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The special feature of the institution is, however, to be seen on the upper floor, where there
is a modern operating theatre and two large wards containing 20 beds, with the necessary adjuncts
of ward kitchen and bathing and disinfecting arrangements. By special arrangements with the
County Council, all the children in St. Pancras and Islington requiring operation, under their
schemes, for throat, nose and other similar conditions, are received here and remain in the wards
for 48 hours, or longer if their condition requires it. This work is now in full operation and
it is expected that in the year something under 2,000 cases will be treated.
I need hardly say that this scheme is far in advance of any that has been hitherto attempted
and will, I hope, prove to be of great value.
I hope, perhaps, later, if I am given the opportunity, to detail the work done at this new
centre at greater length, but I trust I have indicated that the borough has now another notable
institution added to those it already possesses.
A. R. Roche,
May, 1923. Secretary to the St. Pancras Public Medical Service
and the Hiyliyate New Town Clinic.
Section V.—FOOD.
(a) MILK SUPPLY.
Almost the whole of the milk supply of St. Pancras is derived from dairy farms in the
provinces and is brought into London by train. A great deal of milk also comes into the great
railway stations in the Borough for distribution in other parts of London.
A bacteriological investigation into the condition of the milk brought into and sold in
the borough was conducted in 1920, which showed that the state of the milk generally was most
unsatisfactory. The results of the investigation were fully reported in the Annual Report
for 1920 (pages 59-68).
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
Cowsheds.—At the end of 1922 there were two licensed cowsheds in the Borough. They
are registered for 43 cows, but were occupied by 11.
Milkshops and Dairies.—50 applications for registration under the Dairies, Cowsheds
and Milkshops Orders, in respect of milkshops, were considered during 1922, of which 40 were
acceded to and 10 refused. 31 applications in respect of itinerant vendors were also
considered, of which 27 were acceded to and 4 refused.

At the end of 1922 there were on the register in addition to these 203 retail milkshops
and 2 cowsheds (which are attached to retail milkshops included in the 203), one person in
respect of premises where only a wholesale milk trade is done, and 32 itinerant vendors without
retail milkshops.
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