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Acton 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Milk
The number of dairies in the Borough has been reduced to two
owing to the increasing practice of distributing milk wholesale in
bottles from large bottling depots to local depots, for delivery by
roundsmen, or over the counter in milk shops.
Of 53 samples taken throughout the Borough and submitted to
the Pathological Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, all were
satisfactory.
The wholesale, pasteurising and bottling centre in Bollo Lane
has continued in operation without cause for complaint, and 22
empty bottles taken from the filling lines for examination as to
sterility, were found to be sterile.
The following licences were granted under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasturised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1953, and the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 to 1954.
| Dealers' Licences: — | |
|---|---|
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 20 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 31 |
| Sterilised Milk | 28 |
| Supplementary Licences: — | |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 12 |
| Pasteurised Milk | 13 |
| Sterilised Milk | 13 |
| 117 | |
ICE-CREAM
The number of manufacturers of ice-cream in the Borough is
now 6. Each of them is equipped to produce pasteurised ice-cream,
and production is in every way in accord with the Ice-Cream