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City of Westminster 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949. Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
The following are particulars of licences granted during 1949 to dealers in respect of the sale of milk under prescribed or special designations:
| Principal. Licence. | Supplementary. Licence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuberculin tested | 14 | 6 |
| Pasteurised | 3 | 12 |
| Sterilised | 40 | 14 |
Pharmacy and Poitons Act, 1933.
At the end of the year the number entered on the List of Persons
entitled to sell poisons included in Part 11 of the Poisons List was 174.
During the year 8 persons had been removed from the List, because they
were no longer in business or had moved out of the City, and 4 new
applications had been duly entered on the List.
Unsound Food.
The following table shows the amount, and method of disposal, of food condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for human consumption during the year 1949:-
| Articles. | Amount | Amount | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tons. | Cwt. | Lb. | Tons. | Cwt. | Lb. | Tons. | Cwt. | Lb. | |
| Destroyed. | Salvaged. | Total. | |||||||
| Canned food | 5 | 18 | 31 | — | — | — | 5 | 18 | 31 |
| Meat | 2 | 12 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 3 | 17 | 50 |
| Fats | — | — | — | — | 4 | 25 | — | 4 | 25 |
| Fish | 6 | 17 | 82 | —. | — | — | 6 | 17 | 82 |
| Fruit and; vegetables | 114 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | 114 | 3 | 21 |
| Cereals | — | 12 | 0 | — | 4 | 92 | — | 16 | 92 |
| Confectionery | — | 2 | 95 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 95 |
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 15 | 52 | — | — | — | 4 | 15 | 52 |
| Total | 135 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 104 | 136 | 16 | 0 |
Pears Contaminated with Arsenic.
In August, 1949, intimation was received from the Ministry of Food
that large consignments of pears were arriving in this country from Italy
and that of had been found that some of the fruit was contaminated with
a coating of arsenic through having been treated in the growing stage
with insecticides containing copper and arsenic.