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Southwark 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Selling milk in bottle in dirty condition £15 Os. Od. Fine
£5 5s. Od. Costs
Selling cereal infested with beetles £5 Os. Od. Fine
£3 3s. Od. Costs
Selling from an automatic machine chewing £5 Os. Od. Fine
gum containing ants £5 Os. Od. Costs
Selling bread containing a piece of metal £10 Os. Od. Fine
£1 Os. Od. Costs
Selling milk in bottle in dirty condition Dismissed
Selling milk in bottles containing foreign object Dismissed
Selling chocolate toffees infested with beetles £25 Os. Od. Fine
£5 Os. Od. Costs
Selling chocolate infested with beetles £25 Os. Od. Fine
In addition 15 warning letters were sent in respect of foodstuffs which were the
subject of complaint.
Milk Distributors and Sampling
There are 393 registered milk distributors in the Borough. The following
licences for the sale of designated milks were issued during the year:—
Pasteurised milk 12
Sterlised milk 8
Samples were taken from milk distributors and from milk supplied to schools
and hospitals as follows : —
From Milk Distributors
Number Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Pasteurised 77 69 8
Sterilised 48 48 -
Channel Islands 13 11 2
From Schools and Hospitals
Pasteurised 187 180 7
Ice Cream
95 samples of ice cream were examined with the following results:—
Methylene Blue Grading
Grade 1 56
Grade 2 12
Grade 3 6
Grade 4 21
Chemical Analysis
51 samples were submitted for examination and found to comply with the
prescribed standard of composition.
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