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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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MILK SUPPLY
(a) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949-1953.
(b) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954.
The following licences were issued in respect of the year 1957 in accordance with these Regulations:-
| Principal licences | Supplementary licences | |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised milk | 200 | 28 |
| Sterilised milk | 210 | 28 |
| Tuberculin Tested milk | 137 | 27 |
| Milk distributors on the register and holding the above licences | 230 | 32 |
ICE-CREAM
The number of premises registered in accordance with Section 16 of the
Pood and Drugs Act, 1955, as being used in respect of the storage and sale of
ice-cream is 525.
FOOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
747 samples (133 formal and 614 informal) were taken during 1956 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which three formal and nine informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-
| Formal | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine | Unsatisfactory | Genuine | Unsatisfactory | |
| Milk | 109 | - | 86 | 3 |
| Drugs | - | - | 70 | 2 |
| Sausages and meat products | - | 1 | 95 | 1 |
| Spirits | 19 | - | 1 | - |
| Ice-cream | - | - | 34* | - |
| Others | 2 | 2 | 319 | 3 |
The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows:-
Beef sausages Summons pending.
Glace Apricots Summons pending.
Dried Fruit Remainder destroyed and
warning letter sent.
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