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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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Table: SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.(a) Milk Supply

SECTION E.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

(a) Milk Supply

The milk retailed for consumption in the area is all pasteurised and bottled.
No. of Distributors with Dairy Premises5
No. of Distributors with Shop Premises30
No. of Distributors from outside area7

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Licences granted by the Council under the Milk
(Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949 to 1954,
and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised
Mi'ik) Regulations. 1949 to 1953.—

Table: Dealers' Licences:—

Dealers' Licences:—

Pasteurised Milk30
Tuberculin Tested Milk29
Sterilised Milk36

Table: Supplementary Licences:—

Supplementary Licences:—

Pasteurised Milk5
Tuberculin Tested Milk4
Sterilised Milk5

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6 samples of milk were forwarded to the Public Health
Laboratory for the Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests,
and all were satisfactory.
(b) Slaughterhouses.
There are no slaughterhouses in the area, and the
majority of the butchers obtain their supplies through
Smithfield Market.
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