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St Pancras 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949.
The Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
These Regulations require, inter alia, the licensing of traders selling Pasteurised,
Tuberculin Tested and Sterilised milks.
The number of licences issued during 1951 was :—
| Main Licences | Supplementary Licences | |
|---|---|---|
| To sell Pasteurised milk | 147 | 24 |
| To sell Tuberculin Tested milk | 102 | 23 |
| To sell Sterilised milk | 168 | 23 |
The Milk (Special Designations) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951.
This Order, issued by the Ministry of Food brought into operation in specified areas
(including the County of London) as from the 1st October, 1951, the provisions of subsection (1)
of section 19 of the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, relating to
the compulsory use of special designations for retail sales of milk.
This means that dairymen who retail milk in any part of the specified area must sell it
under special designation, irrespective of whether the premises from which the milk is retailed
are inside or outside the area.
It is also obligatory to use a special designation in relation to milk sold to a caterer
unless the caterer intends to pasteurise or sterilise the milk and is licensed to do so.
Food Sampling.
1,193 samples (443 formal and 750 informal) were sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which seven formal and nine informal were found to be adulterated. Details of the nature of these samples are shown in the following table:—
| Formal. | Informal. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Adulterated. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |
| Milk | 330 | — | 89 | — |
| Drugs | — | — | 109 | 1 |
| Sausages and meat products | 39 | 3 | 45 | 1 |
| Spirits | 41 | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream | — | — | 58* | — |
| Others | 26 | 4 | 440 | 7 |
As from the 1st March, 1951, the Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951, became
operative, prescribing the following minimum standards :—
5 per cent. fat.
10 per cent. sugar.
7½ per cent. milk solids other than milk fat.