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Wandsworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Food and Food Premises
Food and Drugs Act, 1938
742 samples of milk were submitted for analysis. 740 of
these were reported as genuine; 22 of which were samples of
Channel Island and South Devon milks with an average fat content
of 4.26 per cent. The remaining 718 genuine samples had an
average fat content of 3.60 per cent.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-50,
and The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Milk) Regulations, 1949-50
The regulations came into force on 1st October, 1949, and
replace The Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936 to
1948.
They provide for the issue of licences to persons who sell milk
under any of the following designations:
" Accredited,"
" Pasteurised,"
" Sterilised,"
" Tuberculin Tested."
The following licences for the sale of milk under these designations were granted during the year:
| Accredited | nil. |
| Pasteurised | 192 |
| Sterilised | 249 |
| Tuberculin Tested | 141 |
| Total | 582 |
A person who holds a " Tuberculin Tested " licence and a
" Pasteurised " or " Sterilised " licence may use the designations
" Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) " or " Tuberculin Tested
(Sterilised) " as the case may be.
432 samples of milk were procured from distributors, schools,
hospitals and institutions and were submitted to the phosphatase
test, the methylene blue test and the turbidity test. Seven of these
failed to comply with the prescribed tests.
In addition 14 samples of milk were examined for the presence
of tubercle bacilli. In each case negative results were obtained.