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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
Bexley 1953
[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.
Licences granted by the Council under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949, and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949:—
| Dealers' Licences:— | |
| Pasteurised Milk | 16 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 16 |
| Sterilised Milk | 23 |
| Supplementary Licences:— | |
| Pasteurised Milk | 5 |
| Tuberculin Tested Milk | 5 |
| Sterilised Milk | 5 |
(b) Meat Inspection.
The slaughterhouses in the area remained closed during
the year.
(c) Adulteration of Food. Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
The following table summarises the 255 samples taken during the year.
| Formal | Informal | |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 11 | 1 |
| Soup, Meat Extracts | 7 | 4 |
| Pastes, Potted Meat | — | 10 |
| Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour Etc. | 4 | — |
| Jellies, Custard Powders, etc | 4 | 8 |
| Patent Medicines | — | 5 |
| Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc. | 5 | 1 |
| Fruit, Fruit Juices and Fruit Puree | 1 | 8 |
| Condiments, Sauces, Pickles, Spices, etc. | 2 | 15 |
| Pure Coffee, Coffee Extract, Coffee and Chicory | 1 | 2 |