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Barking 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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Licences
Milk (Special Designation) (Specified Areas) Order, 1951.
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949/1953.
Dealers Licences 49
Supplementary Licences 12
Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949/1954.
Dealers Licences 2
Supplementary Licences 8
Ice Cream
There are two manufacturers and a total of 199 retailers of Ice
Cream in the Borough, including 53 itinerant vendors.
During the year 30 samples of Ice Cream and Lollies have been
submitted tc sacteriological examination. Four samples of Ice Cream
did not satisfy the Methylene Blue Test and appropriate action was
taken with the manufacturers in each case.
Ten samples of Ice Cream and Lollies were obtained for chemical
analysis and all have been reported satisfactory. Examination of the
Ice Cream samples showed a fat content much in excess of the present
standards fc at content. The Lollies have been satisfactory and free
from lead or her metals.
ICE CREAM
ME YLENE BLUE PROVISIONAL GRADINGS
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
15 5 2 2
ICE CREAM
FAT CONTENT
Total No.Samples 0%-5% 5%-10% 10%-15%
9-45
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