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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 1957
[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) Regulat ions,
1949-1953.
(b) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949-1954.
The following licences were issued in respect of the year 1958 in accordance with these Regulations -
| Principal licences | Supplementary 1icences | |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised milk | 210 | 28 |
| Sterilised milk | 207 | 27 |
| Tuberculin Tested milk | 134 | 27 |
| Milk distributors on the register and holding the above licences | 233 | 31 |
REGISTRATION OF FOOD PREMISES
The number of premises registered in accordance with Section 16-18 of the
Food and Drugs Act, 1955, as being used in respect of storage and saleis'as follows-
Ice-cream 526
Meat- and meat products 161
Fish frying 32
FOOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
834 samples (125 formal and 709 informal) were taken during 1957 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which one formal and seven 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 | 112 | - | 93 | - |
| Drugs | - | - | 63 | 2 |
| Sausages and meat products | 2 | 1 | 98 | 2 |
| Spirits | 7 | - | - | - |
| Ice-cream | - | - | 29* | - |
| Others | 3 | - | 419 | 3 |
In the case of the unsatisfactory formal sample, action was taken under the
Public Health (Preservatives etc. in food) Regulations 1925-1953. (See Legal
proceedings).
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