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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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MILK SUPPLY
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1960
The following licences were issued in respect of the years 1961/5 in accordance
with these Regulations-
Principal
licences
Pasteurised milk 220
Sterilised milk 205
Tuberculin Tested milk 143
Milk distributors on the register and
holding the above licences 229
REGISTRATION OP POOD PREMISES
The number of premises registered in accordance with sections 16-18 of the
Pood and Drugs Act 1955, as being used in respect of storage and sale is as
follows:-
Ice-cream 610
Meat and meat products 170
Fish frying 34
POOD SAMPLING
Chemical Examination
Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-
| Pornal | Informal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine | Unsatisfactory | Genuine | Unsatisfactory | |
| Milk | 52 | _ | 63 | _ |
| Drugs | - | - | 15 | - |
| Sausages and meat products | - | 1 | 64 | 2 |
| Spirits | - | - | - | - |
| Ice-cream | - | - | 32 | 1 |
| Others | 4 | 1 | 314 | 5 |
All unsatisfactory informal samples were followed by the taking of a formal
sample. Two formal samples were unsatisfactory and in each case a warning letter
was sent.
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