8.7.
The Milk and Dairies (Channel Islands and South Devon Milk) Regulations, 1956,
fixed a minimum standard of 4 per cent, fat in connection with milk sold under the
description Channel Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and South Devon. 4 samples of
Channel Islands milk were taken and reports showed fat figures of an average of
4.5 and in each case the non-fatty solids figure was 9.0.
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