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The majority of ice cream makers in this Borough are small
one-man businesses, and generally the trade has co-operated in
an endeavour to improve hygiene and purity standards. There
were, however, three instances where samples had revealed
consistently bad standards of bacterial cleanliness and also the
presence of faecal bacillus coli. The makers concerned were
interviewed by the Public Health Committee and the matter
referred to the Metropolitan Standing Joint Committee with a
request that the Minister of Health be asked to consider giving
local authorities more effective powers in this direction. It is
a matter for regret that there are still no statutory standards
for ice cream.
DESIGNATED MILK
During the year, whilst the Milk (Special Designation)
Regulations, 1936-1948, were in operation, 46 Dealers'
Licences for Pasteurised Milk and 20 Dealers' Licences for
Tuberculin Tested Milk were issued.
In addition, 5 Supplementary Licences were granted in
respect of Pasteurised and 4 in respect of Tuberculin Tested
Milk, to dealers selling from premises outside the Borough,
the Principal Licences having been issued by the appropriate
licensing authorities.
On 1st October, 1949, the Milk and Dairies Regulations,
1949 ; the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations,
1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and
Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, came into operation.
Under these regulations 100 Dealers' Licences for Sterilised
Milk and 1 Supplementary Licence for Sterilised Milk were
granted.
During 1949, 54 samples of Designated Milks were taken and
submitted to the Public Analyst for examination. Seven of
these did not satisfy the prescribed test, and the local authority
for the area in which the milk was bottled was informed.
Forty-seven samples of Pasteurised Milk supplied to local
schools were also examined by the Public Analyst, and the
London County Council informed of the results.
MILK SELLERS
At the close of the year there were 179 registered retailers and
wholesalers in the Borough, whilst the number of retailers and
wholesalers purveying milk in the Borough from registered
premises elsewhere was 43. Four hundred and eighty-seven
inspections of Milkshops and Dairies were made during the
year.