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Barking 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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51
SECTION 5.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
39 MILK SUPPLY AND ICE-CREAM.
(a) Milk Supply—Registered with the Authority are 47 retail purveyors, of
whom 13 occupy premises outside the district. In addition there are two cowkeepers.
There are two occupied cowshed premises, with a total of 40 milch cows. One
is of recent construction.

Table: The following table sets out the results of the bacteriological examination of various samples, from which it will be seen that out of a total of47,six were found to be unsatisfactory:—

The following table sets out the results of the bacteriological examination of various samples, from which it will be seen that out of a total of47,six were found to be unsatisfactory:—

Type of Sample.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Totals.
Grade " A " (T.T.) Milk617
Raw Milk19423
" Pasteurised " Milk16117
Totals41647

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Whilst 17 of the samples examined are described as pasteurised milk, the
majority of the samples represent supplies which, although pasteurised, were not
retailed as such.
There were during the year 18 samples of milk submitted to biological examination
for the presence of tubercle. Of this number, four samples were from supplies
produced in the district, and one of these samples was found to be infected.
A further sample of milk from the infected source was submitted for examination
and the affected cow eventually slaughtered.