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Bexley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION
OF FOOD.
(a) Milk Supply.
The milk retailed for consumption in the area is all
pasteurised and bottled, with the exception of a small
quantity produced by a producer retailer.
Licences granted by the Council under Milk Special
Designations Order, 1936 to 1946, and the Milk (Special
Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations,
1949.
Dealers' Licences: —
Pasteurised Milk 16
Tuberculin Tested Milk 9
Sterilised Milk 20
Supplementary Licences: —
Pasteurised Milk 4
Tuberculin Tested Milk 3
Sterilised Milk 3
No. of cowsheds in district 1
(b) Meat Inspection.
The slaughterhouses in the area remained closed
during the year.
(c)
The following table summarises the 251 samples taken during the year.
| Formal | Informal | |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 48 | — |
| Soups, Meat Extracts, etc. | 6 | 4 |
| Meat and Fish Pastes, etc. | — | 2 |
| Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour, etc | 3 | 4 |
| Jellies, Custard Powders, etc. | 5 | 4 |
| Patent Medicines, etc. | 8 | 7 |
| Beverages | 7 | 8 |
| Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc. | 16 | |
| Fruit and Fruit Juice | 8 | 9 |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 1 |
| Malt and Chocolate Spread | 2 | 3 |
| Cereals | 7 | — |
| Spaghetti | 1 | — |
| Vita Crunch | — | 1 |
| Sweets | 3 | 3 |
| Cake | 3 | 7 |
| Lime Flavour Compound | — | 1 |
| Yeast | — | 1 |
| Cocktail Cherry | — | 1 |